Native Partner (USA)
April 5, 1966 – 1986
Raise a Native (USA) x Dinner Partner (USA), by Tom Fool (USA)
Family 7
"GENETIC GEM"
April 5, 1966 – 1986
Raise a Native (USA) x Dinner Partner (USA), by Tom Fool (USA)
Family 7
"GENETIC GEM"
Roughly on a par with her dam as a race mare, Native Partner was an even better broodmare. The dam of four stakes winners including a champion and two Grade/Group 1 winners, she is the ancestress of champions in North America, Europe, Japan and India.
Race record
42 starts, 11 wins, 8 seconds, 6 thirds, US$138,636
1969:
1970:
Assessments
Rated at 114 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1969, 16 pounds below champion Gallant Bloom.
Rated at 116 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American older females of 1970, 12 pounds below champion Shuvee.
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Native Partner produced 13 foals, of which 11 started and seven won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Native Partner was bred by Ralph C. Wilson, Jr., and raced in the colors of his Oxford Stable. She was trained by F. I. Wright. She died in 1986 and was buried at Saxony Farm, where she had been boarded.
Pedigree notes
Native Partner is inbred 4x5 to the immortal Man o' War and 5x5 to Lady Comfey through the three-quarters siblings American Flag (the American champion 3-year-old male of 1926) and Flaming Swords; she is also inbred 4x5 to 1923 French champion sire Teddy. She is a full sister to multiple stakes winner Bill Bonbright and a half sister to 1971 Santa Anita Derby winner Jim French (by Graustark); to 1981 Prix de Royallieu (FR-G3) winner Don't Sulk (by Graustark), dam of1999 Prix Lupin (FR-G1) winner Gracioso, 1995 Bay Meadows Handicap (USA-G2) winner Caesour and English stakes winner Professional Girl, all by Nureyev, and third dam of Group 3 winners Puppeteer, Peligroso and Prakasa; and to English stakes winner Triomphe (by Hoist the Flag). Native Partner is also a half sister to stakes-placed Dance Partner, dam of 1994 Royal Whip (IRE-G3) winner Dancing Sunset (by Red Sunset) and multiple stakes winner Truly (by In Reality) and third dam of Group 3 winners Tropical Paradise and Harlem Shake, and to Fleeing Partner (by Fleet Nasrullah), dam of multiple stakes winner Varick (by Mr. Prospector).
Native Partner is out of 1962 Misty Isle Stakes winner Dinner Partner, whose dam Bluehaze (by Blue Larkspur) is a full sister to the good stakes winner Blue Swords, arguably the second-best 3-year-old male of 1943 after running second to Count Fleet in the Wood Memorial, Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Bluehaze and Blue Swords, in turn, were produced from Flaming Swords (by Man o' War), whose Pharamond II daughter Jo Bonner is the second dam of three stakes winners including 1967 Bay Meadows Handicap winner No Host and the third dam of Grade 3 winner Lee Gary. Produced from Exalted, a High Time half sister to American Flag (by Man o' War x Lady Comfey) and two other stakes winners, Flaming Swords is a full sister to Pomp and Glory, second dam of 1951 Sapling Stakes winner Landseair.
Last updated: September 1, 2024
Race record
42 starts, 11 wins, 8 seconds, 6 thirds, US$138,636
1969:
- Won Woodhaven Handicap (USA, 7FD, Aqueduct)
1970:
- Won Maskette Handicap (USA, 8FD, Belmont)
- 3rd Vagrancy Handicap (USA, 7FD, Aqueduct)
- 3rd Diana Handicap (USA, 9FD, Saratoga)
Assessments
Rated at 114 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1969, 16 pounds below champion Gallant Bloom.
Rated at 116 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American older females of 1970, 12 pounds below champion Shuvee.
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Native Partner produced 13 foals, of which 11 started and seven won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Fabuleux Jane (1974, by Le Fabuleux) won the 1978 Prix de Pomone (FR-G3). She is the dam of 1998 Early Times Turf Classic (USA-G1) winner Joyeux Dancer (by Nureyev), 1987 Anne Arundel Handicap (USA-G3) winner Doubles Partner (by Damascus; third dam of Grade 2 winner Let), French stakes winner Fabuleux Dancer (by Nijinsky II) and Group 3-placed Danseur Fabuleux (by Northern Dancer), dam of 1991 European Horse of the Year and American champion juvenile Arazi (by Blushing Groom) and 2001 Champagne Lanson Sussex Stakes (ENG-G1) winner Noverre (by Rahy). Through other daughters, Fabuleux Jane is also the second dam of Grade 3 winner Silent Roar and the third dam of Australian Group 3 winner Lovemelikearock. Her more distant descendants include 2022 Indian Horse of the Year Zuccarelli and 2024 Memsie Stakes (AUS-G1) winner Pinstriped.
