Alabama Gal (USA)
May 19, 1957 – c. 1972
Determine (USA) x Trojan Lass (USA), by Priam II (FR)
Family 11
May 19, 1957 – c. 1972
Determine (USA) x Trojan Lass (USA), by Priam II (FR)
Family 11
Alabama Gal inherited the small size of her sire, 1954 Kentucky Derby winner Determine, but very little of his talent. A cheap claimer during her racing career, she did far better as a broodmare despite producing only five foals. From that number, she came up with two good stakes winners who both had success in the paddocks as well and carried her name on to future generations.
Race record
16 starts, 3 wins, 1 second, 0 thirds, US$3,045
As an individual
A tiny bay mare, Alabama Gal was tough enough to make 16 starts as a juvenile but did not race again after that season.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Alabama Gal produced five named foals; all started and three were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in California, Alabama Gal was bred by Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Bishop. She produced her first foal for T. N. Tepper and then passed to the ownership of Frank Sale. She was last mentioned in the produce records as barren in 1972, but she had not produced a live foal since 1965.
Pedigree notes
Alabama Gal’s pedigree is outcrossed through five generations. She was produced from the Priam II mare Trojan Lass, who produced seven winners from seven starters but nothing of any class. Trojan Lass is a half sister to Miss Berea (by Mr. Trouble), dam of 1966 Florida Derby winner Williamston Kid (by Piet), and to Intense (by Intent), second dam of Grade 3 winners First Intent and Gundaghia.
The dam of Trojan Lass, the Bull Dog mare Rompers, is a full sister to 1936 Alabama Stakes winner Floradora, dam of 1945 American champion juvenile male Star Pilot (by Sickle) and third dam of 1962 Delaware Oaks winner North South Gal. The next dam in Alabama Gal’s tail-female line is Gentle Play (by My Play), a half sister to 1924 New Orleans Handicap winner Frederickstown (by Pennant) and claiming stakes winner Eskimo (by North Star III). Gentle Play’s dam, the Sain mare Gentlewoman, is out of the Hanover mare Homespun (a full sister to 1895 Tennessee Oaks winner Handspun, dam of 1905 Belmont Stakes winner Tanya, by Meddler, and 1906 American co-champion 3-year-old filly Tangle, by Meddler), whose dam, Spinaway (by Leamington), is generally considered to be the American champion juvenile filly of 1880.
Last updated: July 1, 2026
Race record
16 starts, 3 wins, 1 second, 0 thirds, US$3,045
As an individual
A tiny bay mare, Alabama Gal was tough enough to make 16 starts as a juvenile but did not race again after that season.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Alabama Gal produced five named foals; all started and three were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
- Gummo (1962, by Fleet Nasrullah) won four stakes races including the 1964 California Breeders’ Champion Stakes and the 1965 Swaps Handicap. A perennial California sire leader, he sired 28 stakes winners from 490 named foals of racing age, headed by Venezuelan Horse of the Year Indudable and multiple Grade 1 winners Ancient Title, Flying Paster, and Princess Karenda.
- Spearfish (1963, by Fleet Nasrullah) won four stakes races including the 1966 Hollywood Oaks. She is the dam of 1974 Irish One Thousand Guineas (IRE-G1) winner Gaily (by Sir Gaylord), 1973 Carter Handicap (USA-G2) winner and good sire King’s Bishop (by Round Table), 1984 Royal Whip Stakes (IRE-G3) winner Empire Glory (by Nijinsky II), and stakes winner Crown the Prince (by Damascus). She is the second dam of French Group 3 winner Gay Hellene and the third dam of Canadian Grade 2 winner Moon Solitaire and German Group 3 winner Germano. Spearfish’s more distant descendants include 1997 European champion older male Pilsudski, 2001 Japanese champion 2-year-old filly Tamuro Cherry, 2002 Japanese champion 3-year-old filly Fine Motion, and four-time Austrian champion Sure Danzig.
Connections
Foaled in California, Alabama Gal was bred by Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Bishop. She produced her first foal for T. N. Tepper and then passed to the ownership of Frank Sale. She was last mentioned in the produce records as barren in 1972, but she had not produced a live foal since 1965.
Pedigree notes
Alabama Gal’s pedigree is outcrossed through five generations. She was produced from the Priam II mare Trojan Lass, who produced seven winners from seven starters but nothing of any class. Trojan Lass is a half sister to Miss Berea (by Mr. Trouble), dam of 1966 Florida Derby winner Williamston Kid (by Piet), and to Intense (by Intent), second dam of Grade 3 winners First Intent and Gundaghia.
The dam of Trojan Lass, the Bull Dog mare Rompers, is a full sister to 1936 Alabama Stakes winner Floradora, dam of 1945 American champion juvenile male Star Pilot (by Sickle) and third dam of 1962 Delaware Oaks winner North South Gal. The next dam in Alabama Gal’s tail-female line is Gentle Play (by My Play), a half sister to 1924 New Orleans Handicap winner Frederickstown (by Pennant) and claiming stakes winner Eskimo (by North Star III). Gentle Play’s dam, the Sain mare Gentlewoman, is out of the Hanover mare Homespun (a full sister to 1895 Tennessee Oaks winner Handspun, dam of 1905 Belmont Stakes winner Tanya, by Meddler, and 1906 American co-champion 3-year-old filly Tangle, by Meddler), whose dam, Spinaway (by Leamington), is generally considered to be the American champion juvenile filly of 1880.
Last updated: July 1, 2026