Navajo Princess (USA)
March 31, 1974 – c. 1995
Drone (USA) x Olmec (USA), by Pago Pago (AUS)
Family 3-d
March 31, 1974 – c. 1995
Drone (USA) x Olmec (USA), by Pago Pago (AUS)
Family 3-d
Navajo Princess was a good, consistent race mare below the top level, but she reached new heights as a broodmare. She produced one of the best European runners of the 20th century, a French Classic winner, and several daughters that bred on.
Race record
35 starts, 16 wins, 4 seconds, 6 thirds, US$349,915
1978:
1979:
Assessments
Rated at 120 pounds on the Daily Racing Form’s Free Handicap for American older females of 1979, 9 pounds below divisional champion Waya.
As an individual
A bay mare, Navajo Princess was rather slow-maturing but was tough and versatile.
As a producer
Navajo Princess produced 10 named foals, of which seven started and three won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Navajo Princess was bred by Carl Heidrich. She was owned by Glen Oak Farm and was trained by Douglas Dodson. She produced her first five foals for Glen Oak before being sold to Juddmonte Farms. She was sent to Ireland in 1992. The last report of her in produce records was as barren in 1995.
Pedigree notes
Navajo Princess is inbred 5x5 to 1943 American champion sire and three-time American champion broodmare sire Bull Dog. She is a full sister to multiple stakes winner Passamaquoddy, dam of English listed stakes winners Tamim (by Topsider) and Humam (by Nijinsky II), second dam of multiple Japanese Group 2 winner Meisho Beluga, and third dam of South African Group 2 winners Eight Street and Ottimo and Japanese Group 2 winners Meisho Tengen and Meisho Mimosa. She is also a full sister to La Venta, dam of French listed stakes winner and multiple stakes producer La Pascua (by Caerleon) and third dam of Grade 3 winner Cozzetti. In addition, Navajo Princess is a half sister to 1981 Massachusetts Handicap (USA-G3) winner Soldier Boy (by Tumiga) and to Darling Lady (by Alleged), dam of multiple stakes winner Darling Dame (by Lyphard), second dam of 2005 Diana Stakes (USA-G1) winner Sand Springs, and third dam of Grade 2 winner Dust and Diamonds. Finally, Navajo Princess is a half sister to Al’s Darlin (by Alydar), dam of Grade 2 winner Green Darlin (by Green Dancer) and second dam of multiple Jamaican champion Deputy’s Report.
Navajo Princess and her siblings are out of multiple juvenile stakes winner Olmec (by 1962/1963 Australian champion 2-year-old male Pago Pago), a half sister to juvenile stakes winner Satin Gold (by Tulyar) and to Juneau T. (by Bupers), dam of multiple Canadian stakes winner Beau Blade (by Blade). Olmec is also a half sister to Missy T. (by Lt. Stevens), dam of 1982 Puerto Rican champion imported 3-year-old male Chef Henry (by Tudor Grey) and listed stakes winners Elaine Hemmings (by Forceten) and Tees Prospect (by Tank’s Prospect) and second dam of Brazilian Group 2 winner Sharp Profile. In addition, she is a half sister to stakes-placed Chip o’ Chocolate (by Cornish Prince), dam of listed stakes winner Chip n Charge (by Distinctive Pro) and stakes winner Barronette (by Track Barron).
Olmec is out of the stakes-winning mare Chocolate Beau (by the Bull Lea horse Beau Max out of stakes-placed Otra, by Equipoise), whose half sister Retama (by Brazado) is the dam of 1959 Coaching Club American Oaks winner Resaca (by Middleground), 1961 Selima Stakes and 1962 Vineland Handicap winner Tamarona (by Better Self), and stakes winner Sandusky (by Depth Charge). Chocolate Beau is also a half sister to Otrora (by Equestrian), dam of stakes winner Big Felly (by Navigator), and to New Front (by Bold Venture), dam of multiple juvenile stakes winner Brave Front (by Chanlea). In addition, Chocolate Beau is a half sister to Bonnie Google (by Better Self), dam of 1970 Matron Stakes winner Bonnie and Gay (by Sir Gaylord) and stakes winners La Noticia (by Sir Gaylord) and Lady Offshore (by Sir Ivor), second dam of French Group 3 winner Look Fast, and third dam of German Group 3 winners Piranga and Prince Firebird.
Last updated: October 10, 2023
Race record
35 starts, 16 wins, 4 seconds, 6 thirds, US$349,915
1978:
- Won Falls City Handicap (USA-G3, 8.5FD, Churchill Downs)
- Won Princess Doreen Handicap (USA, 8F+40yD, Rockingham Park)
- Won Violet Handicap (USA, 8.5FT, The Meadowlands)
- 2nd Kentucky Cardinal Handicap (second division) (USA, 7FD, Churchill Downs)
- 3rd Vagrancy Handicap (USA-G3, 7FD, Aqueduct)
- 3rd Eatontown Handicap (USA, 8.5FT, Monmouth)
1979:
- Won Molly Pitcher Handicap (USA-G2, 8.5FD, Monmouth)
- Won Promise Handicap (USA, 7FD, Gulfstream Park)
- Won Red Bank Handicap (USA, 8.5FT, Monmouth)
- Won Regret Handicap (USA, 6FD, Monmouth)
- Won Suwannee River Handicap (first division) (USA, 8FT, Gulfstream Park)
- 2nd New York Handicap (USA-G3, 8.5FT, Belmont)
- 2nd Poinciana Handicap (USA, 7FD, Hialeah)
- 2nd Long Look Handicap (USA, 9FD, The Meadowlands)
- 3rd Apple Blossom Handicap (USA-G2, 8F+70yD, Oaklawn Park)
Assessments
Rated at 120 pounds on the Daily Racing Form’s Free Handicap for American older females of 1979, 9 pounds below divisional champion Waya.
