Aymond (foaled 1927 in Ontario) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1930 King's Plate.

Aymond
SireRoselyon
GrandsireSunstar
DamAblaze
DamsireTony Bonero
SexGelding
Foaled1927
CountryCanada
ColourBay
BreederJames Heffering
OwnerRyland H. New
TrainerJack Hutton
Record132: 20-?-?
EarningsCan$33,010
Major wins
Canadian Classic Race wins:
King's Plate (1930)

Bred by Whitby, Ontario's James Heffering, he was out of the mare, Ablaze, and sired by Roselyon, a son of the 1911 Epsom Derby winner and British Horseracing Hall of Fame inductee, Sunstar. Aymond was first purchased by Frank O'Connor who subsequently sold him in a 1929 dispersal for $1,025 to Toronto businessman Ryland New who had won the 1927 King's Plate with Troutlet.

Trained by Jack Hutton, Aymond's best result at age two was a third-place finish in the Coronation Futurity Stakes. At age three, he won the seventy-first running of the King's Plate, the most prestigious race in Canada. Sent off at 14:1 odds, eighteen-year-old jockey Henry Little aboard Aymond took the lead at the start and never relinquished it as he held off the heavy favorite Whale Bone to win the 118 mile event by a full-length.

References

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  • Aymond's pedigree and partial racing stats
  • Cauz, Louis E. The Plate, A Royal Tradition. (1984) Deneau Publishers ISBN 0-88879-104-6