Bed o' Roses (USA)
1947 – January 5, 1953
Rosemont (USA) x Good Thing (USA), by Discovery (USA)
Family 12-c
1947 – January 5, 1953
Rosemont (USA) x Good Thing (USA), by Discovery (USA)
Family 12-c
Bed o' Roses carried on a notable rivalry with her stablemate Next Move, with the two fillies alternating championships for four consecutive years. Unfortunately, Bed o' Roses never got the opportunity to pass on her own excellent qualities as a racer as she died before her first mating.
Race record:
46 starts, 18 wins, 8 seconds, 6 thirds, US$383,925
1949:
1950:
1951:
1952:
Honors
Assessments
Highweighted among fillies at 121 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juveniles of 1949.
Ranked second to Next Move in the Triangle Publications poll for 1950 American champion 3-year-old filly; she was also ranked second to her stablemate among American 3-year-old fillies of 1950 by The Blood-Horse.
Ranked second to Two Lea among older females of 1952 by The Blood-Horse.
As an individual
Bed o' Roses was a 15.1-hand bay filly with clean limbs, a round barrel, a stout breedy neck, a strong loin and wide quarters. She appeared slightly short-legged for her height. She was sound and durable and had a good constitution. She ran with her head low in determined fashion but was quiet and well-mannered off the track.
As a producer
Bed o' Roses died without issue.
Connections
Foaled at Sagamore Farm in Maryland, Bed o' Roses was bred and owned by Albert G. Vanderbilt. She was trained by William C. “Bill” Winfrey. She was retired at the conclusion of her 5-year-old season and was scheduled to go to Count Fleet for her first breeding but died of a sudden illness before she could be mated. She was buried at Sagamore.
Pedigree notes
Bed o' Roses is outcrossed through five generations. She is a full sister to Lap O' Luxury, dam of Canadian stakes winner Eltoro the Great (by Chop Chop), and to Rosy Prospect, dam of multiple stakes winner Peace Corps (by Restless Native) and second dam of Grade 3 winners Scrimshaw and Artichoke. Bed o' Roses' dam, Good Thing, is a stakes-placed daughter of Little Sleeper, is a full sister to two-time American Horse of the Year Challedon.
Books and media
Bed o' Roses' rivalry with Next Move was featured as the seventh chapter of Horse Racing's Greatest Rivalries (2008, Eclipse Press), a compilation produced by the staff of The Blood-Horse.
Fun facts
Last updated: June 25, 2021
Race record:
46 starts, 18 wins, 8 seconds, 6 thirds, US$383,925
1949:
- Won National Stallion Stakes (Fillies) (USA, 5FD, Belmont)
- Won Rancocas Stakes (USA, 5FD, Garden State)
- Won Colleen Stakes (USA, 5.5FD, Monmouth)
- Won Matron Stakes (USA, 6FD, Belmont)
- Won Selima Stakes (USA, 8.5FD, Laurel)
- Won Marguerite Stakes (USA, 8.5FD, Pimlico)
- Won Demoiselle Stakes (USA, 8.5FD, Empire City)
- 2nd Fashion Stakes (USA, 4.5FD, Belmont)
- 2nd Polly Drummond Stakes (USA, 5FD, Delaware)
- 2nd Astoria Stakes (USA, 5.5FD, Aqueduct)
- 3rd Arlington Lassie Stakes (USA, 6FD, Arlington Park)
1950:
- Won Lawrence Realization (USA, 13FD, Belmont)
- Won Anita Chiquita Handicap (USA, 7FD, Santa Anita; new track record 1:21-3/5)
- 2nd Travers Stakes (USA, 10FD, Saratoga)
- 2nd Arlington Classic (USA, 10FD, Arlington Park)
- 2nd Gazelle Stakes (USA, 8.5FD, Aqueduct)
1951:
- Won Comely Handicap (USA, 8.5FD, Jamaica)
- Won Vineland Handicap (USA, 8.5FD, Garden State)
- 2nd Ladies Handicap (USA, 12FD, Belmont)
- 2nd Beldame Handicap (USA, 9FD, Aqueduct)
- 3rd Westchester Handicap (USA, 9FD, Jamaica)
- 3rd Santa Anita Maturity (USA, 10FD, Santa Anita)
- 3rd Santa Margarita Handicap (USA, 9FD, Santa Anita)
1952:
- Won Santa Margarita Handicap (USA, 9FD, Santa Anita)
- 3rd San Antonio Handicap (USA, 9FD, Santa Anita)
Honors
- National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame (inducted in 1976)
- American champion 2-year-old filly (1949)
- American champion handicap female (1951)
Assessments
Highweighted among fillies at 121 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juveniles of 1949.
Ranked second to Next Move in the Triangle Publications poll for 1950 American champion 3-year-old filly; she was also ranked second to her stablemate among American 3-year-old fillies of 1950 by The Blood-Horse.
Ranked second to Two Lea among older females of 1952 by The Blood-Horse.
As an individual
Bed o' Roses was a 15.1-hand bay filly with clean limbs, a round barrel, a stout breedy neck, a strong loin and wide quarters. She appeared slightly short-legged for her height. She was sound and durable and had a good constitution. She ran with her head low in determined fashion but was quiet and well-mannered off the track.
As a producer
Bed o' Roses died without issue.
Connections
Foaled at Sagamore Farm in Maryland, Bed o' Roses was bred and owned by Albert G. Vanderbilt. She was trained by William C. “Bill” Winfrey. She was retired at the conclusion of her 5-year-old season and was scheduled to go to Count Fleet for her first breeding but died of a sudden illness before she could be mated. She was buried at Sagamore.
Pedigree notes
Bed o' Roses is outcrossed through five generations. She is a full sister to Lap O' Luxury, dam of Canadian stakes winner Eltoro the Great (by Chop Chop), and to Rosy Prospect, dam of multiple stakes winner Peace Corps (by Restless Native) and second dam of Grade 3 winners Scrimshaw and Artichoke. Bed o' Roses' dam, Good Thing, is a stakes-placed daughter of Little Sleeper, is a full sister to two-time American Horse of the Year Challedon.
Books and media
Bed o' Roses' rivalry with Next Move was featured as the seventh chapter of Horse Racing's Greatest Rivalries (2008, Eclipse Press), a compilation produced by the staff of The Blood-Horse.
Fun facts
- The Bed o' Roses Handicap was inaugurated in 1957. Now an invitational race, it is currently run as a Grade 3 event over 7 furlongs on dirt for fillies and mares aged 4 and up at Belmont Park.
- Bed o' Roses' juvenile earnings of $199,200 topped the 2-year old earnings list for both sexes.
Last updated: June 25, 2021