Kandy (horse)

Kandy was a bay mare bred in France by her owner Evremond de Saint-Alary and trained by Frank Carter.[3] The filly was named after the city of Kandy in what was then known as Ceylon.[4]

She was sired by Alacantara, who won the Prix du Jockey Club in 1911 and was twice the Leading sire in France.[5] Kandy's dam Kiao Tchau was a daughter of Kizil Kourgan, an outstanding racemare who won the Grand Prix de Paris in 1902. Her other descendants included the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Ksar.[6] The identity of Kiao Tchau's sire is uncertain. In the year before she was born, her dam was covered by two stallions, Alcantara and Chouberski. Second coverings only usually occur if the first cover was unsuccessful and it is therefore likely that Kiao Tchau was sired by Chouberski.[4] If the mare was sired by Alcantara, then Kandy's pedigree was an example of extreme inbreeding.[7]

In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Kandy the "worst" winner of the 1000 Guineas in the 20th century.[9]

As a broodmare, Kandy produced at least three foals between 1936 and 1943:

• Kipling, a bay colt, foaled in 1936, by Asterus. Sent to South Africa where he won the Durban July Handicap and became a successful breeding stallion.
• Kervoline, bay filly, 1942, by Sirtam
• Kergriste, bay filly, 1943, by Thor

• The above pedigree assume that Chouberski was the sire of Kiao Tchau