Aymond
{{short description|Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{about|the Ontario racehorse|Roman Catholic Archbishop of New Orleans|Gregory Michael Aymond}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Aymond
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| sire = Roselyon
| grandsire = Sunstar
| dam = Ablaze
| damsire = Tony Bonero
| sex = Gelding
| foaled = 1927
| country = Canada
| colour = Bay
| breeder = James Heffering
| owner = Ryland H. New
| trainer = Jack Hutton
| record = 132: 20-?-?
| earnings = Can$33,010
| race =
Canadian Classic Race wins:
King's Plate (1930)
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Aymond (foaled 1927 in Ontario) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1930 King's Plate.
Bred by Whitby, Ontario's James Heffering, he was out of the mare, Ablaze, and sired by Roselyon, a son of the 1911 Epsom Derby winner and British Horseracing Hall of Fame inductee, Sunstar. Aymond was first purchased by Frank O'Connor who subsequently sold him in a 1929 dispersal for $1,025 to Toronto businessman Ryland New who had won the 1927 King's Plate with Troutlet.
Trained by Jack Hutton, Aymond's best result at age two was a third-place finish in the Coronation Futurity Stakes. At age three, he won the seventy-first running of the King's Plate, the most prestigious race in Canada. Sent off at 14:1 odds, eighteen-year-old jockey Henry Little aboard Aymond took the lead at the start and never relinquished it as he held off the heavy favorite Whale Bone to win the 1{{frac|1|8}} mile event by a full-length.
References
- [http://www.pedigreequery.com/aymond Aymond's pedigree and partial racing stats]
- Cauz, Louis E. The Plate, A Royal Tradition. (1984) Deneau Publishers {{ISBN|0-88879-104-6}}
Category:1927 racehorse births
Category:Racehorses bred in Ontario