Up the Flagpole (USA)
May 12, 1978 – 1999
Hoist the Flag (USA) x The Garden Club (USA), by Herbager (FR)
Family 1-x
May 12, 1978 – 1999
Hoist the Flag (USA) x The Garden Club (USA), by Herbager (FR)
Family 1-x
A good race mare, Up the Flagpole was better still as a broodmare. Her seven stakes winners included three Grade or Group 1 winners, one of them a Kentucky Broodmare of the Year and another one a multiple European highweight. This is a family that has enjoyed remarkable success when crossed with stallions returning crosses of Glamour, a full sister to Up the Flagpole's great-granddam So Chic.
Race record
22 starts, 7 wins, 3 seconds, 2 thirds, US$166,960
1981:
1982:
Assessments
Rated at 116 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1981, 10 pounds below champion Wayward Lass.
Rated at 110 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American older females of 1982, 14 pounds below co-highweights Track Robbery (the official champion), Jameela and Weber City Miss.
As an individual
A dark bay or brown mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Up the Flagpole produced 10 named foals, all of which started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Up the Flagpole was bred and owned by William Farish III.
Pedigree notes
Up the Flagpole is inbred 3x5 to 1937 American Triple Crown winner War Admiral and 5x5x5 to 1932 St. Leger Stakes winner Firdaussi. She is a half sister to multiple Grade 3 winner Nostalgia (by Silent Screen) and stakes winner Blushing Cathy (by Blushing Groom). She is also a half sister to Hidden Garden (by Mr. Prospector), dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Jazz Club (by Dixieland Band) and to Exotic Garden (by Bold Ruler), dam of multiple stakes winner Lines of Power (by Raise a Native) and second dam of 1997 Jamaican Horse of the Year Temperence Oaks. In addition, Up the Flagpole is a half sister to Tacida (by Vitriolic), second dam of French Group 3 winner La Carene, and to Dinner Meeting (by Bold Ruler), third dam of Grade 3 winner Bully Bones.
Up the Flagpole's dam The Garden Club is a half sister to the stakes-winning colts Plastic Surgeon (by Dr. Fager) and Sartorialy Perfect (by Gallant Romeo) and to Reasonable Choice (by Hail to Reason), a stakes-winning steeplechaser in France. She is also a half sister to Court Circular (by Ambiorix), dam of multiple Irish stakes winner Ash Creek (by Manado) and Belgian stakes winner High Court (by Hill Rise) and second dam of New Zealand Group 3 winner Sovereign Court; to Best Dressed List (by Buckpasser), dam of Irish stakes winner North Verdict (by Far North); to Fashionable Trick (by Buckpasser), dam of juvenile stakes winner House Speaker (by King Pellinore) and second dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Semoran; and to A Streaker (by Dr. Fager), dam of listed stakes winner Capture Him (by Mr. Prospector).
Fashion Verdict, the dam of The Garden Club, won the 1962 Adirondack Stakes. Produced from the important matron So Chic (by Nasrullah), she is a full sister to Dress Uniform, dam of French Group 3 winner Diffusion (by Habitat). She is also a half sister to 1968 Garden State Stakes winner Beau Brummel (by Round Table), to French Group 3 winner Pas de Deux (by Nijinsky II), to dual Classic-placed Dapper Dan (by Ribot) and to Flirting Lady (by Swaps), dam of Grade 2 winner Modred (by Round Table).
Last updated: February 24, 2022
Race record
22 starts, 7 wins, 3 seconds, 2 thirds, US$166,960
1981:
- Won Delaware Oaks (USA-G2, 9FD, Delaware)
- Won Anne Arundel Handicap (USA, 8FD, Laurel)
- 2nd Chrysanthemum Handicap (second division) (USA-G3, Laurel)
1982:
- 3rd Barbara Fritchie Handicap (second division) (USA-G3, 7FD, Bowie)
Assessments
Rated at 116 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1981, 10 pounds below champion Wayward Lass.
Rated at 110 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American older females of 1982, 14 pounds below co-highweights Track Robbery (the official champion), Jameela and Weber City Miss.
As an individual
A dark bay or brown mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Up the Flagpole produced 10 named foals, all of which started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Fold the Flag (1984, by Raja Baba) won the 1987 Beaumont Stakes, a listed race, and was Grade G3-placed. She was a disappointing broodmare.
