Like the other runners of her crop, Miss Jemima was no match for the mighty Man o' War, running unplaced behind him in the Futurity Stakes. Nonetheless, she did very well against other fillies and some good colts, compiling a good enough record to be considered the American co-champion juvenile filly of 1919 along with Constancy. She was also the leading money winner among the juvenile fillies of 1919. The first national champion for Colonel Edward Riley Bradley's breeding program, Miss Jemima failed to improve on her juvenile form at 3 and beyond but later became a good broodmare.
Race record
42 starts, 21 wins, 8 seconds, 3 thirds, US$42,057
1919:
1920:
1921:
1922:
Honors
American co-champion 2-year-old filly (1919)
As an individual
A brown mare, Miss Jemima was not considered particularly attractive according to contemporary newspaper accounts but was unflinchingly game.
As a producer
Miss Jemima produced 11 named foals. All 11 started and nine were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Miss Jemina was bred by Colonel E. R. Bradley. She was owned and trained by Charles Rowe, who purchased her as a yearling; according to contemporary newspaper accounts, his ownership was either in partnership with or a front for Otto Stiefel, a wealthy St. Louis brewer. After her racing career, she became a broodmare for Charles T. Fisher's Dixiana Stud.
Pedigree notes
Miss Jemima is inbred 4x5 to seven-time English champion sire Hermit, winner of the 1867 Derby Stakes. She is a full sister to 1924 Latonia Oaks winner Befuddle and 1925 Latonia Derby winner Broadway Jones and to Bridal Colors, dam of 1947 Hopeful Stakes winner and good sire Relic (by War Relic). Miss Jemima is also a half sister to the stakes-winning steeplechaser Beelzebub (by Black Servant) and to 1922 Pimlico Futurity winner Blossom Time (by North Star III), dam of 1929 American Horse of the Year and excellent sire Blue Larkspur (by Black Servant).
Miss Jemima's dam Vaila was a minor stakes winner in England. She is a daughter of Fariman (a good stakes winner in England and Ireland but a bad sire) is out of the minor winner Padilla (by 1882 Middle Park Stakes winner Macheath, another bad sire). Padilla's half sister Padula (by the good racer but moderate sire Laveno) produced 1921 Blue Grass Stakes winner and Kentucky Derby runner-up Black Servant (by Black Toney), 1926 American Derby winner Boot to Boot (by North Star III), multiple stakes winner Best Pal (by Helmet), and stakes producers Beginner's Luck (by Black Toney) and Beauty Slave (by Black Toney).
Padula and Padilla were produced from Padua (by Uncas or Thurio). A winner of six of 40 starts at distances ranging from 5 to 12 furlongs, Padua was tough and versatile but not very classy. Her probable sire Thurio won the 1878 Grand Prix de Paris but was a bad sire, and her dam Immortelle (by Paul Jones) had little to recommend her.
Race record
42 starts, 21 wins, 8 seconds, 3 thirds, US$42,057
1919:
- Won Clipsetta Stakes (USA, 5FD, Latonia)
- Won East View Stakes (USA, about 6FT, Empire City)
- Won Flash Stakes (USA, 5.5FD, Saratoga)
- Won Spring Trial Stakes (USA, 5FD, Churchill Downs)
- 3rd Schuylerville Stakes (USA, 5.5FD, Saratoga)
- Also set new American record of :52-3/5 for 4.5 furlongs at Latonia
1920:
- Won Quickstep Handicap (USA, 6FD, Latonia; dead heat with Sewell Combs)
- 2nd Autumn Handicap (USA)
1921:
- Won Cincinnati Gun Club Handicap (USA)
- 2nd Walkerville Handicap (USA)
- 3rd Quickstep Handicap (USA, 6FD, Latonia)
1922:
- Won Taylor Hill Handicap (USA)
Honors
American co-champion 2-year-old filly (1919)
As an individual
A brown mare, Miss Jemima was not considered particularly attractive according to contemporary newspaper accounts but was unflinchingly game.
As a producer
Miss Jemima produced 11 named foals. All 11 started and nine were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
- Jemima Lee (1929, by General Lee) produced multiple stakes winner Torchy (by Torchilla).
- Far Star (1931, by North Star III), won the 1933 Arlington Futurity. She produced the stakes-winning colts Star Boarder (by Sweep All), Star Reward (by Reaping Reward), Fleeting Star (by Count Fleet) and Sabaean (by Challedon) and is the second dam of stakes winner Here's Hoping. She is the third dam of two minor stakes winners.
- Miss Toro (1932, by Toro) produced Sirocco, who upset Bimelech in the 1940 Classic Stakes, and 1946 Arlington Lassie Stakes winner Four Winds, both by Sweep All. She is also the second dam of minor stakes winner Blade Away and the third dam of three minor stakes winners.
- Miss Prudence (1933, by Victorian) was stakes-placed on the track. Through her daughter Little Priss (by Sweep All), she is the second dam of 1955 American champion sprinter Berseem (by Bernborough) and his full siblings Larrikin and Resolved, both multiple stakes winners.
- King's Heir (1935, by North Star III) won a minor stakes race as a 3-year-old.
- Dark Beauty (1936, by Sweep All) is the second dam of the stakes-winning juvenile filly Party Gossip and the third dam of eight stakes winners including 1964 Mother Goose Stakes winner Sceree and Grade III winner Kobuk King.
Connections
Miss Jemina was bred by Colonel E. R. Bradley. She was owned and trained by Charles Rowe, who purchased her as a yearling; according to contemporary newspaper accounts, his ownership was either in partnership with or a front for Otto Stiefel, a wealthy St. Louis brewer. After her racing career, she became a broodmare for Charles T. Fisher's Dixiana Stud.
Pedigree notes
Miss Jemima is inbred 4x5 to seven-time English champion sire Hermit, winner of the 1867 Derby Stakes. She is a full sister to 1924 Latonia Oaks winner Befuddle and 1925 Latonia Derby winner Broadway Jones and to Bridal Colors, dam of 1947 Hopeful Stakes winner and good sire Relic (by War Relic). Miss Jemima is also a half sister to the stakes-winning steeplechaser Beelzebub (by Black Servant) and to 1922 Pimlico Futurity winner Blossom Time (by North Star III), dam of 1929 American Horse of the Year and excellent sire Blue Larkspur (by Black Servant).
Miss Jemima's dam Vaila was a minor stakes winner in England. She is a daughter of Fariman (a good stakes winner in England and Ireland but a bad sire) is out of the minor winner Padilla (by 1882 Middle Park Stakes winner Macheath, another bad sire). Padilla's half sister Padula (by the good racer but moderate sire Laveno) produced 1921 Blue Grass Stakes winner and Kentucky Derby runner-up Black Servant (by Black Toney), 1926 American Derby winner Boot to Boot (by North Star III), multiple stakes winner Best Pal (by Helmet), and stakes producers Beginner's Luck (by Black Toney) and Beauty Slave (by Black Toney).
Padula and Padilla were produced from Padua (by Uncas or Thurio). A winner of six of 40 starts at distances ranging from 5 to 12 furlongs, Padua was tough and versatile but not very classy. Her probable sire Thurio won the 1878 Grand Prix de Paris but was a bad sire, and her dam Immortelle (by Paul Jones) had little to recommend her.