Leslie's Lady (USA)
March 10, 1996 – Living
Tricky Creek (USA) x Crystal Lady (USA), by Stop the Music (USA)
Family 23-b
March 10, 1996 – Living
Tricky Creek (USA) x Crystal Lady (USA), by Stop the Music (USA)
Family 23-b
Although she was a stakes winner during her own racing days, Leslie's Lady has far exceeded the expectations Fred and Nancy Mitchell had for her when they purchased her as a broodmare for their Clarkland Farm. She was then the dam of a yearling colt named Into Mischief, who would become a Grade I winner and a well-regarded stallion. Four years following her purchase, Leslie's Lady threw one of the greats in four-time American champion Beholder, and these accomplishments earned her Kentucky Broodmare of the Year honors for 2016.
Race record
28 starts, 5 wins, 3 seconds, 2 thirds, US$187,014
1998:
1999
As an individual
A good-sized bay mare, Leslie's Lady is lengthy, roomy and attractive.
As a producer
Leslie's Lady has produced 11 named foals of racing age as of April 2017. Of those foals, eight have started and six have won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Leslie's Lady was bred by David E. Hager II, who sold her for US$8,000 at the 1997 Keeneland January mixed sale. She was resold for US$27,000 at the 1997 Keeneland September yearling sale. She produced her first three foals (including Into Mischief) for James T. Hines, Jr. In 2006, Clarkland Farm paid US$100,000 for Leslie's Lady at the Keeneland November mixed sale.
Pedigree notes
Leslie's Lady is inbred 5x4 to the great sire Northern Dancer and 4x5 to Northern Dancer's sire Nearctic, the 1958 Canadian Horse of the Year. She is a half sister to Colee Bear (by Wild Rush), dam of restricted stakes winner Fast Resource (by Bob and John). Her dam Crystal Lady is a half sister to multiple restricted stakes winner Malcoha (by Afleet) and to open stakes winner Melanyhasthepapers (by Game Plan) as well as to stakes-placed One Last Colony (by Pleasant Colony), dam of listed stakes winner One Colony.
Crystal Lady, in turn, is out of stakes-placed One Last Bird (by One for All), a full sister to stakes producer Bravo All and a half sister to 1991 Californian Stakes (USA-I) winner Roanoke (by Pleasant Colony) and stakes-placed Last Cause (by Caucasus), third dam of 2012 American champion 3-year-old male I'll Have Another. The female line traces back to the Cornish Prince mare Patelin, a modern foundation mare whose other descendants include 1991 American champion 2-year-old filly Pleasant Stage.
Race record
28 starts, 5 wins, 3 seconds, 2 thirds, US$187,014
1998:
- Won Hoosier Debutante Stakes (USA-L, 6FD, Hoosier Park)
1999
- 3rd Martha Washington Stakes (USA-L, 6FD, Oaklawn Park)
As an individual
A good-sized bay mare, Leslie's Lady is lengthy, roomy and attractive.
As a producer
Leslie's Lady has produced 11 named foals of racing age as of April 2017. Of those foals, eight have started and six have won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Into Mischief (2005, by Harlan's Holiday) won the 2007 CashCall Futurity (USA-I). He has been doing well at stud, with his best runners including two-time Canadian champion Miss Mischief, two-time Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (USA-I) winner Goldencents and multiple juvenile Grade I winner Practical Joke.
- Daisy Mason (2007, by Orientate) never raced but is the dam of stakes winner Harry's Holiday (by Harlan's Holiday).
- Beholder (2010, by Henny Hughes) was the American champion juvenile filly of 2012, the American champion 3-year-old filly of 2013 and the American champion older female of 2015 and 2016.
- Mendelssohn (2015, by Scat Daddy) won the 2017 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (USA-IT).
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Leslie's Lady was bred by David E. Hager II, who sold her for US$8,000 at the 1997 Keeneland January mixed sale. She was resold for US$27,000 at the 1997 Keeneland September yearling sale. She produced her first three foals (including Into Mischief) for James T. Hines, Jr. In 2006, Clarkland Farm paid US$100,000 for Leslie's Lady at the Keeneland November mixed sale.
Pedigree notes
Leslie's Lady is inbred 5x4 to the great sire Northern Dancer and 4x5 to Northern Dancer's sire Nearctic, the 1958 Canadian Horse of the Year. She is a half sister to Colee Bear (by Wild Rush), dam of restricted stakes winner Fast Resource (by Bob and John). Her dam Crystal Lady is a half sister to multiple restricted stakes winner Malcoha (by Afleet) and to open stakes winner Melanyhasthepapers (by Game Plan) as well as to stakes-placed One Last Colony (by Pleasant Colony), dam of listed stakes winner One Colony.
Crystal Lady, in turn, is out of stakes-placed One Last Bird (by One for All), a full sister to stakes producer Bravo All and a half sister to 1991 Californian Stakes (USA-I) winner Roanoke (by Pleasant Colony) and stakes-placed Last Cause (by Caucasus), third dam of 2012 American champion 3-year-old male I'll Have Another. The female line traces back to the Cornish Prince mare Patelin, a modern foundation mare whose other descendants include 1991 American champion 2-year-old filly Pleasant Stage.