Olden Times

Olden Times (1958–1985) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

Olden Times
SireRelic
GrandsireWar Relic
DamDjenne
DamsireDjebel
SexStallion
Foaled1958
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederRex C. Ellsworth
OwnerRex C. Ellsworth
TrainerMesh Tenney
Record54: 17-10-5
EarningsUS$603,875
Major wins
Charles S. Howard Stakes (1960)
Haggin Stakes (1960)
Malibu Stakes (1961)
Debonair Stakes (1961)
California Breeders' 3yo Champion Stakes (1961)
San Juan Capistrano Handicap (1962)
San Antonio Handicap (1962)
Golden State Breeders' Handicap (1962)
San Pasqual Handicap (1963, 1964)
Metropolitan Handicap (1964)
Illinois Handicap (1964)
Churchill Downs Handicap (1964)

Background

Olden Times was bred and raced by Rex Ellsworth, who also bred and raced U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Swaps.[1] He was conditioned for racing by Hall of Fame trainer Mesh Tenney from a base in California.[2] Ridden by Hank Moreno,

Racing career

Olden Times won top races on both dirt and grass at racetracks across the United States from 1960 through 1964 at distances from five eighths of a mile [3] to a mile and three quarters.[4] He was sired by Relic, an American multiple stakes race winner who became the leading broodmare sire in France in 1965. Olden Times' dam was Djenne, a daughter of 1942 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner and five-time Leading sire in France Djebel.[5]

Olden Times capped off his career with a 1964 win over Belmont Stakes winner Quadrangle in the prestigious Metropolitan Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York.[6]

Stud record

Retired to stud duty for the 1965 breeding season, Olden Times was a successful sire. The best of his progeny was Roving Boy, voted the 1982 Eclipse Award as the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. A winner of five of his seven starts in 1982, Roving Boy earned $800,425 that year, at the time the highest ever for his age group.[7] Among Olden Times' other successful offspring were multiple stakes winners Full Pocket (f. 1969), Blue Times (f. 1971), Dainty Dotsie (f. 1974), Dr. Riddick (f. 1974), and Vittorioso (f. 1979).[8]

Pedigree
Pedigree of Olden Times
Sire
Relic		 War Relic Man o' War Fair Play
Mahubah
Friars Carse Friar Rock
Problem
Bridal Colors Black Toney Peter Pan
Belgravia
Vaila Fariman
Padilla
Dam
Djenne		 Djebel Tourbillon Ksar
Durban
Loika Gay Crusader
Coeur A Coeur
Teza Jock Asterus
Naic
Torissima Tourbillon
Carissima

References
  1. Swaps at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
  2. Mesh Tenney at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
  3. Los Angeles Times – July 2, 1960
  4. Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune – March 11, 1962
  5. Olden Time' pedigree
  6. Spokane, Washington Spokesman-Review - May31, 1964
  7. New York Times – November 3, 1983
  8. Olden Times' progeny
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