State (USA)
February 11, 1974 – 1993
Nijinsky II (CAN) x Monarchy (USA), by Princequillo (IRE)
Family 2-f
February 11, 1974 – 1993
Nijinsky II (CAN) x Monarchy (USA), by Princequillo (IRE)
Family 2-f
State was good enough on the track to be a New York allowance winner, but inconsistent enough that she only won three of her 34 starts. It was as a broodmare that she was destined to shine, establishing the most successful branch of the family of Knight's Daughter, the 1959 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year.
Race record
34 starts, 3 wins, 5 seconds, 5 thirds, US$54,234
As an individual
A big, roughly-made, coarse bay mare, State was essentially correct but plain. She was sounder and more durable than most of her dam's produce.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, State produced 11 foals, of which 10 started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, State was bred and owned by Claiborne Farm. She died at Claiborne in 1993 and was buried on the farm's Marchmont division.
Pedigree notes
State is outcrossed through five generations. She is a half sister to 1976 Lexington Handicap (USA-G2) winner Fabled Monarch (by Le Fabuleux) and to stakes winner Title (by Bold Ruler), dam of stakes winner Caption (by Riva Ridge). State is also a half sister to the good sires Envoy and Blade (both by Bold Ruler); to Cherry Valley (by Bold Ruler), second dam of 1988 English champion 2-year-old filly Tessla; and to Tssesebe (by Buckpasser), third dam of 1997 Underwood Stakes (AUS-G1) winner Always Aloof, Grade 2 winner Dance Parade, and Grade 3 winner Ocean Queen.
State's dam Monarchy won the 1959 Arlington Lassie Stakes and is a full sister to Round Table, whose six American championship titles included Horse of the Year honors in 1958; he was also the American leading sire of 1972. Monarchy is also a half sister to stakes winner Love Game (by Big Game), whose stakes-winning daughter Nas-Mahal (by Nasrullah) produced six stakes winners including 1971 American champion 3-year-old filly Turkish Trousers (by Bagdad).
Monarchy's dam Knight's Daughter was sired by the top English sprint sire Sir Cosmo, himself a winner of the important July Cup. She is the 1959 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year and is a half sister to four stakes winners including 1946 One Thousand Guineas winner Hypericum (by Hyperion) and Yorkshire Oaks winner Angelola (by Donatello II), dam of 1954 English champion older male Aureole (by Hyperion). She is also a half sister to Starling (by Noble Star), dam of 1952 Argentine champion older male and three-time Argentine champion sire Sideral (by Seductor), 1953 Argentine champion 3-year-old filly Siderea (by Seductor), and Sagitaria (by Seductor), winner of the Gran Premio Saturnino J. Unzue and Premio Eliseo Ramirez.
Last updated: July 10, 2024
Race record
34 starts, 3 wins, 5 seconds, 5 thirds, US$54,234
As an individual
A big, roughly-made, coarse bay mare, State was essentially correct but plain. She was sounder and more durable than most of her dam's produce.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, State produced 11 foals, of which 10 started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Narrate (1980, by Honest Pleasure) won the 1983 Falls City Handicap (USA-G3). She is the dam of 1991 Frizette Stakes (USA-G1) winner Preach (by Mr. Prospector) and is the second dam of 2000 English and Irish champion 2-year-old male Minardi and of Grade 2 winners and successful sires Pulpit and Tale of the Cat. She is also the third dam of 2001 American and European champion 2-year-old male Johannesburg and multiple Grade 2 winner Fed Biz.
- Border (1982, by Spectacular Bid) won three of her five starts. She produced multiple listed stakes winner Northcote Road (by Conquistador Cielo) and is the third dam of Grade 2 winner Teuflesberg.
- Double Feint (1983, by Spectacular Bid) won the 1986 Hill Prince Handicap (USA-G3). He was of no significance as a sire and died in 1995.
- Dibs (1986, by Spectacular Bid) won the 1990 Locust Grove Handicap (USA-L). She is the dam of 2012 Mac Diarmida Handicap (USA-G2) winner Simmard (by Dixieland Band) and Group 1-placed multiple French listed stakes winner Le Carre (by Miswaki) and is the third dam of Brazilian Group 3 winner Edotto.
- Realm (1987, by Mr. Prospector) won two of 10 starts and produced 1996 Miller High Life Cradle Stakes (USA-L) winner Haint (by Devil's Bag).
- Region (1992, by Devil's Bag; a gelding) won the 1994 Bel Air Handicap (USA-G2).
- Announce (1992, by Forty Niner) won the 1996 Thistledown Breeders' Cup Handicap (USA-G3). He has sired six stakes winners while standing in Indiana and Louisiana.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, State was bred and owned by Claiborne Farm. She died at Claiborne in 1993 and was buried on the farm's Marchmont division.
Pedigree notes
State is outcrossed through five generations. She is a half sister to 1976 Lexington Handicap (USA-G2) winner Fabled Monarch (by Le Fabuleux) and to stakes winner Title (by Bold Ruler), dam of stakes winner Caption (by Riva Ridge). State is also a half sister to the good sires Envoy and Blade (both by Bold Ruler); to Cherry Valley (by Bold Ruler), second dam of 1988 English champion 2-year-old filly Tessla; and to Tssesebe (by Buckpasser), third dam of 1997 Underwood Stakes (AUS-G1) winner Always Aloof, Grade 2 winner Dance Parade, and Grade 3 winner Ocean Queen.
State's dam Monarchy won the 1959 Arlington Lassie Stakes and is a full sister to Round Table, whose six American championship titles included Horse of the Year honors in 1958; he was also the American leading sire of 1972. Monarchy is also a half sister to stakes winner Love Game (by Big Game), whose stakes-winning daughter Nas-Mahal (by Nasrullah) produced six stakes winners including 1971 American champion 3-year-old filly Turkish Trousers (by Bagdad).
Monarchy's dam Knight's Daughter was sired by the top English sprint sire Sir Cosmo, himself a winner of the important July Cup. She is the 1959 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year and is a half sister to four stakes winners including 1946 One Thousand Guineas winner Hypericum (by Hyperion) and Yorkshire Oaks winner Angelola (by Donatello II), dam of 1954 English champion older male Aureole (by Hyperion). She is also a half sister to Starling (by Noble Star), dam of 1952 Argentine champion older male and three-time Argentine champion sire Sideral (by Seductor), 1953 Argentine champion 3-year-old filly Siderea (by Seductor), and Sagitaria (by Seductor), winner of the Gran Premio Saturnino J. Unzue and Premio Eliseo Ramirez.
Last updated: July 10, 2024