From the private collection of Dale Wyatt. Used by permission.
A "niece" of the great Sarazen, Now What was the best juvenile filly of her year. She failed to train on, but went on to produce another champion, Next Move, during her broodmare career. Even better, she founded a female family that continues through the descendants of Pasadoble and her great daughter Miesque, a champion on two continents.
Race record
19 starts, 5 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third, US$37,045
1939:
Honors
American champion 2-year-old filly (1939)
As an individual
A chestnut mare, Now What was on the small side but athletic and racy-looking.
As a producer
Now What's important foals include:
Connections
Bred by Three D's Stock Farm, Now What was owned by Alfred Vanderbilt. She was trained by Bud Stotler. She was buried at Vanderbilt's Sagamore Farm.
Pedigree notes
Now What is inbred 4x5 to 1880 Derby Stakes winner Bend Or. She is a half sister to That's Mine (by Phalaros), dam of juvenile stakes winner Madie Greenock (by Greenock).
That's That, the dam of Now What, is a full sister to two-time American Horse of the Year Sarazen and to stakes winner Adolphus. She was produced from Rush Box (by 1900 Carter Handicap winner Box), who at one point in her life was so little thought of that she was reportedly put to farm work after changing hands for US$50. Rush Box, in turn, was produced from the Singleton mare Sallie Ward, whose dam Belle Nutter was sired by Faraday, a stakes-winning son of Himyar.
Race record
19 starts, 5 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third, US$37,045
1939:
- Won Arlington Lassie Stakes (USA, 6FD, Arlington Park)
- Won Astoria Stakes (USA, 5FD, Aqueduct)
- Won Demoiselle Stakes (USA, 5.75FD, Empire City)
- Won Spinaway Stakes (USA, 6FD, Saratoga)
- 2nd Pimlico Nursery Stakes (USA, 5FD, Pimlico)
- 2nd Juvenile Stakes (USA, 5FD, Belmont)
Honors
American champion 2-year-old filly (1939)
As an individual
A chestnut mare, Now What was on the small side but athletic and racy-looking.
As a producer
Now What's important foals include:
- Now and Again (1944, by Bahram) produced 1956 Barbara Frietchie Handicap winner Sometime Thing (by Discovery). She is the third dam of Grade III winners Boomie S. and Marauding.
- Next Move (1947, by Bull Lea) was the American champion 3-year-old filly of 1950. She is the dam of Good Move (by Native Dancer), winner of the 1960 Spinaway Stakes and Selima Stakes. She is also the third dam of Italian Group II winner Pracer.
- When in Rome (1951, by Roman) was stakes-placed on the track. She is the third dam of 1982 Beldame Stakes (USA-I) winner Weber City Miss.
- Sea-Change (1954, by Count Fleet) produced 1963 Gotham Stakes winner Debbysman (by Princequillo) and is the second dam of 1974 Prix Saint-Alary (FR-I) winner Comtesse de Loir. She is the third dam of 1982 Brooklyn Handicap (USA-I) winner Silver Supreme; of Grade II winners Heron Cove and Capichi; and of French listed stakes winner Pasadoble, dam of the great Miesque.
Connections
Bred by Three D's Stock Farm, Now What was owned by Alfred Vanderbilt. She was trained by Bud Stotler. She was buried at Vanderbilt's Sagamore Farm.
Pedigree notes
Now What is inbred 4x5 to 1880 Derby Stakes winner Bend Or. She is a half sister to That's Mine (by Phalaros), dam of juvenile stakes winner Madie Greenock (by Greenock).
That's That, the dam of Now What, is a full sister to two-time American Horse of the Year Sarazen and to stakes winner Adolphus. She was produced from Rush Box (by 1900 Carter Handicap winner Box), who at one point in her life was so little thought of that she was reportedly put to farm work after changing hands for US$50. Rush Box, in turn, was produced from the Singleton mare Sallie Ward, whose dam Belle Nutter was sired by Faraday, a stakes-winning son of Himyar.