Obeah (horse)

Obeah
Sire	Cyane
Grandsire	Turn-To
Dam	Book of Verse
Damsire	One Count
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1965
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Bertram N. Linder
Owner	Christiana Stables
Trainer	Henry S. Clark
Record	46: 11-13-3
Earnings	US$387,299
Major wins
Blue Hen Stakes (1967) Delaware Handicap (1969, 1970) Firenze Handicap (1970)
Honours
Obeah Stakes at Delaware Park Racetrack
Last updated on July 5, 2010

Obeah (1965–1993) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse for whom the Obeah Stakes at Delaware Park Racetrack is named.

Bred in Kentucky by Bertram N. Linder, Obeah was sired by 1961 Futurity Stakes winner Cyane. Her dam was Book of Verse, a daughter of 1952 American Horse of the Year One Count. Obeah was bought for $10,000 at the 1966 Saratoga yearling auction by Harry and Jane Lunger, who owned her sire and who felt the filly was being bid too low.

Trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Henry Clark, Obeah raced under the colors of the Lungers' Christiana Stables.

Racing at age two in 1967, Obeah won the Blue Hen Stakes at her Delaware Park Racetrack home base. Going around two turns, she ran 3rd in the Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park and second by a nose in the Jeanne d'Arc at Narragansett Park.

When she was three, her best result in a major race was a second in the Firenze Handicap. At age four, she won the 1969 Delaware Handicap in early August and then captured October's Vineland Handicap at Garden State Park.

Obeah returned to racing at age five and won her second straight edition of the Delaware Handicap. In late November, she captured the Firenze Handicap.

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