Plum Cake (USA)
April 11, 1958 – 1975
Ponder (USA) x Real Delight (USA), by Bull Lea (USA)
Family 9-c
April 11, 1958 – 1975
Ponder (USA) x Real Delight (USA), by Bull Lea (USA)
Family 9-c
Plum Cake was far from being an equal to her champion dam, but she did have enough talent to become a stakes winner in her own right. She was a good producer and is one of the few mares to number both a champion sire and a Kentucky Broodmare of the Year among her progeny.
Race record
21 starts, 8 wins, 2 seconds, 1 thirds, US$43,901
1960:
1961:
Assessments
Rated at 110 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juvenile fillies of 1960, 6 pounds below champion Rose Bower.
Rated at 115 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1961, 10 pounds below champion Bowl of Flowers.
As an individual
A feminine chestnut mare, Plum Cake had a good shoulder and prominent withers. She had a nice hind leg but was rather upright in her pasterns.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Plum Cake produced 11 named foals, of which nine started and eight won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Plum Cake was bred and owned by Calumet Farm. She was trained by Horace “Jimmy” Jones. She died in 1975 and was buried in the Calumet Farm horse cemetery.
Pedigree notes
Plum Cake is inbred 5x4 to the important sire Teddy and the great matron Plucky Liege through the full brothers Sir Gallahad III and Bull Dog. She is a half sister to 1968 Golden Rod Stakes winner Spring Sunshine (by Nashua), dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Raise a Cup (by Raise a Native) and 1987 Juvenile Stakes (USA-G3) winner Lucky So n' So (by Alydar). Spring Sunshine is also the second dam of Grade 2 winner Dazzle Me Jolie and the third dam of Grade 3 winners Bright Again and Rare Pick. In addition, Plum Cake is a half sister to stakes winner No Fooling (by Tom Fool) and to Heliolight (by Helioscope), dam of 1971 Sport Page Handicap winner Lonesome River (by Rough'n Tumble); second dam of Grade 2 winner Eminency and Grade 3 winner Katonka; and the third dam of 1980 Preakness Stakes (USA-G1) winner Codex, multiple Grade 2 winners Give Me Strength and Talakeno and Grade 3 winners Smooth Runner and Hidden Assets.
Plum Cake's dam Real Delight was the American champion 3-year-old filly and handicap female of 1952. She is a full sister to 1953 Kentucky Oaks winner Bubbley, second dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Who Duzzit. She is also a full sister to the stakes-winning colts All Blue and Kentucky Pride and a half sister to 1956 Kentucky Oaks winner Princess Turia (by Heliopolis), dam of 1968 American co-champion 3-year-old male Forward Pass (by On-and-On) and Grade 2 winner Turn to Turia (by Best Turn). In addition, Real Delight is a half sister to Whirling Lark (by Whirlaway), dam of 1955 Gotham Stakes winner Go Lightly (by Faultless) and third dam of multiple Grade 1 winner El Senor, Grade 2 winner Carry the Banner and Grade 3 winners Jamila Kadir and Strawberry Wine.
Real Delight's dam Blue Delight (by Blue Larkspur) won six stakes races including the 1940 Arlington Lassie Stakes and the 1942 Arlington Matron Handicap. She is a full sister to multiple stakes winner Lightspur and is out of juvenile stakes winner Chicleight (by Chicle). Chicleight, in turn, is a half sister to multiple stakes winners Siskin (by Épinard), Hygro (by Épinard) and Errard (by Challenger II) and is out of the Honeywood mare Ruddy Light, herself the winner of the 1923 Clipsetta Stakes.
Last updated: August 22, 2020
Race record
21 starts, 8 wins, 2 seconds, 1 thirds, US$43,901
1960:
- 2nd Marguerite Stakes (USA, 8.5FD, Pimlico)
1961:
- Won Jasmine Stakes (second division) (USA, 7FD, Hialeah)
Assessments
Rated at 110 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juvenile fillies of 1960, 6 pounds below champion Rose Bower.
Rated at 115 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1961, 10 pounds below champion Bowl of Flowers.
As an individual
A feminine chestnut mare, Plum Cake had a good shoulder and prominent withers. She had a nice hind leg but was rather upright in her pasterns.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Plum Cake produced 11 named foals, of which nine started and eight won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Plum Plum (1964, by On-and-On) won 15 of her 58 starts. She produced 1977 Patriot Stakes (USA-G3) winner Pruneplum (by Olden Times) and is the second dam of the multiple stakes-winning sprinter Rich Cream, sire of 1985 Belmont Stakes winner Creme Fraiche. She is also the second dam of multiple listed stakes winner Fobby Forbes.
