Three-generation chains of male champions, while not common, are hardly unheard of. Three-generation chains of female champions are much rarer thanks to the fact that mares have far fewer foals than males. The trick has been done in Canada, where Classy 'n Smart (champion 3-year-old filly) foaled Dance Smartly (Canadian Horse of the Year), in turn the dam of Dancethruthedawn (Canadian champion 3-year-old filly). Can you name a similar three-generation chain of champion race mares in the United States? For purposes of this challenge, the championships earned by the granddam-dam-daughter chain may be in different divisions and may be by voting or by general acknowledgment of historians if the distaffer in question raced before 1936.
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