Witch Elm should not be confused with Wych elm.
| Horsename: | Witch Elm |
| Sire: | Orme |
| Grandsire: | Ormonde |
| Dam: | Cannie Lassie |
| Damsire: | Ayrshire |
| Sex: | Mare |
| Foaled: | 1904 |
| Country: | Great Britain |
| Colour: | Bay |
| Owner: | William Hall Walker |
| Trainer: | Jack Robinson |
| Race: | Cheveley Park Stakes (1906) 1000 Guineas (1907) |
| Updated: | 3 September 2012 |
Witch Elm (1904 - 1923) was a Thoroughbred racehorse owned by the William Hall Walker and trained by Jack Robinson. She was a daughter of Orme, who won the Eclipse Stakes twice and her dam was Cannie Lass, who was a daughter of Ayrshire.[1]
She won five races out of the nine she contested as a two-year-old, including the Cheveley Park Stakes and the West of Scotland Foal Stakes at Ayr.[2] Amongst her other races were a fifth place in the National Breeders' Produce Stakes at Sandown and a third place in the Lancashire Breeders' Produce Stakes at Liverpool.[3] As a three-year-old she easily won the 1000 Guineas from Fragility[2] after starting the 4/1 favourite,[4] but could not repeat this classic winning form over longer distances.[5]
Witch Elm did not produce any top racehorses, but some of her descendants became classic winners in Brazil.[1] In 1919 Witch Elm produced the filly Lady Clarence, who was sired by Queen Alexandra Stakes winner Royal Realm.[6] Witch Elm died in 1923 at the National Stud.[7]
* Witch Elm was inbred 3x4 to Galopin. This means that he appears once in the third generation and once in the fourth generation of her pedigree.