Bred by James R. Keene and a member of the famous Whitney broodmare band, Inaugural never raced but proved a first-class broodmare. The dam of seven stakes winners during her own producing career, she numbers two-time American champion sires Deputy Minister (the 1981 American champion juvenile male and Canadian Horse of the Year) and Exclusive Native among her descendants, as well as two-time French champion sire Riverman (a multiple Group 1 winner), 2002 European Horse of the Year Rock of Gibraltar, and American racing champions Whiskaway, Pavot, and Charismatic.
Race record
Unraced
As an individual
A chestnut mare; no other information available.
As a producer
Inaugural produced 12 named foals; all started and 11 won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Inaugural was bred by James R. Keene. As a broodmare, she was owned by Harry Payne Whitney.
Pedigree notes
Inaugural is inbred 4x4 to Breadalbane (a stakes-winning son of the great sire Stockwell) and 4x5 to two-time English champion sire Newminster, winner of the 1851 St. Leger Stakes. She is a full sister to multiple English stakes winner Coronis, dam of multiple stakes winner Aldershot (by Man o’ War), 1927 Interborough Handicap winner Circlet (by Whisk Broom II), and 1929 Arverne Handicap winner Nusakan (by Sun Briar). Inaugural is also a half sister to 1926 Cambridgeshire Handicap Stakes winner Insight (by Oversight).
Court Dress, the dam of Inaugural and her siblings, is generally considered to have been the American champion 2-year-old filly of 1906. She was produced from the imported English mare Hampton Belle, an unraced daughter of 1887 English champion sire Hampton (winner of the 1877 Goodwood Cup and Doncaster Cup). Unraced, Hampton Belle was produced from the Breadalbane mare Silver Bell, whose tail-female line traces back to the great English matriarch Queen Mary.
Last updated: August 28, 2023
Race record
Unraced
As an individual
A chestnut mare; no other information available.
As a producer
Inaugural produced 12 named foals; all started and 11 won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Flags (1915, by Whisk Broom II; a gelding) won the 1919 Paumonok Handicap.
- Panoply (1917, by Peter Pan) won the 1919 Astoria Stakes, Debutante Stakes, and Clover Stakes. She is the dam of multiple stakes winner Ladder (by Fair Play); of Annapolis (by Man o’ War), a stakes winner both on the flat and over jumps and the sire of four American champion steeplechasers; and of Parade Girl (by Display), winner of the 1935 Schuylerville Stakes and the dam of multiple stakes winner Color Guard (by Occupy). Panoply also produced stakes-placed Swiftply (by Swift and Sure), dam of 1941 Flamingo Stakes winner Dispose (by Discovery) and second dam of 1958 Jamaica Handicap winner Levelation.
- Crocus (1918, by Broomstick) won the 1920 Astoria Stakes and Beldame Handicap and the 1921 Saranac Handicap and Fall Highweight Handicap. She was a disappointing broodmare.
- Whiskaway (1919, by Whisk Broom II) is generally considered to be the American champion 3-year-old male of 1922. He sired eight stakes winners from 153 named foals of racing age.
- Flagstaff (1920, by Broomstick; a gelding) won the 1923 Brookdale Handicap and the 1926 Merchants’ and Citizens’ Handicap.
- Initiate (1921, by Whisk Broom II) won the 1923 Clover Stakes. She is the dam of 1938 Beverly Handicap and New Orleans Handicap winner Novelette (by Strolling Player)
- Coronation (1922, by Johren; a gelding) won the 1929 North American Steeplechase Handicap and Shillelah Steeplechase.
- Forsythia (1923, by Broomstick) won her only start. She is the dam of stakes winner Salaam (by Broadside) and the third dam of 1944 American champion juvenile male Pavot, 1946 Choice Stakes winner Lovat, and 1966 Sussex Turf Handicap winner Portsmouth.
- Overture (1924, by Whisk Broom II) won one of her five starts and was stakes-placed. She produced multiple stakes winner Trombone (by St. James).
- Mablonde (1929, by Dis Donc) was unplaced in both her starts. She is the second dam of two-time Aqueduct Handicap winner Wine List.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Inaugural was bred by James R. Keene. As a broodmare, she was owned by Harry Payne Whitney.
Pedigree notes
Inaugural is inbred 4x4 to Breadalbane (a stakes-winning son of the great sire Stockwell) and 4x5 to two-time English champion sire Newminster, winner of the 1851 St. Leger Stakes. She is a full sister to multiple English stakes winner Coronis, dam of multiple stakes winner Aldershot (by Man o’ War), 1927 Interborough Handicap winner Circlet (by Whisk Broom II), and 1929 Arverne Handicap winner Nusakan (by Sun Briar). Inaugural is also a half sister to 1926 Cambridgeshire Handicap Stakes winner Insight (by Oversight).
Court Dress, the dam of Inaugural and her siblings, is generally considered to have been the American champion 2-year-old filly of 1906. She was produced from the imported English mare Hampton Belle, an unraced daughter of 1887 English champion sire Hampton (winner of the 1877 Goodwood Cup and Doncaster Cup). Unraced, Hampton Belle was produced from the Breadalbane mare Silver Bell, whose tail-female line traces back to the great English matriarch Queen Mary.
Last updated: August 28, 2023