Blue Denim (USA)
1940 – c. 1965
Blue Larkspur (USA) x Judy O’Grady (USA), by Man o’ War (USA)
Family 16-c
1940 – c. 1965
Blue Larkspur (USA) x Judy O’Grady (USA), by Man o’ War (USA)
Family 16-c
Blue Denim made only one start on the track, but given the status of Blue Larkspur and Man o’War as sires of important broodmares, she had all the pedigree she needed to be given good opportunities in the paddocks. She made the most of them, producing six stakes winners. She also produced several successful broodmare daughters.
Race record
1 starts, 0 wins, 0 seconds, 1 third, US$150
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Blue Denim produced 15 named foals, of which 14 started and 10 were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Blue Denim was bred and owned by Walter M. Jeffords. All of her foals were bred by either Jeffords or his wife, Sarah. Blue Denim disappears from the produce records after being reported as barren in 1965.
Pedigree notes
Blue Denim is inbred 5x5 to 1880 Derby Stakes winner Bend Or. She is a half sister to Snow Goose (by Mahmoud), who won the 1947 Beldame Handicap and Ladies’ Handicap and the 1948 Saratoga Cup. Snow Goose is the dam of juvenile stakes winner Merganser (by Pavot); the second dam of 1971 French champion miler Faraway Son, French Group 2 winner Liloy (an important sire in Argentina), 1967 Delaware Oaks winner Lewiston, and 1969 Prix de Meautry winner Mismalova; and the third dam of 1978 Oaks Stakes (ENG-G1) and Irish Guinness Oaks winner Fair Salinia (IRE-G1), multiple Grade/Group 1 winner Baillamont, and Grade 2 winner Rambo Dancer. Returning to Blue Denim, she is also a half sister to 1945 Narragansett Special winner Westminster (by Bull Dog) and to Aunt Chaney (by Blue Larkspur), dam of 1953 Santa Anita Derby winner Chanlea (by Bull Lea) and third dam of 1968 Longacres Mile Handicap winner Steel Blade. In addition, Blue Denim is a half sister to Irish Nora (by Pharamond II), dam of 1951 American champion 3-year-old filly Kiss Me Kate (by Count Fleet) and third dam of Grade 2 winner Festive Mood.
Blue Denim and her siblings are out of the stakes-placed Man o’ War mare Judy O’Grady, a half sister to multiple juvenile stakes winner Good as Gold (by Golden Broom). Judy O’Grady is also a half sister to stakes-placed St. Agnes (by Golden Broom), second dam of 1948 Pollyanna Stakes winner Alsab’s Day, and to Judy L. (by Firethorn), dam of 1952 Ashland Stakes winner Free for Me (by Free for All).
Judy O’Grady, in turn, is out of Bel Agnes (by Ambassador IV), a full sister to 1927 Brooklyn Handicap winner Peanuts. Produced from the Sardanapale mare Agnes Sard, Bel Agnes is also a half sister to Agnes Star (by Bubbling Over), dam of multiple stakes winner Mower (by Sickle), and to Foxy Agnes (by Gallant Fox), dam of multiple stakes winner Alfoxie (by Bimelech; dam of stakes winner Grandpaw, by Sun Again).
Last updated: December 29, 2023
Race record
1 starts, 0 wins, 0 seconds, 1 third, US$150
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Blue Denim produced 15 named foals, of which 14 started and 10 were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
- Green Baize (1946, by Case Ace) won the 1948 National Stallion Stakes (filly division) and Jasmine Stakes. She produced nothing of note as a broodmare.
- Suleiman (1947, by Mahmoud) won the 1949 Grand Union Hotel Stakes. He sired only one known foal, the winning filly Call Sign.
- Sail Cloth (1948, by War Admiral) won one of her 20 starts. She is the dam of 1968 Berkeley Handicap winner Mainsheet (by Alycidon) and 1969 Malibu Stakes winner First Mate (by Limelight) and the second dam of 1970 Arkansas Derby winner Herbalist, 1971 Vineland Handicap winner Careerist, and Grade 3 winner Quiet Crossing. She is also the third dam of 1987 Hempstead Handicap (USA-G1) winner Catatonic and multiple Grade 3 winner Santa Catalina.
- Ampola (1949, by Pavot) won one of her nine starts. She is the dam of 1959 Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp and Prix Robert Papin winner Sly Pola (by Spy Song), 1957 Prix du Bois winner Polamia (by Mahmoud), and 1963 Prix La Rochette winner Takawalk (by Native Dancer). Polamia, in turn, is the dam of 1964 French champion 2-year-old male Grey Dawn II (by Herbager), 1966 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas) winner Right Away (by Right Royal), 1963 Prix Maurice de Gheest winner Tryptic (by Tyrone), 1968 Prix La Rochette winner Mia Pola (by Relko), and French stakes winner Timolina (by Timmy My Boy) and is the second dam of Grade 2 winner Regal Bearing and French Group 2 winner Viteric, while Sly Pola is the dam of French stakes winner Green Herb (by Herbager) and the second dam of 1979 Italian champion 2-year-old male Pareo, 1975 Poule d’Essai des Poulains (French Two Thousand Guineas, FR-G1) winner and important sire Green Dancer, Grade 2 winner Val Danseur, and French Group 3 winner Ercolano.
