Like her younger half brother, Tom Fool, Aunt Jinny was a champion at 2. She did not train on as well, however. She was fairly successful as a broodmare, producing two-stakes-winning colts, but her only producing daughter failed to breed on.
Race record
30 starts, 5 wins, 4 seconds, 3 thirds, US$106,020
1950:
1951:
Honors
American champion 2-year-old filly (1950)
Assessments
Co-highweighted with How among American juvenile fillies at 114 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juveniles of 1950.
As an individual
A small, light-boned chestnut mare (she stood barely 15.2 hands at the end of her juvenile season), Aunt Jinny was well-balanced and a good mover. She lacked the precocious speed of Tom Fool and was at her best late in her 2-year-old season when the distances stretched out. She showed marked determination in her best races but pulled up “gimpy” from her final race of the season, the Marguerite Stakes, according to Daily Racing Form writer Evan Shipman and failed to return to her best form at 3 and 4.
As a producer
Aunt Jinny produced seven named foals. All seven started and six were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Aunt Jinny was bred in Kentucky by Duval A. Headley, who also owned her, trained her, and bred all her foals.
Pedigree notes
Aunt Jinny is inbred 5x5x5 to nine-time English champion sire St. Simon, an unbeaten champion on the race course, and 5x5 to the important English and French sire Bay Ronald. She is a half sister to 1953 American Horse of the Year Tom Fool. The dam of Aunt Jinny, 1953 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Gaga, is a stakes-placed half sister to multiple stakes winner Algasir (sired by Bull Dog's full brother Sir Gallahad III). Gaga is also a half sister to Bull Poise (sired by Bull Dog's son Bull Lea), dam of the good stakes horse Ambiopoise (by Ambiorix), second dam of 1982 Canadian champion 3-year-old filly and sprinter Avowal, and third dam of Grade 3 winner Aristocratical. In addition, Gaga is a half sister to Close Ranks (by Phalanx), second dam of 1974 Wood Memorial Invitational Stakes (USA-G1) winner Rube the Great and 1965 New Hampshire Sweepstakes winner Pass the Word.
Gaga's dam Alpoise is by Equipoise and is a half sister to Captivation (by Stimulus), third dam of 1970 Kentucky Derby winner Dust Commander. The sisters are out of 1931 Selima Stakes winner Laughing Queen (by Sun Briar), a full sister to 1925 American champion 2-year-old male Pompey and to Sunny Queen, dam of multiple stakes winner Kings Blue (by Blue Larkspur). Also a half sister to stakes winner Caesarion (by Man o' War), Laughing Queen is a daughter of 1920 American champion 3-year-old filly Cleopatra. Cleopatra, in turn, is by 1913 Middle Park Stakes winner Corcyra (by Polymelus) out of Gallice, by Gallinule.
Fun facts
Last updated: August 7, 2021
Race record
30 starts, 5 wins, 4 seconds, 3 thirds, US$106,020
1950:
- Won Demoiselle Stakes (USA, 8.5FD, Empire City)
- Won Selima Stakes (USA, 8.5FD, Laurel)
- 2nd Marguerite Stakes (USA, 8.5FD, Pimlico)
1951:
- Won Misty Isle Stakes (USA, 8FD, Washington Park)
- 2nd Arlington Matron Handicap (USA, 8FD, Arlington Park)
- 3rd Alabama Stakes (USA, 10FD, Saratoga)
Honors
American champion 2-year-old filly (1950)
Assessments
Co-highweighted with How among American juvenile fillies at 114 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juveniles of 1950.
As an individual
A small, light-boned chestnut mare (she stood barely 15.2 hands at the end of her juvenile season), Aunt Jinny was well-balanced and a good mover. She lacked the precocious speed of Tom Fool and was at her best late in her 2-year-old season when the distances stretched out. She showed marked determination in her best races but pulled up “gimpy” from her final race of the season, the Marguerite Stakes, according to Daily Racing Form writer Evan Shipman and failed to return to her best form at 3 and 4.
As a producer
Aunt Jinny produced seven named foals. All seven started and six were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
- Copy Chief (1960, by Hasty Road) won the 1963 Clark Handicap. He sired six stakes winners from 218 named foals, headed by multiple Grade 3 winner Clear Copy.
- Grand Central (1961, by Hasty Road) won four minor stakes races. He sired 21 stakes winners from 236 named foals as a regional sire in Ohio; most of his offspring’s successes were in the state-bred program.
Connections
Aunt Jinny was bred in Kentucky by Duval A. Headley, who also owned her, trained her, and bred all her foals.
Pedigree notes
Aunt Jinny is inbred 5x5x5 to nine-time English champion sire St. Simon, an unbeaten champion on the race course, and 5x5 to the important English and French sire Bay Ronald. She is a half sister to 1953 American Horse of the Year Tom Fool. The dam of Aunt Jinny, 1953 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Gaga, is a stakes-placed half sister to multiple stakes winner Algasir (sired by Bull Dog's full brother Sir Gallahad III). Gaga is also a half sister to Bull Poise (sired by Bull Dog's son Bull Lea), dam of the good stakes horse Ambiopoise (by Ambiorix), second dam of 1982 Canadian champion 3-year-old filly and sprinter Avowal, and third dam of Grade 3 winner Aristocratical. In addition, Gaga is a half sister to Close Ranks (by Phalanx), second dam of 1974 Wood Memorial Invitational Stakes (USA-G1) winner Rube the Great and 1965 New Hampshire Sweepstakes winner Pass the Word.
Gaga's dam Alpoise is by Equipoise and is a half sister to Captivation (by Stimulus), third dam of 1970 Kentucky Derby winner Dust Commander. The sisters are out of 1931 Selima Stakes winner Laughing Queen (by Sun Briar), a full sister to 1925 American champion 2-year-old male Pompey and to Sunny Queen, dam of multiple stakes winner Kings Blue (by Blue Larkspur). Also a half sister to stakes winner Caesarion (by Man o' War), Laughing Queen is a daughter of 1920 American champion 3-year-old filly Cleopatra. Cleopatra, in turn, is by 1913 Middle Park Stakes winner Corcyra (by Polymelus) out of Gallice, by Gallinule.
Fun facts
- Aunt Jinny was named for Duval Headley’s sister-in-law.
- Headley was lucky to retain Aunt Jinny. After she became a US$5,000 buy-back from the Keeneland Summer yearling sale, he tried to sell her privately several times with no takers. He finally made the decision to keep her after she turned in a sharp trial at Keeneland in the spring of her 2-year-old season.
- Aunt Jinny took nine tries to break her maiden but looked so good in her last three races of the 1950 season that she was a unanimous choice as American champion juvenile filly.
- A poor doer early in her racing career, Aunt Jinny gained health and strength after being switched to mule feed.
- For the Demoiselle Stakes, Headley was turned down by five different jockeys before Nick Wall agreed to ride the filly. Wall had not won a stakes race in nine years and Aunt Jinny had yet to win in stakes company, but the pair teamed up for a three-length victory.
Last updated: August 7, 2021