Bona Vista was trained by William Jarvis and owned by Charles Day Rose.
20 Facts About Bona Vista
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Bona Vista, sometimes spelled Bonavista, was a chestnut colt bred by Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, and foaled in 1889.
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Bona Vista was sired by Derby and Champion Stakes winner Bend Or.
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Bona Vista sired the champion sire Kendal and Eclipse Stakes winner Orbit.
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Bona Vista won several races, including the Great Metropolitan Handicap, and had already foaled Derby and St Leger winner Sir Visto and Eclipse and Champion Stakes winner Velasquez before producing Bona Vista.
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Bona Vista made his first race start on 26 May 1891 in the Woodcote Stakes over six furlongs at Epsom Downs.
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Bona Vista faced Pilgrim's Progress again at Royal Ascot in the New Stakes.
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Bona Vista started the race as the event's favourite, but could only finish third, five lengths behind the winner, Goldfinch.
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Bona Vista started as the second favourite, behind La Fleche, who was receiving seven pounds from Bona Vista.
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Bona Vista was three-quarters of a length behind the runner-up in third place.
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Bona Vista started his three-year-old campaign in the Biennial Stakes, run over one mile at Newmarket, where he only faced three rivals.
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The four raced right up to the finish line, with Bona Vista winning by a head from Tanzmeister and Curio a head behind Tanzmeister in third.
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Bona Vista was leading the horses that were racing down the centre of the track.
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Bona Vista took the lead with about one furlong left to run and under jockey W Robinson he pulled steadily away to win by one and a half lengths from St Angelo.
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Bona Vista never got to the leaders and finished back in eleventh place.
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At Royal Ascot, Bona Vista competed in the Prince of Wales's Stakes.
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Bona Vista never reached the leaders and finished in seventh place.
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Bona Vista was entered for the St Leger Stakes, but was withdrawn due to a ligament injury.
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Bona Vista initially stood for at Hardwicke Stud in Berkshire for a fee of 25 guineas.
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Bona Vista died in Hungary in 1909, at the age of twenty.