- Tahiti (1950, by Polynesian; a gelding) won stakes races at 2 and 5.
- Blue Prince (1951, by Princequillo) won stakes races in England at 2 and 3. He sired 31 stakes winners from 430 named foals, headed by 1974 Preis von Europa (GER-G1) winner Days at Sea and 1961 Santa Anita Derby and Hollywood Derby winner Four-and-Twenty.
- Policeman Day (1952, by Challedon; a gelding) won six hurdle stakes including the 1957 New York Turf Writers Cup Handicap.
- Lighter (1953, by Coastal Traffic) never raced but is the third dam of Grade 3 winner Right Mind.
- Piano Jim (1955, by Bernborough) won the 1958 Travers Stakes. He sired only one stakes winner from 123 named foals.
- Dungaree (1956, by Princequillo) won two of her 10 starts. She is the dam of Gladwin (by First Landing), winner of the 1970 Amory L. Haskell Handicap and Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap. He sired three stakes winners from 128 named foals.
- Coque Bleue (1959, by Daumier) placed in seven of her nine starts but did not win. She is the dam of stakes winners Moonreindeer (by Dark Star) and Talent Town (by Olden Times).
- Serge de Nimes (1960, by Arctic Prince) was unplaced in four starts. She is the second dam of five-time American champion steeplechaser Lonesome Glory, multiple New Zealand Group 3 winner Zephyr Souba, and Australian Group 3 winner Tessuti. She is also the third dam of multiple Australian Group 1 winner Naturalism, multiple New Zealand Group 1 winner Star Dancer, and 1997 Qantas Queensland Oaks (AUS-G1) winner Crystal Palace.
- Royal Ermine (1961, by Arctic Prince) won two of her 19 starts. She is the second dam of Grade 3 winner Freespool.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Blue Denim was bred and owned by Walter M. Jeffords. All of her foals were bred by either Jeffords or his wife, Sarah. Blue Denim disappears from the produce records after being reported as barren in 1965.
Pedigree notes
Blue Denim is inbred 5x5 to 1880 Derby Stakes winner Bend Or. She is a half sister to Snow Goose (by Mahmoud), who won the 1947 Beldame Handicap and Ladies’ Handicap and the 1948 Saratoga Cup. Snow Goose is the dam of juvenile stakes winner Merganser (by Pavot); the second dam of 1971 French champion miler Faraway Son, French Group 2 winner Liloy (an important sire in Argentina), 1967 Delaware Oaks winner Lewiston, and 1969 Prix de Meautry winner Mismalova; and the third dam of 1978 Oaks Stakes (ENG-G1) and Irish Guinness Oaks winner Fair Salinia (IRE-G1), multiple Grade/Group 1 winner Baillamont, and Grade 2 winner Rambo Dancer. Returning to Blue Denim, she is also a half sister to 1945 Narragansett Special winner Westminster (by Bull Dog) and to Aunt Chaney (by Blue Larkspur), dam of 1953 Santa Anita Derby winner Chanlea (by Bull Lea) and third dam of 1968 Longacres Mile Handicap winner Steel Blade. In addition, Blue Denim is a half sister to Irish Nora (by Pharamond II), dam of 1951 American champion 3-year-old filly Kiss Me Kate (by Count Fleet) and third dam of Grade 2 winner Festive Mood.
Blue Denim and her siblings are out of the stakes-placed Man o’ War mare Judy O’Grady, a half sister to multiple juvenile stakes winner Good as Gold (by Golden Broom). Judy O’Grady is also a half sister to stakes-placed St. Agnes (by Golden Broom), second dam of 1948 Pollyanna Stakes winner Alsab’s Day, and to Judy L. (by Firethorn), dam of 1952 Ashland Stakes winner Free for Me (by Free for All).
Judy O’Grady, in turn, is out of Bel Agnes (by Ambassador IV), a full sister to 1927 Brooklyn Handicap winner Peanuts. Produced from the Sardanapale mare Agnes Sard, Bel Agnes is also a half sister to Agnes Star (by Bubbling Over), dam of multiple stakes winner Mower (by Sickle), and to Foxy Agnes (by Gallant Fox), dam of multiple stakes winner Alfoxie (by Bimelech; dam of stakes winner Grandpaw, by Sun Again).
Last updated: December 29, 2023