Flambette (FR)
1918 – 1939
Durbar II (FR) x La Flambee (FR), by Ajax (FR)
Family 17-b
"GENETIC GEM"
1918 – 1939
Durbar II (FR) x La Flambee (FR), by Ajax (FR)
Family 17-b
"GENETIC GEM"
A late-developing filly, Flambette needed every ounce of an 8½ pound weight concession to defeat Kentucky Oaks winner Nancy Lee by a neck in the Coaching Club American Oaks but improved enough to win the Latonia Oaks later in the year at level weights with Nancy Lee among the also-rans. She became a foundation mare for Belair Stud and a notable source of stamina.
Race record
9 starts, 5 wins, 0 seconds, 1 third, US$18,186
1921:
Assessments
Rated fourth among American 3-year-old fillies of 1921 by The Blood-Horse.
As an individual
Flambette was a large, powerful bay mare. She suffered a career-ending injury while running in the Wilton Handicap at the 1921 Saratoga meeting. Her best descendants were generally strongly made and stayed well but were often rather common-looking.
As a producer
A Reine-de-Course as designated by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Flambette produced 13 foals, of which seven started and four won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in France, Flambette was bred by Herman B. Duryea. She was purchased from Duryea's widow and imported to the United States in 1919 by William Woodward, Sr., as part of a package with her dam La Flambee and her half sister La Rablee. She raced in the colors of Woodward's good friend P. A. Clark, who leased the filly for racing, and became a broodmare for Woodward's Belair Stud at the end of her racing career.
Pedigree notes
Flambette is inbred 4x5 to three-time English champion sire and 1875 Derby Stakes winner Galopin and 5x5 to two-time Ascot Gold Cup winner Isonomy. She is a half sister to 1929 Walden Stakes winner Ned O. (by Campfire). She is also a half sister to 1919 Coaching Club American Oaks runner-up La Rablee (by Rabelais), dam of 1930 Newmarket Stakes winner The Scout (by Sir Gallahad III), second dam of stakes winners Sansalvo and Sir Emerson and third dam of six stakes winners including 1949 Irish St. Leger winner Brown Rover.
Flambette's dam La Flambee is a full sister to Parthenis, second dam of 1935 Doncaster Cup winner Black Devil. La Flambee is also a half sister to Medee (by Ksar), dam of Medicis (by Congreve), who won the first two legs of the Argentine Triple Crown of 1936. La Flambee and her siblings were produced from Medeah (by Masque II), winner of the 1908 Prix de Diane (French Oaks) and Prix Royal Oak (French St. Leger). Medeah, in turn, is a half sister to Azalee (by Ajax), a major stakes winner in France and Germany and dam of Clarissimus' high-class son Nino, and is out of the Isinglass mare Lygie, runner-up in the 1903 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas).
Books and media
Flambette is profiled in Chapter 5 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).
Fun facts
Last updated: January 8, 2024
Race record
9 starts, 5 wins, 0 seconds, 1 third, US$18,186
1921:
- Won Coaching Club American Oaks (USA, 11FD, Belmont)
- Won Latonia Oaks (USA, 10FD, Latonia)
Assessments
Rated fourth among American 3-year-old fillies of 1921 by The Blood-Horse.
As an individual
Flambette was a large, powerful bay mare. She suffered a career-ending injury while running in the Wilton Handicap at the 1921 Saratoga meeting. Her best descendants were generally strongly made and stayed well but were often rather common-looking.
As a producer
A Reine-de-Course as designated by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Flambette produced 13 foals, of which seven started and four won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Flambino (1924, by Wrack) won the 1927 Gazelle Stakes and was third in that year's Belmont Stakes and Coaching Club American Oaks. She produced 1934 Acorn Stakes winner Fleam (by General Lee), 1935 Triple Crown winner Omaha (by Gallant Fox), and 1937 Champion Stakes and 1938 Ascot Gold Cup winner Flares (by Gallant Fox).
- Flambola (1926, by Wrack) is the second dam of 1946 Saratoga Special winner Grand Admiral (by War Admiral) and the stakes-winning steeplechaser Flaming Comet (by Teddy's Comet).