- Sweet Tooth (1965, by On-and-On) was second in the 1967 Alcibiades Stakes. The 1977 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year, she is the dam of 1977 American champion 3-year-old filly Our Mims (by Herbager), National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Member and 1990 American champion sire Alydar (by Raise a Native), and 1980 Mother Goose Stakes (USA-G1) winner Sugar and Spice (by Key to the Mint). She is the second dam of Grade 2 winner Cinnamon Sugar and the third dam of 1997 Breeders' Cup Sprint (USA-G1) winner Elmhurst and Grade 3 winners Allspice, China Storm and Wildly Joyous.
- Sultans Favorite (1968, by Bagdad) is the third dam of 2010 Ecuadorean champion imported sprinter El Carite.
- Plum Bold (1969, by Bold Ruler) won the 1971 Juvenile Stakes and National Stallion Stakes. He was champion sire in South Africa for the 1980/1981 Southern Hemisphere racing season.
- Yule Log (1970, by Bold Ruler) was a high-end allowance filly and won five of her 17 starts. She is the dam of 1982 American champion 3-year-old filly Christmas Past (by Grey Dawn II).
- Sugar Plum Time (1972, by Bold Ruler) won the 1976 Firenze Handicap (USA-G2) and Maskette Handicap (USA-G2). She is the dam of Christmas Bonus (by Key to the Mint), winner of a division of the 1982 Poquessing Handicap and dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Christmas Gift (by Green Desert), Grade 1-placed stakes winner Bright Candles (by El Gran Senor) and stakes winner Bonus Money (by Chief's Crown). Bright Candles, in turn, is the dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Grand Slam, while Christmas Gift is the dam of 2007 Ashland Stakes (USA-G1) winner Christmas Kid. Through another daughter, Souq (by Damascus), Sugar Plum Time is the second dam of 2002 Oaklawn Handicap (USA-G1) winner Kudos and the third dam of Canadian Grade 3 winner Officer Cherrie.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Plum Cake was bred and owned by Calumet Farm. She was trained by Horace “Jimmy” Jones. She died in 1975 and was buried in the Calumet Farm horse cemetery.
Pedigree notes
Plum Cake is inbred 5x4 to the important sire Teddy and the great matron Plucky Liege through the full brothers Sir Gallahad III and Bull Dog. She is a half sister to 1968 Golden Rod Stakes winner Spring Sunshine (by Nashua), dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Raise a Cup (by Raise a Native) and 1987 Juvenile Stakes (USA-G3) winner Lucky So n' So (by Alydar). Spring Sunshine is also the second dam of Grade 2 winner Dazzle Me Jolie and the third dam of Grade 3 winners Bright Again and Rare Pick. In addition, Plum Cake is a half sister to stakes winner No Fooling (by Tom Fool) and to Heliolight (by Helioscope), dam of 1971 Sport Page Handicap winner Lonesome River (by Rough'n Tumble); second dam of Grade 2 winner Eminency and Grade 3 winner Katonka; and the third dam of 1980 Preakness Stakes (USA-G1) winner Codex, multiple Grade 2 winners Give Me Strength and Talakeno and Grade 3 winners Smooth Runner and Hidden Assets.
Plum Cake's dam Real Delight was the American champion 3-year-old filly and handicap female of 1952. She is a full sister to 1953 Kentucky Oaks winner Bubbley, second dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Who Duzzit. She is also a full sister to the stakes-winning colts All Blue and Kentucky Pride and a half sister to 1956 Kentucky Oaks winner Princess Turia (by Heliopolis), dam of 1968 American co-champion 3-year-old male Forward Pass (by On-and-On) and Grade 2 winner Turn to Turia (by Best Turn). In addition, Real Delight is a half sister to Whirling Lark (by Whirlaway), dam of 1955 Gotham Stakes winner Go Lightly (by Faultless) and third dam of multiple Grade 1 winner El Senor, Grade 2 winner Carry the Banner and Grade 3 winners Jamila Kadir and Strawberry Wine.
Real Delight's dam Blue Delight (by Blue Larkspur) won six stakes races including the 1940 Arlington Lassie Stakes and the 1942 Arlington Matron Handicap. She is a full sister to multiple stakes winner Lightspur and is out of juvenile stakes winner Chicleight (by Chicle). Chicleight, in turn, is a half sister to multiple stakes winners Siskin (by Épinard), Hygro (by Épinard) and Errard (by Challenger II) and is out of the Honeywood mare Ruddy Light, herself the winner of the 1923 Clipsetta Stakes.
Last updated: August 22, 2020