Like her dam Affection, Heloise failed to earn any distinction as a racehorse. Nonetheless, she became a top-class broodmare, though she failed to breed on with the same distinction as did her half sister Escutcheon.
Race record
14 starts, 1 wins, 0 seconds, 1 third, US$1,050
As an individual
A chestnut mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Heloise produced 14 named foals. All 14 started and 13 were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Heloise was bred by John E. Madden. She was owned by Mrs. R. A. Van Clief.
Pedigree notes
Heloise is inbred 3x4 to 1880 Derby Stakes winner Bend Or, 5x5x5x5x4 to 1867 Derby Stakes winner and seven-time English champion sire Hermit, 4x5 to 1873 Derby Stakes winner Doncaster and 5x5 to Doncaster's sire Stockwell, a dual English Classic winner in 1852 and a seven-time English champion sire. She is a half sister to 1930 Alabama Stakes winner Escutcheon (by Sir Gallahad III), a notable matron in her own right whose foals include 1937 Kentucky Oaks winner Mars Shield (by Diavolo) and the great producer Bourtai (by Stimulus). Heloise is also a half sister to 1922 Test Stakes winner Emotion (by Friar Rock; dam of 1928 American champion 2-year-old male High Strung, by High Time), to stakes winners Sanford (by Sir Martin) and Flat Iron (by Friar Rock), and to Hug Again (by Stimulus), dam of the good stakes winners Sun Again (by Sun Teddy; a good sire for Calumet Farm), Fervent (by Blenheim II) and Arrogate (by Goya II).
Heloise and her siblings are out of Affection, whose dam One I Love (by Minting) won four stakes races as a juvenile. One I Love, in turn, is out of The Apple (by Hermit) and is a half sister to Thankful Blossom (by Paradox), third dam of 1924 American co-champion 3-year-old filly Nellie Morse and of Calumet Farm's great stallion Bull Lea. The next dam in Heloise's tail-female line, Black Star, is by the 1876 Derby Stakes runner-up Forerunner out of an unnamed daughter of Toxophilite and the noted 19th-century race mare and foundation mare Maid of Masham.
Fun facts
Last updated: January 10, 2024
Race record
14 starts, 1 wins, 0 seconds, 1 third, US$1,050
As an individual
A chestnut mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Heloise produced 14 named foals. All 14 started and 13 were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
- Sgt. Byrnes (1931, by Stimulus) won six stakes races. He was of no importance as a sire.
- Tintagel (1933, by Sir Gallahad III) is generally considered the American champion 2-year-old male of 1935. He sired only four stakes winners from 214 foals.
- Francesco (1934, by Jacopo) won minor stakes races at ages 4 and 5. He died in 1943.
- Peggy Byrne (1935, by Stimulus) is the third dam of Japanese Group 3 winner Dyna Choice and 1968 Golden Gate Handicap winner Lucky P. J.
- Dinner Date (1936, by Stimulus) won the 1938 Matron Stakes and Spinaway Stakes and was second only to Inscoelda among American juvenile fillies of 1938. She is the dam of multiple stakes winner Menu (by Bahram).
- Brittany (1940, by Stimulus) won the 1942 Schuylerville Stakes. She is the dam of 1952 Tyro Stakes winner South Point and the third dam of 1967 Benjamin F. Lindheimer Handicap winner Fusilier Boy, 1972 Illinois Derby winner Fame and Power, and Favorable Turn, winner of the 1968 Seminole Handicap and Donn Handicap.
- Boy Knight (1941, by Sir Gallahad III) won four stakes races at ages 2 to 4. He sired one stakes winner from 52 foals.
- Belle Heloise (1945, by Menow) is the second dam of Royal Signal, winner of a division of the 1970 Acorn Stakes.
Connections
Heloise was bred by John E. Madden. She was owned by Mrs. R. A. Van Clief.
Pedigree notes
Heloise is inbred 3x4 to 1880 Derby Stakes winner Bend Or, 5x5x5x5x4 to 1867 Derby Stakes winner and seven-time English champion sire Hermit, 4x5 to 1873 Derby Stakes winner Doncaster and 5x5 to Doncaster's sire Stockwell, a dual English Classic winner in 1852 and a seven-time English champion sire. She is a half sister to 1930 Alabama Stakes winner Escutcheon (by Sir Gallahad III), a notable matron in her own right whose foals include 1937 Kentucky Oaks winner Mars Shield (by Diavolo) and the great producer Bourtai (by Stimulus). Heloise is also a half sister to 1922 Test Stakes winner Emotion (by Friar Rock; dam of 1928 American champion 2-year-old male High Strung, by High Time), to stakes winners Sanford (by Sir Martin) and Flat Iron (by Friar Rock), and to Hug Again (by Stimulus), dam of the good stakes winners Sun Again (by Sun Teddy; a good sire for Calumet Farm), Fervent (by Blenheim II) and Arrogate (by Goya II).
Heloise and her siblings are out of Affection, whose dam One I Love (by Minting) won four stakes races as a juvenile. One I Love, in turn, is out of The Apple (by Hermit) and is a half sister to Thankful Blossom (by Paradox), third dam of 1924 American co-champion 3-year-old filly Nellie Morse and of Calumet Farm's great stallion Bull Lea. The next dam in Heloise's tail-female line, Black Star, is by the 1876 Derby Stakes runner-up Forerunner out of an unnamed daughter of Toxophilite and the noted 19th-century race mare and foundation mare Maid of Masham.
Fun facts
- In history, Héloïse was the founder and abbess of the abbey of Paraclete in 12th-century France. She was noted for her scholarship and for her correspondence with her former lover, Pierre Abélard.
Last updated: January 10, 2024