- Flaming (1927, by Wrack) won two minor stakes races.
- La France (1928, by Sir Gallahad III) produced 1939 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Johnstown (by Jamestown) and 1937 American champion 2-year-old filly Jacola (by Jacopo), dam of 1947 American champion 3-year-old male Phalanx (by Pilate) and second dam of four stakes winners including Grade 2 winner Mr. Lucky Phoenix. La France also produced French Vamp (by Stimulus), second dam of multiple stakes winner War Marshal and third dam of 1962 Kentucky Derby winner Decidedly and 1967 Del Mar Debutante Stakes winner Fast Dish, and La Boheme (by Jacopo), dam of multiple stakes winners Why Alibi (by Alibhai) and Duplicator (by Beau Pere) and second dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Knight Counter.
- Gallette (1929, by Sir Gallahad III) produced 1946 American champion handicap female Gallorette (by Challenger II), dam of stakes winners Mlle. Lorette (by Lovely Night) and Courbette (by Native Dancer) and second dam of four stakes winners including 1966 Irish St. Leger Stakes winner White Gloves II and 1967 Jockey Club Cup winner Dancing Moss, later a champion sire in Argentina. Gallette also produced Galladare (by Challenger II), dam of 1954 Jerome Handicap winner Martyr (by By Jimminy); Emme (by Challenger II), second dam of 1970 Louisiana Derby winner Jim's Alibhi (by Landing); and Gallita (by Challenger II), dam of 1957 American co-champion 2-year-old male Nadir (by Nasrullah) and the important producer Gal I Love (by Nasrullah).
- Cycle (1931, by Sickle) won the 1936 Baltimore Spring Handicap and Paumonok Handicap.
- Flambant (1936, by Gallant Fox) produced minor stakes winner Super Lunar (by Super Duper). She is the third dam of Dedini, winner of the 1967 Prix de la Porte Maillot.
Connections
Foaled in France, Flambette was bred by Herman B. Duryea. She was purchased from Duryea's widow and imported to the United States in 1919 by William Woodward, Sr., as part of a package with her dam La Flambee and her half sister La Rablee. She raced in the colors of Woodward's good friend P. A. Clark, who leased the filly for racing, and became a broodmare for Woodward's Belair Stud at the end of her racing career.
Pedigree notes
Flambette is inbred 4x5 to three-time English champion sire and 1875 Derby Stakes winner Galopin and 5x5 to two-time Ascot Gold Cup winner Isonomy. She is a half sister to 1929 Walden Stakes winner Ned O. (by Campfire). She is also a half sister to 1919 Coaching Club American Oaks runner-up La Rablee (by Rabelais), dam of 1930 Newmarket Stakes winner The Scout (by Sir Gallahad III), second dam of stakes winners Sansalvo and Sir Emerson and third dam of six stakes winners including 1949 Irish St. Leger winner Brown Rover.
Flambette's dam La Flambee is a full sister to Parthenis, second dam of 1935 Doncaster Cup winner Black Devil. La Flambee is also a half sister to Medee (by Ksar), dam of Medicis (by Congreve), who won the first two legs of the Argentine Triple Crown of 1936. La Flambee and her siblings were produced from Medeah (by Masque II), winner of the 1908 Prix de Diane (French Oaks) and Prix Royal Oak (French St. Leger). Medeah, in turn, is a half sister to Azalee (by Ajax), a major stakes winner in France and Germany and dam of Clarissimus' high-class son Nino, and is out of the Isinglass mare Lygie, runner-up in the 1903 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas).
Books and media
Flambette is profiled in Chapter 5 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).
Fun facts
- Regarding Flambette's win in the Coaching Club American Oaks, the Daily Racing Form claimed that Flambette had been “allowed” to win to keep Nancy Lee from picking up a weight penalty for her next start. The New York Times was more circumspect, stating that there was “some doubt” that Nancy Lee had been fully extended but noting that her jockey, Linus McAtee, did go to the whip in the closing stages.
- The Flambette Handicap was a stakes race for fillies and mares at New York's now-defunct Jamaica racetrack.
Last updated: January 8, 2024