Crimson Saint (USA)
March 15, 1969 – May 12, 2001
Crimson Satan (USA) x Bolero Rose (USA), by Bolero (USA)
Family 8-c
March 15, 1969 – May 12, 2001
Crimson Satan (USA) x Bolero Rose (USA), by Bolero (USA)
Family 8-c
Crimson Saint was a one-dimensional flyer who found even six furlongs to be beyond her tether in stakes company, but few fillies in American racing history have had more raw speed. She passed that blinding speed on to her descendants, along with excellent physical balance, making her a hugely successful producer in the sales ring as well as on the track.
Race record
11 starts, 7 wins, 0 seconds, 2 thirds, US$91,770
1971:
1972:
1973:
Assessments
Rated at 108 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juveniles of 1971, 11 pounds below champion Numbered Account.
Rated at 113 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American sprinters of 1972, 17 pounds below champion Duck Dance.
Rated at 115 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American sprinters of 1973, 15 pounds below champion Shecky Greene.
As an individual
A chestnut mare standing 16 hands, Crimson Saint was blessed with both excellent conformation and extreme speed.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Crimson Saint produced 11 named foals, of which eight started and seven won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Crimson Saint was bred by Dr. William Lockridge. Sold privately as a yearling for US$11,000, she was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Braugh's Braugh Ranches. She was trained by Rod Kaufman. Following her racing career, she was purchased by Tom Gentry for a sale-topping US$295,000 from the 1976 Keeneland January mixed sale, later passing to the ownership of his son Olin Gentry. After she was pensioned from broodmare duty, she spent the last six years of her life at John Willard's Offutt-Cole Farm near Midway, Kentucky. Crimson Saint was humanely destroyed due to the infirmities of old age on May 12, 2001 and was buried at Olin Gentry's farm in Fayette County, Kentucky.
Pedigree notes
Crimson Saint is outcrossed through five generations. She is the only foal of any significance produced from multiple stakes winner Bolero Rose, whose sire Bolero (by Eight Thirty) set a new world record for 7 furlongs in the 1951 San Carlos Handicap at Santa Anita.
Bolero Rose's dam First Rose (by Menow) is a winning half sister to 1945 Excelsior Handicap winner Saguaro (by Blenheim II) and to Magic Mirror (by Questionnaire), dam of 1956 Tropical Handicap winner Illusionist (by Devil Diver). First Rose and her siblings were produced from the Sir Gallahad III mare Rare Bloom, a half sister to juvenile stakes winners Oh Say (by Dis Donc) and Balios (by Chicle). The family line traces back to Cherokee Rose II, also the ancestress of champions or Classic winners Ruffian, High Voltage, Castle Forbes, Impressive, Jaipur, Golden Fleece, Fusaichi Pegasus and Pine Bluff.
Fun facts
Last updated: September 16, 2024
Race record
11 starts, 7 wins, 0 seconds, 2 thirds, US$91,770
1971:
- Won Ballerina Stakes (USA, 4FD, Oaklawn; equaled world record :44-4/5)
1972:
- Won Meteor Handicap (USA, 5FD, Hollywood)
- 3rd Railbird Stakes (USA, 7FD, Hollywood)
- 3rd Bing Crosby Handicap (USA, 6FD, Del Mar)
1973:
- Won Hollywood Express Handicap (USA-G3, 5.5FD, Hollywood)
- Won Meteor Handicap (USA, 5FD, Hollywood; NTR :56)
Assessments
Rated at 108 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juveniles of 1971, 11 pounds below champion Numbered Account.
Rated at 113 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American sprinters of 1972, 17 pounds below champion Duck Dance.
Rated at 115 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American sprinters of 1973, 15 pounds below champion Shecky Greene.
As an individual
A chestnut mare standing 16 hands, Crimson Saint was blessed with both excellent conformation and extreme speed.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Crimson Saint produced 11 named foals, of which eight started and seven won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Terlingua (1976, by Secretariat) won three Grade 2 races as a juvenile. She is the dam of 1985 Young America Stakes (USA-G1) winner Storm Cat (by Storm Bird), the American champion sire of 1999 and 2000 and a seven-time American champion juvenile sire. She is also the dam of multiple Grade 2 winner Chapel of Dreams (by Northern Dancer) and of the useful sire Pioneering (by Mr. Prospector). Terlingua is the third dam of 2008 Racing Post Trophy (ENG-G1) winner Crowded House; Grade 2 winners Postponed, Juniper Pass and Tale of a Champion; and Grade/Group 3 winners Ilusora, Bandua and Mr. Roary. Her more distant descendants include Grade/Group 1 winners Beauty Eternal, Brando, Reckless Abandon, Ticker Tape, Tribalist, and Win for the Money.
- Pancho Villa (1982, by Secretariat) won the 1985 Bay Shore Stakes (USA-G2) and Silver Screen Handicap (USA-G2). He was not particularly successful as a sire, getting 19 stakes winners from 625 named foals.
- Alydariel (1983, by Alydar) won the restricted Las Palmas Stakes at 4. She is the dam of Grade 2 winner Jeune Homme (by Nureyev) and is the second dam of French Group 3 winner Damoiselle.
- Royal Academy (1987, by Nijinsky II) won the 1990 Carroll Foundation July Cup (ENG-G1) and Breeders' Cup Mile (USA-G1) before becoming a successful sire who begot 167 stakes winners.
- Navajo Pass (1989, by Secretariat), a winner, is the second dam of Grade 3 winner Palanka City and the third dam of Grade 3 winner Lightening Larry and Peruvian Group 3 winner Canoso.
- Prawn Cocktail (1992, by Artichoke) never raced but is the dam of Australian Group 2 winner Langoustine and Australian Group 3 winner One World (both by Danehill). She is also the second dam of 2016 Japanese champion 2-year-old male Satono Ares and of Australian Group 3 winner One Last Dance.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Crimson Saint was bred by Dr. William Lockridge. Sold privately as a yearling for US$11,000, she was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Roger S. Braugh's Braugh Ranches. She was trained by Rod Kaufman. Following her racing career, she was purchased by Tom Gentry for a sale-topping US$295,000 from the 1976 Keeneland January mixed sale, later passing to the ownership of his son Olin Gentry. After she was pensioned from broodmare duty, she spent the last six years of her life at John Willard's Offutt-Cole Farm near Midway, Kentucky. Crimson Saint was humanely destroyed due to the infirmities of old age on May 12, 2001 and was buried at Olin Gentry's farm in Fayette County, Kentucky.
Pedigree notes
Crimson Saint is outcrossed through five generations. She is the only foal of any significance produced from multiple stakes winner Bolero Rose, whose sire Bolero (by Eight Thirty) set a new world record for 7 furlongs in the 1951 San Carlos Handicap at Santa Anita.
Bolero Rose's dam First Rose (by Menow) is a winning half sister to 1945 Excelsior Handicap winner Saguaro (by Blenheim II) and to Magic Mirror (by Questionnaire), dam of 1956 Tropical Handicap winner Illusionist (by Devil Diver). First Rose and her siblings were produced from the Sir Gallahad III mare Rare Bloom, a half sister to juvenile stakes winners Oh Say (by Dis Donc) and Balios (by Chicle). The family line traces back to Cherokee Rose II, also the ancestress of champions or Classic winners Ruffian, High Voltage, Castle Forbes, Impressive, Jaipur, Golden Fleece, Fusaichi Pegasus and Pine Bluff.
Fun facts
- Crimson Saint was the first-ever stakes winner for Braugh Ranches.
- Crimson Saint's 10 yearlings sold at auction fetched a total of US$17,775,000.
Last updated: September 16, 2024