As an individual
A bay mare, Navajo Princess was rather slow-maturing but was tough and versatile.
As a producer
Navajo Princess produced 10 named foals, of which seven started and three won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Dancing Brave (1983, by Lyphard) was the 1986 champion 3-year-old male in both England and France and the 1986 champion miler in England and was the highest-rated horse of any age or sex racing in Europe in 1986 as ranked by Timeform and the International Classification. He sired 31 black-type stakes winners from 434 named foals, headed by two-time Japanese champion filly T.M. Ocean and by European Classic winners Commander in Chief, Wemyss Bight, and White Muzzle.
- Squaw Angel (1986, by Sunny’s Halo) never raced but is the second dam of multiple South African Group 3 winner Tribal Dance.
- Balleta (1987, by Lyphard) won four of her 14 starts. She is the dam of French listed stakes winner Barricade (by Riverman).
- Jolypha (1989, by Lyphard) won the 1992 Prix de Diane Hermes (FR-G1) and Prix Vermeille (FR-G1) and was third in that year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic (USA-G1). The highweighted French-raced filly of her year over 9.5-11 furlongs, she is the second dam of 2010 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes (CAN-G1) winner Redwood and the third dam of Australian Group 3 winner Realm of Flowers.
- Javandra (1991, by Lyphard) placed second once and third once from five starts. She is the dam of French listed stakes winner Idaho Quest (by Rainbow Quest).
- Anasazi (1993, by Sadler’s Wells) placed third twice from six starts. She is the dam of French listed stakes winners Runaway and Kilo Alpha (both by King’s Best) and is the second dam of 2021 Coolmore Jenny Wiley Stakes (USA-G1) winner Juliet Foxtrot and English Group 3 winner Juliet Sierra.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Navajo Princess was bred by Carl Heidrich. She was owned by Glen Oak Farm and was trained by Douglas Dodson. She produced her first five foals for Glen Oak before being sold to Juddmonte Farms. She was sent to Ireland in 1992. The last report of her in produce records was as barren in 1995.
Pedigree notes
Navajo Princess is inbred 5x5 to 1943 American champion sire and three-time American champion broodmare sire Bull Dog. She is a full sister to multiple stakes winner Passamaquoddy, dam of English listed stakes winners Tamim (by Topsider) and Humam (by Nijinsky II), second dam of multiple Japanese Group 2 winner Meisho Beluga, and third dam of South African Group 2 winners Eight Street and Ottimo and Japanese Group 2 winners Meisho Tengen and Meisho Mimosa. She is also a full sister to La Venta, dam of French listed stakes winner and multiple stakes producer La Pascua (by Caerleon) and third dam of Grade 3 winner Cozzetti. In addition, Navajo Princess is a half sister to 1981 Massachusetts Handicap (USA-G3) winner Soldier Boy (by Tumiga) and to Darling Lady (by Alleged), dam of multiple stakes winner Darling Dame (by Lyphard), second dam of 2005 Diana Stakes (USA-G1) winner Sand Springs, and third dam of Grade 2 winner Dust and Diamonds. Finally, Navajo Princess is a half sister to Al’s Darlin (by Alydar), dam of Grade 2 winner Green Darlin (by Green Dancer) and second dam of multiple Jamaican champion Deputy’s Report.
Navajo Princess and her siblings are out of multiple juvenile stakes winner Olmec (by 1962/1963 Australian champion 2-year-old male Pago Pago), a half sister to juvenile stakes winner Satin Gold (by Tulyar) and to Juneau T. (by Bupers), dam of multiple Canadian stakes winner Beau Blade (by Blade). Olmec is also a half sister to Missy T. (by Lt. Stevens), dam of 1982 Puerto Rican champion imported 3-year-old male Chef Henry (by Tudor Grey) and listed stakes winners Elaine Hemmings (by Forceten) and Tees Prospect (by Tank’s Prospect) and second dam of Brazilian Group 2 winner Sharp Profile. In addition, she is a half sister to stakes-placed Chip o’ Chocolate (by Cornish Prince), dam of listed stakes winner Chip n Charge (by Distinctive Pro) and stakes winner Barronette (by Track Barron).
Olmec is out of the stakes-winning mare Chocolate Beau (by the Bull Lea horse Beau Max out of stakes-placed Otra, by Equipoise), whose half sister Retama (by Brazado) is the dam of 1959 Coaching Club American Oaks winner Resaca (by Middleground), 1961 Selima Stakes and 1962 Vineland Handicap winner Tamarona (by Better Self), and stakes winner Sandusky (by Depth Charge). Chocolate Beau is also a half sister to Otrora (by Equestrian), dam of stakes winner Big Felly (by Navigator), and to New Front (by Bold Venture), dam of multiple juvenile stakes winner Brave Front (by Chanlea). In addition, Chocolate Beau is a half sister to Bonnie Google (by Better Self), dam of 1970 Matron Stakes winner Bonnie and Gay (by Sir Gaylord) and stakes winners La Noticia (by Sir Gaylord) and Lady Offshore (by Sir Ivor), second dam of French Group 3 winner Look Fast, and third dam of German Group 3 winners Piranga and Prince Firebird.
Last updated: October 10, 2023