Creole Maid was not consistent enough to be a champion, but she was nonetheless a talented filly and competed with the best of her age and sex throughout her racing career. She was a good broodmare but did not succeed in establishing a major branch of her family.
Race record
19 starts, 4 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third, US$20,950
1937:
1938:
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Creole Maid produced seven named foals. All started and five won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Creole Maid was bred by Walter M. Jeffords, Sr., and raced in the name of his wife Sarah (née Fiske). She was trained by Preston Burch. She last appears in breeding records in 1955, when she was reported as barren.
Pedigree notes
Creole Maid is inbred 3x4 to the important broodmare Bromus, a juvenile stakes winner in England, and 4x5x5 to 1890 Derby Stakes winner Sainfoin. She is also inbred 4x5 to 1896 Oaks Stakes winner Canterbury Pilgrim. She is a half sister to two-time Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Firethorn (by Sun Briar), to Sun Rouge (by Sun Briar), dam of three-time steeplechase stakes winner Hot (by Teufel), and to Mercantile (by Market Wise), third dam of 1977 Venezuelan champion 3-year-old male Arturo B. Creole Maid is also a half sister to stakes-placed Rouge et Noir (by St. Germans), dam of stakes winner Caillou Rouge (by Big Pebble), second dam of 1951 Acorn Stakes winner Nothirdchance and 1960 Chicago Handicap winner Active Crater, and third dam of 1960 American champion 2-year-old male Hail to Reason.
Creole Maid is out of Baton Rouge, a full sister to Matron Stakes winner Wand (dam of 1942 Saratoga Special winner Halberd, by Blenheim II), 1932 Withers Stakes winner Boatswain, stakes winner Kearsarge and Martial Air, third dam of 1971 American champion 3-year-old male Canonero II. Another full sister to Baton Rouge, Ma Minnie, is the dam of 1946 Jerome Handicap and Peter Pan Handicap winner Mahout (by Mahmoud).
Baton Rouge was produced from the Hainault mare Baton, a half sister to 1930 Toronto Cup Handicap winner Son o' Battle (by Man o' War) and 1926 Gazelle Stakes winner Corvette (by Man o' War). Corvette, in turn, is the second dam of two stakes winners and the third dam of 1953 Delaware Oaks and Ashland Stakes winner Cerise Reine. The next dam in Creole Maid's tail-female line, Batanoea (by Roi Herode), was imported to the United States in 1920 with Baton in utero.
Books and media
Creole Maid is profiled in Chapter 6 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).
Race record
19 starts, 4 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third, US$20,950
1937:
- Won Adirondack Handicap (USA, 6FD, Saratoga)
- Won Schuylerville Stakes (USA, 5.5FD, Saratoga)
- 2nd Selima Stakes (USA, 8FD, Laurel)
- 3rd Matron Stakes (USA, 6FD, Belmont)
1938:
- Won Coaching Club American Oaks (USA, 11FD, Belmont)
- 2nd Gazelle Stakes (USA, 8.5FD, Aqueduct)
- 2nd Test Stakes (USA, 6FD, SAR; dead heat with Anaflame)
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Creole Maid produced seven named foals. All started and five won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Natchez (1943, by Jamestown) won five stakes races including the 1946 Travers Stakes. He sired only 42 named foals but had four stakes winners among them. The best was Bobby Brocato, winner of the 1956 Santa Anita Handicap and San Juan Capistrano Handicap.
- Louisiana Lou (1944, by Halcyon) failed to place in four starts but produced 1959 Vanity Handicap winner Tender Size (by Royal Serenade). She is the second dam of 1962 Wood Memorial Stakes winner Admiral's Voyage and Grade III winner Within Hail and the third dam of Grade III winners Colonel Power and Time for Pleasure.
- Gris Gris (1949, by Pavot) is the second dam of 1965 Prix du Bois and 1966 Prix Fille de l'Air winner Nursery Song.
Connections
Creole Maid was bred by Walter M. Jeffords, Sr., and raced in the name of his wife Sarah (née Fiske). She was trained by Preston Burch. She last appears in breeding records in 1955, when she was reported as barren.
Pedigree notes
Creole Maid is inbred 3x4 to the important broodmare Bromus, a juvenile stakes winner in England, and 4x5x5 to 1890 Derby Stakes winner Sainfoin. She is also inbred 4x5 to 1896 Oaks Stakes winner Canterbury Pilgrim. She is a half sister to two-time Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Firethorn (by Sun Briar), to Sun Rouge (by Sun Briar), dam of three-time steeplechase stakes winner Hot (by Teufel), and to Mercantile (by Market Wise), third dam of 1977 Venezuelan champion 3-year-old male Arturo B. Creole Maid is also a half sister to stakes-placed Rouge et Noir (by St. Germans), dam of stakes winner Caillou Rouge (by Big Pebble), second dam of 1951 Acorn Stakes winner Nothirdchance and 1960 Chicago Handicap winner Active Crater, and third dam of 1960 American champion 2-year-old male Hail to Reason.
Creole Maid is out of Baton Rouge, a full sister to Matron Stakes winner Wand (dam of 1942 Saratoga Special winner Halberd, by Blenheim II), 1932 Withers Stakes winner Boatswain, stakes winner Kearsarge and Martial Air, third dam of 1971 American champion 3-year-old male Canonero II. Another full sister to Baton Rouge, Ma Minnie, is the dam of 1946 Jerome Handicap and Peter Pan Handicap winner Mahout (by Mahmoud).
Baton Rouge was produced from the Hainault mare Baton, a half sister to 1930 Toronto Cup Handicap winner Son o' Battle (by Man o' War) and 1926 Gazelle Stakes winner Corvette (by Man o' War). Corvette, in turn, is the second dam of two stakes winners and the third dam of 1953 Delaware Oaks and Ashland Stakes winner Cerise Reine. The next dam in Creole Maid's tail-female line, Batanoea (by Roi Herode), was imported to the United States in 1920 with Baton in utero.
Books and media
Creole Maid is profiled in Chapter 6 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).