Impish (USA)
May 19, 1972 – c. 1997
Majestic Prince (USA) x Lady Be Good (USA), by Better Self (USA)
Family 8-h
“GENETIC GEM”
May 19, 1972 – c. 1997
Majestic Prince (USA) x Lady Be Good (USA), by Better Self (USA)
Family 8-h
“GENETIC GEM”
Impish showed some ability in winning her only start, but the combination of Majestic Prince’s tendency to be heavy-topped with the less than perfect foreleg conformation bequeathed by Lady Be Good predisposed her to an early exit from racing. In the paddocks, she was successful in the short term and proved to be the most influential of Lady Be Good’s daughters over the long haul.
Race record
1 start, 1 win, 0 second, 0 thirds, US$5,400
As an individual
A chestnut mare, Impish was talented but was also crooked-legged and not very sound.
As a producer
Impish produced 14 named foals, of which seven started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky at Claiborne Farm, Impish was bred and owned by Ogden Mills Phipps, who bred her first nine foals. Prior to the birth of her tenth foal, Shopping, she was consigned to the 1987 Keeneland November mixed sale but was an RNA on a bid of US$72,000 and was afterward sold privately to Arthur Hancock III. Her last appearance in the produce records was as barren in 1997.
Pedigree notes
Impish is inbred 5x5 to 1916 French and Spanish champion 3-year-old male and 1923 French champion sire Teddy. Produced from the excellent broodmare Lady Be Good, she is a half sister to 1964 Demoiselle Stakes winner Discipline (by Princequillo), 1967 Swaps Handicap winner Disciplinarian (by Bold Ruler), Grade 2-placed stakes winner Full of Hope (by Bold Ruler), and 1973 Fashion Stakes (USA-G3) winner Full of Hope (by Bold Ruler). She is also a half sister to the important producers Bold Example (by Bold Ruler), Uncommitted (by Buckpasser), Foresight Princess (by Reviewer), and No Demerits (by Bold Ruler).
A stakes-winning full sister to the good sprinter Time Tested, winner of the 1966 Toboggan Handicap, Lady Be Good is also a half sister to Mid Hour (by Ambiorix), whose stakes-placed son Drum Fire (by Never Bend) was an important regional sire in the Pacific Northwest. Lady Be Good and her siblings were produced from Past Eight (by Eight Thirty), a half sister to 1939 Suburban Handicap winner Snark (by Boojum), 1933 Coaching Club American Oaks winner Edelweiss (by Chicle), and 1938 Adirondack Handicap winner Matterhorn (by Diavolo; second dam of 1958 Japanese champion 2-year-old filly Kiyotake). Past Eight, in turn, is out of the Hourless mare Helvetia, a half sister to 1933 Latonia Oaks winner Esseff (by High Time) and four-time stakes winner Chasar (by Crusader).
Last updated: May 30, 2024
Race record
1 start, 1 win, 0 second, 0 thirds, US$5,400
As an individual
A chestnut mare, Impish was talented but was also crooked-legged and not very sound.
As a producer
Impish produced 14 named foals, of which seven started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
- I Pass (1978, by Buckpasser) won two of her three starts and was second in the other. She is the dam of the brilliantly fast but unsound Mining (by Mr. Prospector), winner of the 1988 Vosburgh Stakes and sire of 29 stakes winners including 1994 Ballerina Handicap (USA-G1) winner Roamin Rachel. She is also the third dam of Grade/Group 2 winners Big Band Sound, Forest Music, Jimmy Hollyday, and Onward Royalty and of Grade 3 winner Shooter. Her more distant descendants include Quechua, a three-time champion in Singapore, and 2015/2016 Brazilian champion 2-year-old male English Major. I Pass is also the ancestress of 2013 Grande Prêmio Henrique Possolo (BRZ-G1) winner Antonella Baby, 2015 Grande Prêmio Bento Gonçalves (BRZ-G1) winner Diesmal, 2015 Gran Premio Estrellas Classic (ARG-G1) winner Quiz Kid, and 2024 Grande Prêmio Francisco Eduardo de Paula Machado (BRZ-G1) winner Martin Luther King.