- Allied Flag (1986, by Danzig) won the Motor City Handicap as a 5-year-old. He was not a successful sire in either Florida or South Africa, siring just four stakes winners from 322 named foals.
- Long View (1988, by Damascus) won the 1992 Furl Sail Handicap. She is the dam of listed stakes winners Overview (by Kingmambo) and (in France) Music Club (by Dixieland Band). She also produced Open View (by Southern Image), dam of stakes winner Safety Zone (by King Cugat).
- Prospectors Delite (1989, by Mr. Prospector) won the 1992 Ashland Stakes (USA-G1) and Acorn Stakes (USA-G1). The 2003 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year, she produced five foals, all stakes winners: 2003 American Horse of the Year Mineshaft (by A.P. Indy), multiple Grade 1 winner Tomisue's Delight (by A.P. Indy), Irish Group 3 winner Monashee Mountain (by Danzig), and listed stakes winners Delta Music (by Dixieland Band) and Rock Slide (by A.P. Indy). Tomisue's Delight, in turn, is the dam of 2009 Maker's Mark Mile S. (USA-G1) winner Mr. Sidney (by Storm Cat) and the second dam of Grade 3 winner Term of Art.
- Flagbird (1991, by Nureyev) won the 1995 Premio Presidente della Repubblica (ITY-G1). The highweight older female of 1995 over 9.5 to 11 furlongs in England, Ireland and Italy, she is the second dam of 2008 Ashland Stakes (USA-G1) winner Little Belle, English Group 3 winner Newfangled, Grade 3-placed stakes winner Bay of Plenty and stakes winner Dubai Dancer. Flagbird is also the third dam of 2017 Coolmore Jenny Wiley Stakes (USA-G1) winner Dickinson.
- Top Account (1992, by Private Account) won the 1995 King's Bishop Stakes (USA-G2). He sired only two stakes winners from 225 named foals.
- Runup the Colors (1994, by A.P. Indy) won the 1997 Alabama Stakes (USA-G1). She is the dam of 2013 Louisiana Derby (USA-G2) winner Revolutionary (by War Pass).
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Up the Flagpole was bred and owned by William Farish III.
Pedigree notes
Up the Flagpole is inbred 3x5 to 1937 American Triple Crown winner War Admiral and 5x5x5 to 1932 St. Leger Stakes winner Firdaussi. She is a half sister to multiple Grade 3 winner Nostalgia (by Silent Screen) and stakes winner Blushing Cathy (by Blushing Groom). She is also a half sister to Hidden Garden (by Mr. Prospector), dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Jazz Club (by Dixieland Band) and to Exotic Garden (by Bold Ruler), dam of multiple stakes winner Lines of Power (by Raise a Native) and second dam of 1997 Jamaican Horse of the Year Temperence Oaks. In addition, Up the Flagpole is a half sister to Tacida (by Vitriolic), second dam of French Group 3 winner La Carene, and to Dinner Meeting (by Bold Ruler), third dam of Grade 3 winner Bully Bones.
Up the Flagpole's dam The Garden Club is a half sister to the stakes-winning colts Plastic Surgeon (by Dr. Fager) and Sartorialy Perfect (by Gallant Romeo) and to Reasonable Choice (by Hail to Reason), a stakes-winning steeplechaser in France. She is also a half sister to Court Circular (by Ambiorix), dam of multiple Irish stakes winner Ash Creek (by Manado) and Belgian stakes winner High Court (by Hill Rise) and second dam of New Zealand Group 3 winner Sovereign Court; to Best Dressed List (by Buckpasser), dam of Irish stakes winner North Verdict (by Far North); to Fashionable Trick (by Buckpasser), dam of juvenile stakes winner House Speaker (by King Pellinore) and second dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Semoran; and to A Streaker (by Dr. Fager), dam of listed stakes winner Capture Him (by Mr. Prospector).
Fashion Verdict, the dam of The Garden Club, won the 1962 Adirondack Stakes. Produced from the important matron So Chic (by Nasrullah), she is a full sister to Dress Uniform, dam of French Group 3 winner Diffusion (by Habitat). She is also a half sister to 1968 Garden State Stakes winner Beau Brummel (by Round Table), to French Group 3 winner Pas de Deux (by Nijinsky II), to dual Classic-placed Dapper Dan (by Ribot) and to Flirting Lady (by Swaps), dam of Grade 2 winner Modred (by Round Table).
Last updated: February 24, 2022