Abermaid was a grey mare bred at the Kildangan stud in County Kildare, Ireland by the partnership Sir Percy Loraine and Roderic More O'Ferrall.
[2] Abermaid originally raced in the colours of Percy Loraine and was sent into training with the former champion jockey Harry Wragg at his Abington Place stable in Newmarket, Suffolk.
At the next Newmarket meeting, Abermaid started a 100/6 outsider in a field of fourteen fillies for the 1000 Guineas over the Rowley mile course.
[5] Ridden by the Australian jockey Bill Williamson she stayed on strongly to win by half a length from Display and West Side Story.
[6] As the daughter of a sprinter, Abermaid was never considered as a contender for The Oaks, and ran instead in the Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh.
None of her other foals were successful racehorses, but her daughter Hunting Box (by Quadrangle) was exported to Japan where she produced the Satsuki Sho winner Azuma Hunter.