Mrs. Peterkin (USA)
May 21, 1965 – c. 1987
Tom Fool (USA) x Legendra (USA), by Challenger II (IRE)
Family 4-r
May 21, 1965 – c. 1987
Tom Fool (USA) x Legendra (USA), by Challenger II (IRE)
Family 4-r
Mrs. Peterkin was a stakes winner on the track but was far more important as a broodmare than she was as a racer. The dam of three stakes winners (two graded), she proved a remarkable producer of influential daughters that have continued her family into the 21st century.
Race record
37 starts, 6 win, 6 seconds, 8 thirds, US$58,519
1968:
Assessments
Rated at 110 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American turf runners of 1968, 26 pounds below divisional champion and Horse of the Year Dr. Fager.
As an individual
A bay mare; no other information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Mrs. Peterkin produced 12 named foals, of which nine started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Virginia, Mrs. Peterkin was bred by Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Hardin's Newstead Farm and raced in the colors of Mrs. Hardin. She was trained by Woody Stephens. As a broodmare, she was owned by Newstead Farm until 1985, when she fetched US$125,000 at the farm's dispersal sale. She produced her last foal in 1987 as the property of Gailyndel Farms.
Pedigree notes
Mrs. Peterkin is outcrossed through five generations. She is a half sister to 1958 Selima Stakes and Spinaway Stakes winner Rich Tradition (by Rosemont) and to 1959 Sapling Stakes winner Sky Clipper (by Citation). She is also a half sister to 1957 Princess Pat Stakes winner Hasty Doll (by Roman), dam of stakes winner Hasty Hitter (by Hitting Away), second dam of Grade 3 winners Chancy Dance and Sherizar, and third dam of Grade 2 winner Old Tascosa and Grade 3 winners Vain Gold and Mr. Sea Sanders. In addition, Mrs. Peterkin is a half sister to Lyford Cottage (by Battlefield), dam of 1967 Prince of Wales Stakes winner Battling (by Nearctic), and to Slapton Sands (by First Landing), dam of French Group 2 winners Sea Sands (by Sea-Bird) and Riboboy (by Ribot) and stakes winner Satania (by Ruritania) and second dam of multiple Grade/Group 3 winner Future Storm and N K P Norsk Derby winner Underworld. Slapton Sands is also the third dam of 1995 Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes (USA-G1) winner Royal Chariot and 1996 Heinz 57 Phoenix Stakes (IRE-G1) winner Mantovani; Grade/Group 2 winners Lucky Lindy, Rogues Walk, and Ganges; and multiple Grade 3 winner Apolda.
Returning to Mrs. Peterkin, she is also a half sister to Turn the Page (by Turn-to), second dam of 1978 Swaps Stakes (USA-G1) winner Radar Ahead, and to Moll Flanders (by Swaps), second dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Mrs. Warren. She and her siblings are out of the stakes-placed Challenger II mare Legendra, a full sister to nine-time stakes winner Pictor. Legendra, in turn, is out of the Dark Legend mare Lady Legend, whose dam Sweepless (by Sweeper II) is out of Artless (by Hamburg), a full sister to 1904 American co-champion 2-year-old filly Artful.
Fun facts
Last updated: November 7, 2022
Race record
37 starts, 6 win, 6 seconds, 8 thirds, US$58,519
1968:
- Won Chrysanthemum Handicap (second division) (USA, 8.5FT, Laurel)
- 3rd Pageant Handicap (second division) (USA, 8.5FT, Atlantic City)
Assessments
Rated at 110 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American turf runners of 1968, 26 pounds below divisional champion and Horse of the Year Dr. Fager.
As an individual
A bay mare; no other information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Mrs. Peterkin produced 12 named foals, of which nine started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Farouche (1971, by Northern Dancer) was Grade 3-placed on the track. She is the dam of 1980 Honeymoon Handicap (USA-G3) winner Lady Roberta (by Roberto), 1988 Ardenode Stud Leopardstown Stakes (IRE-G3) winner Tursanah (by Roberto), and listed stakes winners Mangayah (by Spectacular Bid) and Worood (by Vaguely Noble).
- Dancing Champ (1972, by Nijinsky II) won the 1976 Massachusetts Handicap (USA-G2). He was exported to South Africa in 1983 and appears seven times among that country's top ten general sires.
- In the Offing (1973, by Hoist the Flag) won three of her 14 starts. She is the dam of Grade 3 winner Helenska (by Nijinsky II), the second dam of Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Vertigineux, and the third dam of 2010 American Horse of the Year Zenyatta, multiple Grade 1 winner Balance, Grade 2 winner War Kill, and multiple Grade 3 winner Sweetest Thing.
