atnip was another daughter of Spearmint bred by Major Eustace Loder. Her dam was the US-bred Sibola by The Sailor Prince, a stallion who had been bred in the UK. Sibola had raced in England wining the One Thousand Guineas and running second to Musa in the 1899 Epsom Oaks. Catnip though was a small unimpressive filly who managed one minor win from only ten starts. Loder bred her to Cock-a-Hoop, a brother to Pretty Poly and sent
