The Coaching Club American Oaks was the only stakes win for Edelweiss, and she failed to add to her reputation in a relatively short career as a producer. This failure is the more striking considering the great success of the family founded by her dam Helvetia, a branch of Bruce Lowe family 8-h which includes European champions Zilzal, Polish Precedent and Culture Vulture.
Race record
17 starts, 5 wins, 4 seconds, 2 thirds, US$21,550
1932:
1933:
As an individual
A bay mare; no other information available.
As a producer
Edelweiss produced six named foals, all of which started; five won. None of her foals were important as either racers or producers.
Connections
Edelweiss was bred and owned by Wheatley Stable. She was trained by James “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons.
Pedigree notes
Edelweiss is inbred 3x4 to the great Australasian champion Carbine and 4x5 to nine-time English leading sire St. Simon. She is a half sister to the brilliantly fast 1938 Suburban Handicap winner Snark (by Boojum); to 1938 Adirondack Handicap winner Matterhorn (by Diavolo); and to Simplon, third dam of Grade III winner Landing Plot. More importantly, she is a half sister to Past Eight (by Eight Thirty), whose stakes-winning daughter Lady Be Good (by Better Self) is a modern foundation mare. Past Eight's other foals include the good sprinter Time Tested (by Better Self) and Mid Hour (by Ambiorix), whose stakes-placed son Drum Fire (by Never Bend) was an important regional sire in the Pacific Northwest.
Helvetia, the dam of Edelweiss, is a half sister to 1933 Latonia Oaks winner Esseff (by High Time), Camden Handicap winner Cee Tee (by Polymelian) and four-time stakes winner Chasar (by Crusader). The next dam in the tail-female line, the Sardanapale mare La Belle Helene, was imported from France as a yearling by Delbert Reiff. She was produced from the Carbine mare Cape Wrath, a half sister to Berriedale (by Donovan), whose branch of the family leads to champions Maskette, Whirlaway and Conquistador Cielo and 1926 Kentucky Derby winner Bubbling Over.
Books and media
Edelweiss is profiled in Chapter 6 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).
Last updated: June 1, 2020
Race record
17 starts, 5 wins, 4 seconds, 2 thirds, US$21,550
1932:
- 2nd Arlington Lassie Stakes (USA, 6FD, Arlington Park)
- 2nd Fashion Stakes (USA, 4.5FD, Belmont)
1933:
- Won Coaching Club American Oaks (USA, 11FD, Belmont)
- 2nd Acorn Stakes (USA, 8FD, Belmont)
- 3rd Alabama Stakes (USA, 10FD, Saratoga)
As an individual
A bay mare; no other information available.
As a producer
Edelweiss produced six named foals, all of which started; five won. None of her foals were important as either racers or producers.
Connections
Edelweiss was bred and owned by Wheatley Stable. She was trained by James “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons.
Pedigree notes
Edelweiss is inbred 3x4 to the great Australasian champion Carbine and 4x5 to nine-time English leading sire St. Simon. She is a half sister to the brilliantly fast 1938 Suburban Handicap winner Snark (by Boojum); to 1938 Adirondack Handicap winner Matterhorn (by Diavolo); and to Simplon, third dam of Grade III winner Landing Plot. More importantly, she is a half sister to Past Eight (by Eight Thirty), whose stakes-winning daughter Lady Be Good (by Better Self) is a modern foundation mare. Past Eight's other foals include the good sprinter Time Tested (by Better Self) and Mid Hour (by Ambiorix), whose stakes-placed son Drum Fire (by Never Bend) was an important regional sire in the Pacific Northwest.
Helvetia, the dam of Edelweiss, is a half sister to 1933 Latonia Oaks winner Esseff (by High Time), Camden Handicap winner Cee Tee (by Polymelian) and four-time stakes winner Chasar (by Crusader). The next dam in the tail-female line, the Sardanapale mare La Belle Helene, was imported from France as a yearling by Delbert Reiff. She was produced from the Carbine mare Cape Wrath, a half sister to Berriedale (by Donovan), whose branch of the family leads to champions Maskette, Whirlaway and Conquistador Cielo and 1926 Kentucky Derby winner Bubbling Over.
Books and media
Edelweiss is profiled in Chapter 6 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).
Last updated: June 1, 2020