Rose Leaves failed to win on the racetrack, but she proved to be a treasure in the breeding shed. She produced six stakes winners and made a lasting mark on American breeding through her son Bull Lea, a five-time American champion sire. Her sons Espino and Dogpatch were also good sires from more limited opportunities, and her daughters bred on as well.
Race record
6 starts, 0 wins, 0 seconds, 0 thirds, US$0
As an individual
A brown mare, Rose Leaves was sturdy, lengthy, and roomy with good bone and a well-laid shoulder.
As a producer
Rose Leaves produced 10 foals; all 10 started and seven were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Rose Leaves was bred by W. O. Parmer. During her racing career, she was owned by J. W. McClelland. After her retirement, she passed to the hands of Edward F. Simms, who sold her to Coldstream Stud after the birth of her first foal.
Pedigree notes
Rose Leaves is inbred 4x4 to seven-time English champion sire Hermit, winner of the 1867 Derby Stakes. She is a half sister to 1910 Toboggan Handicap winner Mary Davis (by Watercress) and to minor stakes winner Air Man (by Waterboy). She is also a half sister to La Venganza (by Abercorn), dam of 1918 Camden Handicap winner Manager Waite (by Watercress) and 1924 Preakness Stakes winner Nellie Morse (by Luke McLuke). The American co-champion 3-year-old filly of 1924, Nellie Morse in turn produced 1934 American champion 2-year-old filly Nellie Flag (by American Flag), who became a foundation mare for Calumet Farm.
Colonial, the dam of Rose Leaves, never raced and was imported to the United States by James Ben Ali Haggin. She was produced from Thankful Blossom (by Paradox x The Apple, by Hermit), whose stakes-winning half sister One I Love (by Minting) is responsible for another major American branch of Family 9-f through her daughter Affection (by Isidor).
Books and media
Rose Leaves is one of 24 broodmares profiled in Edward Bowen's Matriarchs: Great Mares of the 20th Century (1999, 200, The Blood-Horse, Inc.).
Last updated: June 23, 2021
Race record
6 starts, 0 wins, 0 seconds, 0 thirds, US$0
As an individual
A brown mare, Rose Leaves was sturdy, lengthy, and roomy with good bone and a well-laid shoulder.
As a producer
Rose Leaves produced 10 foals; all 10 started and seven were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
- Ruddy (1920, by McGee; a gelding) won a selling stakes as a juvenile.
- Espino (1923, by Negofol) was a fine stayer who won the 1926 Lawrence Realization and Saratoga Cup and was runner-up in that year's Belmont Stakes. He sired 10 stakes winners from 96 named foals, headed by two-time American champion handicap female Esposa and 1944 Belmont Stakes winner Bounding Home.
- Bois de Rose (1924, by Negofol) won the 1927 Empire City Derby and was second in that year's Belmont Stakes. He failed to sire any stakes winners from 40 named foals.
- Nectarine (1932, by Bull Dog) won the 1936 Miami Beach Handicap. She is the dam of stakes winner Appleknocker (by Reaping Reward) and the second dam of two stakes winners. She is also the third dam of 1952 American champion juvenile filly Sweet Patootie, 1955 Shevlin Stakes winner Gold Box, 1964 Stuyvesant Handicap winner Macedonia, and 1967 Colonial Handicap winner Lady Swaps.
- Bull Lea (1935, by Bull Dog) won the 1938 Blue Grass Stakes and 1939 Widener Handicap. He was champion sire in America five times and led the American broodmare sire list four times. The best of his 57 stakes winners from 377 named foals was the immortal Citation, winner of the 1948 American Triple Crown.
- Summer Time (1937, by Bull Dog) won once from 15 starts. She is the second dam of 1959 San Juan Capistrano Handicap winner Royal Living and 1956 Dwyer Handicap winner Riley and the third dam of 1963 Beldame Stakes winner Oil Royalty and 1960 September Stakes (in England) winner Bordone.
- Dogpatch (1939, by Bull Dog) won the 1942 Shevlin Stakes. He sired 14 stakes winners from 115 named foals.
Connections
Rose Leaves was bred by W. O. Parmer. During her racing career, she was owned by J. W. McClelland. After her retirement, she passed to the hands of Edward F. Simms, who sold her to Coldstream Stud after the birth of her first foal.
Pedigree notes
Rose Leaves is inbred 4x4 to seven-time English champion sire Hermit, winner of the 1867 Derby Stakes. She is a half sister to 1910 Toboggan Handicap winner Mary Davis (by Watercress) and to minor stakes winner Air Man (by Waterboy). She is also a half sister to La Venganza (by Abercorn), dam of 1918 Camden Handicap winner Manager Waite (by Watercress) and 1924 Preakness Stakes winner Nellie Morse (by Luke McLuke). The American co-champion 3-year-old filly of 1924, Nellie Morse in turn produced 1934 American champion 2-year-old filly Nellie Flag (by American Flag), who became a foundation mare for Calumet Farm.
Colonial, the dam of Rose Leaves, never raced and was imported to the United States by James Ben Ali Haggin. She was produced from Thankful Blossom (by Paradox x The Apple, by Hermit), whose stakes-winning half sister One I Love (by Minting) is responsible for another major American branch of Family 9-f through her daughter Affection (by Isidor).
Books and media
Rose Leaves is one of 24 broodmares profiled in Edward Bowen's Matriarchs: Great Mares of the 20th Century (1999, 200, The Blood-Horse, Inc.).
Last updated: June 23, 2021