- Formidable (1975, by Forli) won the 1977 William Hill Middle Park Stakes (ENG-G1) and Mill Reef Stakes (ENG-G2). The sire of 23 stakes winners, he continued Forli's male line through his son Efisio, a two-time champion miler in Italy.
- Key Partner (1986, by Key to the Mint) produced 1985 Matchmaker Stakes (USA-IIT) winner Key Dancer (by Nijinsky II; second dam of Japanese Group 2 winner Smart Robin) and her full sister, Grade 2-placed listed stakes winner Key Flyer. Through her Nijinsky II daughter Dancing Key, she is the second dam of two-time Japanese champions Dance Partner and Dance in the Mood and 1996 Japanese champion 3-year-old male Dance in the Dark and the third dam of Japanese Group 2 winner Federalist and Japanese Group 3 winner Dance Fantasia.
- Bev Bev (1987, by Nijinsky II) was Group-3 placed in France as a 3-year-old. She is the dam of Group 3-placed listed stakes winner Spectacular Bev (by Spectacular Bid) and is the second dam of 2014 Indian champion older male Machiavellianism, 2004 John A. Morris Handicap (USA-G1) winner Link River, English Group 3 winner Stelvio and Grade 3 winner Sterling Pound. She is also the third dam of Grade 2 winner Exchange Rate (a successful sire) and English Group 3 winner Sabre d'Argent.
- Flying Partner (1979, by Hoist the Flag) won the 1982 Fantasy Stakes (USA-G1). She is the second dam of 1993 Canadian champion turf horse Hero's Love.
- Tennis Partner (1983, by Northern Dancer) never raced but is the second dam of 2009 Oakleigh Plate (AUS-G1) winner Swiss Ace.
- Ajdal (1984, by Northern Dancer) was the English and French champion sprinter of 1987. He died after only one season at stud, during which he sired 35 named foals. His best was Cezanne, a divisional highweight in Germany, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates and the winner of the 1994 Guinness Champion Stakes (IRE-G1).
- Farewell Partner (1985, by Northern Dancer) never raced but produced 1997 Stars and Stripes Breeders' Cup Turf Handicap (USA-G3) winner Lakeshore Road (by Alleged) and multiple listed stakes winner Secret Partner (by Rahy; dam of stakes winner Malitzin, by Dynaformer).
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Native Partner was bred by Ralph C. Wilson, Jr., and raced in the colors of his Oxford Stable. She was trained by F. I. Wright. She died in 1986 and was buried at Saxony Farm, where she had been boarded.
Pedigree notes
Native Partner is inbred 4x5 to the immortal Man o' War and 5x5 to Lady Comfey through the three-quarters siblings American Flag (the American champion 3-year-old male of 1926) and Flaming Swords; she is also inbred 4x5 to 1923 French champion sire Teddy. She is a full sister to multiple stakes winner Bill Bonbright and a half sister to 1971 Santa Anita Derby winner Jim French (by Graustark); to 1981 Prix de Royallieu (FR-G3) winner Don't Sulk (by Graustark), dam of1999 Prix Lupin (FR-G1) winner Gracioso, 1995 Bay Meadows Handicap (USA-G2) winner Caesour and English stakes winner Professional Girl, all by Nureyev, and third dam of Group 3 winners Puppeteer, Peligroso and Prakasa; and to English stakes winner Triomphe (by Hoist the Flag). Native Partner is also a half sister to stakes-placed Dance Partner, dam of 1994 Royal Whip (IRE-G3) winner Dancing Sunset (by Red Sunset) and multiple stakes winner Truly (by In Reality) and third dam of Group 3 winners Tropical Paradise and Harlem Shake, and to Fleeing Partner (by Fleet Nasrullah), dam of multiple stakes winner Varick (by Mr. Prospector).
Native Partner is out of 1962 Misty Isle Stakes winner Dinner Partner, whose dam Bluehaze (by Blue Larkspur) is a full sister to the good stakes winner Blue Swords, arguably the second-best 3-year-old male of 1943 after running second to Count Fleet in the Wood Memorial, Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. Bluehaze and Blue Swords, in turn, were produced from Flaming Swords (by Man o' War), whose Pharamond II daughter Jo Bonner is the second dam of three stakes winners including 1967 Bay Meadows Handicap winner No Host and the third dam of Grade 3 winner Lee Gary. Produced from Exalted, a High Time half sister to American Flag (by Man o' War x Lady Comfey) and two other stakes winners, Flaming Swords is a full sister to Pomp and Glory, second dam of 1951 Sapling Stakes winner Landseair.
Last updated: September 1, 2024