- Sweet Alliance (1974, by Sir Ivor) won the 1977 Kentucky Oaks (USA-G2) and Jersey Belle Stakes (USA-G3). She is the dam of 1983 English and Irish champion 3-year-old male Shareef Dancer (by Northern Dancer), winner of that year's 1983 Irish Sweeps Derby (IRE-G1). She is also the dam of 1993 Brown & Williamson Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (USA-G3) winner War Deputy (by Deputy Minister) and Grade 2-placed stakes winner Zaffaran (by Assert).
- Banderole (1975, by Hoist the Flag) won two of her six starts. She is the second dam of 1994/1995 South African champion 3-year-old male Teal and English Group 2 winner Bold Russian and the third dam of multiple Japanese Group 3 winner Silent Pride.
- Whydidju (1976, by Tom Rolfe) won the 1979 California Oaks. She is the second dam of 1996/1997 Argentine champion 2-year-old filly Slew of Reality, 2002 Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena (ARG-G1) winner Slew the Moon, Argentine Group 2 winners Arriba Baby and Spice Girl, and South African Group 3 winner Aluminium. Whydidju is also the third dam of Argentine multiple Group 3 winner Shampain.
- Minstrelsy (1979, by The Minstrel) won one of 13 starts. She is the dam of Grade 2 winner Star Standing (by Assert) and English Group 3 winner Tamayaz (by Gone West).
- Kinema (1983, by Graustark) won one of four starts. She is the dam of 2001 Malibu Stakes (USA-G1) winner and useful sire Mizzen Mast (by Cozzene).
- Miss Pete (1987, by Raise a Native) won two of her 12 starts. She is the dam of listed stakes winner Bristol Pistol (by Regal Classic) and the second dam of Grade 3 winner Ice Bear.
Connections
Foaled in Virginia, Mrs. Peterkin was bred by Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Hardin's Newstead Farm and raced in the colors of Mrs. Hardin. She was trained by Woody Stephens. As a broodmare, she was owned by Newstead Farm until 1985, when she fetched US$125,000 at the farm's dispersal sale. She produced her last foal in 1987 as the property of Gailyndel Farms.
Pedigree notes
Mrs. Peterkin is outcrossed through five generations. She is a half sister to 1958 Selima Stakes and Spinaway Stakes winner Rich Tradition (by Rosemont) and to 1959 Sapling Stakes winner Sky Clipper (by Citation). She is also a half sister to 1957 Princess Pat Stakes winner Hasty Doll (by Roman), dam of stakes winner Hasty Hitter (by Hitting Away), second dam of Grade 3 winners Chancy Dance and Sherizar, and third dam of Grade 2 winner Old Tascosa and Grade 3 winners Vain Gold and Mr. Sea Sanders. In addition, Mrs. Peterkin is a half sister to Lyford Cottage (by Battlefield), dam of 1967 Prince of Wales Stakes winner Battling (by Nearctic), and to Slapton Sands (by First Landing), dam of French Group 2 winners Sea Sands (by Sea-Bird) and Riboboy (by Ribot) and stakes winner Satania (by Ruritania) and second dam of multiple Grade/Group 3 winner Future Storm and N K P Norsk Derby winner Underworld. Slapton Sands is also the third dam of 1995 Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes (USA-G1) winner Royal Chariot and 1996 Heinz 57 Phoenix Stakes (IRE-G1) winner Mantovani; Grade/Group 2 winners Lucky Lindy, Rogues Walk, and Ganges; and multiple Grade 3 winner Apolda.
Returning to Mrs. Peterkin, she is also a half sister to Turn the Page (by Turn-to), second dam of 1978 Swaps Stakes (USA-G1) winner Radar Ahead, and to Moll Flanders (by Swaps), second dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Mrs. Warren. She and her siblings are out of the stakes-placed Challenger II mare Legendra, a full sister to nine-time stakes winner Pictor. Legendra, in turn, is out of the Dark Legend mare Lady Legend, whose dam Sweepless (by Sweeper II) is out of Artless (by Hamburg), a full sister to 1904 American co-champion 2-year-old filly Artful.
Fun facts
- In literature, Mrs. Peterkin is a character from the short story collection The Peterkin Papers. Written by Lucretia P. Hale, the collection was published in 1886 by the Houghton Mifflin Company.
Last updated: November 7, 2022