A full sister to Glamour, So Chic was not as good a race mare but still fell into the category of “New York allowance filly,” making her worth retaining in the Phipps broodmare band. She was a good broodmare on her own account, but her daughter Fashion Verdict proved to be the key in extending the family to future generations. So Chic's female descendants have done particularly well when bred back to stallions with Glamour in their ancestry.
Race record
11 starts, 2 wins, 3 seconds, 1 third, US$9,750
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
So Chic produced 14 named foals, of which nine started and six won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, So Chic was bred by Ogden Phipps and Wheatley Stable. There is no report of her after being reported as barren in 1976.
Pedigree notes
So Chic is outcrossed through five generations. A daughter of 1947 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Striking, she is a full sister to 1956 Test Stakes winner and important producer Glamour and a half sister to stakes winners Hitting Away (by Ambiorix), Batter Up (by Tom Fool), Bases Full (by Ambiorix) and My Boss Lady (by Nasrullah's champion son Bold Ruler). Striking, in turn, is a stakes-winning full sister to 1945 American Horse of the Year Busher and to Arlington Futurity winner Mr. Busher.
Race record
11 starts, 2 wins, 3 seconds, 1 third, US$9,750
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
So Chic produced 14 named foals, of which nine started and six won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Memsie (1959, by Tulyar) produced Belgian stakes winner Gerabher (by Herbager) and is the third dam of Puerto Rican champion 3-year-old male El Platino.
- Fashion Verdict (1960, by Court Martial) won the 1962 Adirondack Stakes and ran second in five other stakes races at 2 and 3. She is the dam of stakes winners Plastic Surgeon (by Dr. Fager), Reasonable Choice (by Hail to Reason) and Sartorialy Perfect (by Gallant Romeo) but more importantly is the dam of The Garden Club (by Herbager), dam of Grade II winner Up the Flagpole (by Hoist the Flag), multiple Grade III winner Nostalgia (by Silent Screen and stakes winner Blushing Cathy (by Blushing Groom). Through Up the Flagpole, Fashion Verdict is the ancestress of 2003 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Prospectors Delite (a multiple Grade I winner), 2003 Horse of the Year Mineshaft and Grade/Group I winners Flagbird, Runup the Colors, Tomisue's Delight and Mr. Sidney.
- Dapper Dan (1962, by Ribot) never won a stakes race but was runner-up in both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes of 1965. A stud failure, he was exported to Japan in 1973.
- Dress Uniform (1964, by Court Martial) never raced but produced 1965 Prix d'Arenberg (FR-III) winner Diffusion (by Habitat), who in turn is the second dam of English Group II winner Azzilfi and Italian Group III winner Khamaseen.
- Flirting Lady (1965, by Swaps) never raced but produced 1976 Lexington Handicap (USA-IIT) winner Modred (by Round Table). She is the third dam of Grade II winner Louis le Grand and Grade III winner Le Belvedere.
- Beau Brummel (1966, by Round Table) won the 1968 Garden State Stakes and placed in nine other stakes at ages 2 through 4. He was sent to England in 1973 and from there to Australia in 1974. A moderate stallion, he sired 11 stakes winners from 287 named foals.
- Pas de Deux (1974, by Nijinsky II) won the 1978 Prix du Palais Royal (FR-III). He sired only two foals, neither of which ever raced.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, So Chic was bred by Ogden Phipps and Wheatley Stable. There is no report of her after being reported as barren in 1976.
Pedigree notes
So Chic is outcrossed through five generations. A daughter of 1947 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Striking, she is a full sister to 1956 Test Stakes winner and important producer Glamour and a half sister to stakes winners Hitting Away (by Ambiorix), Batter Up (by Tom Fool), Bases Full (by Ambiorix) and My Boss Lady (by Nasrullah's champion son Bold Ruler). Striking, in turn, is a stakes-winning full sister to 1945 American Horse of the Year Busher and to Arlington Futurity winner Mr. Busher.
