Mrs McArdy

Mrs McArdy
SireTribal Chief
GrandsirePrincely Gift
DamHanina
DamsireDarling Boy
SexMare
Foaled1974
CountryUnited Kingdom
ColourBay
BreederLord Grimthorpe
OwnerEdith Kettlewell
TrainerMick Easterby
Record16:8-0-1 (in Europe)
Major wins
Tote Free Handicap (1977)
1000 Guineas (1977)
Fen Ditton Stakes (1977)
Strensall Stakes (1977)
Awards
Timeform rating 101 (1976), 123 (1977)

Mrs McArdy (1974 – 5 August 1991) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for winning the classic 1000 Guineas in 1977. She won four minor races as a two-year-old in 1977 before emerging as a top-class performer in the following year. As a three-year-old, she won the Tote Free Handicap before winning the Guineas as a 16/1 outsider. She went on to win the Fen Ditton Stakes when conceding weight to colts and older horses and then took the Strensall Stakes. She was exported to race in the United States but failed to reproduce her European form. After her retirement from racing, she had some success as a broodmare.