Although she was a full or half sister to three stakes winners, Polly Flinders was not much of a race mare. She saved her excellence for the paddocks, where she produced three fine runners and continued the female line of her granddam Cinderella.
Race record
6 starts, 1 win, US$560
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Polly Flinders produced 13 named foals. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in New Jersey, Polly Flinders was bred and owned by Harry Payne Whitney. She passed to the ownership of C. V. “Sonny” Whitney on his father's death in 1930.
Pedigree notes
Polly Flinders is outcrossed through five generations. She is a full sister to juvenile stakes winner Slipshod and a half sister to 1913 Preakness Stakes winner Buskin (by Burgomaster's sire, Hamburg). She is also a half sister to multiple stakes producer Comfort (by Broomstick). Polly Flinders was produced from Slippers (by Meddler), the most important daughter of the great 19th-century matron Cinderella (by Blue Ruin or Tomahawk) and a half sister to 1898 Kentucky Derby winner Plaudit (by Himyar) and two-time American champion sire Hastings (by Spendthrift).
Fun facts
Last updated: August 19, 2023
Race record
6 starts, 1 win, US$560
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Polly Flinders produced 13 named foals. Her important foals are as follow:
- Prudery (1918, by Peter Pan) is generally considered the American co-champion 2-year-old filly of 1920 and the American champion 3-year-old filly of 1921. She produced only four named foals, but they include 1927 Kentucky Derby winner Whiskery (by Whisk Broom II), 1928 Preakness Stakes winner Victorian (by Whisk Broom II), and multiple stakes winner Halcyon (by Broomstick).
- Prudish (1919, by Peter Pan) won the 1922 Coaching Club American Oaks. She is the dam of multiple stakes winner Comstockery (by Chicle) and the second dam of multiple stakes winners Haltal, Very Snooty and Beldine.
- Polly Pennant (1920, by Pennant) produced the minor stakes winner Infinity (by Eternal) and is the second dam of 1946 Mexican Horse of the Year Plucky Flag, 1942 Ashland Stakes winner The Swallow, and multiple stakes-winning steeplechaser Torturer. She is the third dam of three stakes winners including three-time Mexican champion older female Plucky Raf.
- Tonala (1921, by Broomstick) is the second dam of the excellent broodmare Accra, whose six stakes winners include three-time American champion steeplechaser Neji and 1963 American champion turf horse Mongo.
- Macaw (1923, by Peter Pan) won six stakes races as a 3-year-old including the Carter Handicap and the Queens County Handicap. He was a poor sire, getting five moderate stakes winners from 194 foals.
- Peter Polly (1928, by Peter Pan) is the second dam of multiple stakes winner Bel Reigh, minor stakes winner Lovely Polly, and steeplechase stakes winner Vesuvius.
Connections
Foaled in New Jersey, Polly Flinders was bred and owned by Harry Payne Whitney. She passed to the ownership of C. V. “Sonny” Whitney on his father's death in 1930.
Pedigree notes
Polly Flinders is outcrossed through five generations. She is a full sister to juvenile stakes winner Slipshod and a half sister to 1913 Preakness Stakes winner Buskin (by Burgomaster's sire, Hamburg). She is also a half sister to multiple stakes producer Comfort (by Broomstick). Polly Flinders was produced from Slippers (by Meddler), the most important daughter of the great 19th-century matron Cinderella (by Blue Ruin or Tomahawk) and a half sister to 1898 Kentucky Derby winner Plaudit (by Himyar) and two-time American champion sire Hastings (by Spendthrift).
Fun facts
- Polly Flinders was named for a character in a 19th-century English nursery rhyme.
Last updated: August 19, 2023