- Snap Selection (1979, by Judger) never raced but is the dam of stakes winner Plans Awry (by Topsider). She is the second dam of New Zealand Group 2 winner What Can I Say and the third dam of multiple Australian Group 2 winner Only Words. Her more distant descendants include 2917 ATC Sires Produce Stakes (AUS-G1) winner Invader; Group 2 winners Chat, Holy Snow, and Not Listen’intome; and Group 3 winners Babylon Berlin, Darci be Good, and Mabeel.
- Private Vixen (1982, by by Private Account) never raced but is the second dam of Brazilian Group 3 winner Diyarbakir and the third dam of multiple Brazilian Group 2 winner Atila the King.
- Lay Down (1984, by Spectacular Bid; a gelding) won the 1990 Excelsior Handicap, Washington Park Handicap, and Forego Handicap, all Grade 2 events.
- Naughtiness (1986, by Cox’s Ridge) never raced but produced Brazilian Group 2 winner Widowhood (by Eastern Echo) and, through her, is the second dam of Brazilian Group 3 winner Clara Baby and the third dam of 2017 Grande Prêmio Francisco Eduardo de Paula Machado (BRZ-G1) winner King David. Her more distant descendants include Brazilian Group 3 winner Lauren.
- Shopping (1988, by Private Account) won three of her 10 starts. She is the dam of 2007 Personal Ensign Stakes (USA-G1) winner Miss Shop (by Deputy Minister), 2011 True North Handicap (USA-G2) winner Trappe Shot (by Tapit), listed stakes winner Bought in Dixie (by Dixieland Band), and stakes winner Shop Again (by Wild Again). She is the second dam of 2012 FrontRunner Stakes (USA-G1) winner Power Broker and multiple Grade 3 winner Tin Type Gal and the third dam of 2024 Preakness Stakes (USA-G1) winner Seize the Grey and Grade 2 winner Imprimis.
- Karly’s Harley (1996, by Harlan; a gelding) won the listed Herat Stakes at Laurel in 1999 and was Grade 3-placed.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky at Claiborne Farm, Impish was bred and owned by Ogden Mills Phipps, who bred her first nine foals. Prior to the birth of her tenth foal, Shopping, she was consigned to the 1987 Keeneland November mixed sale but was an RNA on a bid of US$72,000 and was afterward sold privately to Arthur Hancock III. Her last appearance in the produce records was as barren in 1997.
Pedigree notes
Impish is inbred 5x5 to 1916 French and Spanish champion 3-year-old male and 1923 French champion sire Teddy. Produced from the excellent broodmare Lady Be Good, she is a half sister to 1964 Demoiselle Stakes winner Discipline (by Princequillo), 1967 Swaps Handicap winner Disciplinarian (by Bold Ruler), Grade 2-placed stakes winner Full of Hope (by Bold Ruler), and 1973 Fashion Stakes (USA-G3) winner Full of Hope (by Bold Ruler). She is also a half sister to the important producers Bold Example (by Bold Ruler), Uncommitted (by Buckpasser), Foresight Princess (by Reviewer), and No Demerits (by Bold Ruler).
A stakes-winning full sister to the good sprinter Time Tested, winner of the 1966 Toboggan Handicap, Lady Be Good is also a half sister to Mid Hour (by Ambiorix), whose stakes-placed son Drum Fire (by Never Bend) was an important regional sire in the Pacific Northwest. Lady Be Good and her siblings were produced from Past Eight (by Eight Thirty), a half sister to 1939 Suburban Handicap winner Snark (by Boojum), 1933 Coaching Club American Oaks winner Edelweiss (by Chicle), and 1938 Adirondack Handicap winner Matterhorn (by Diavolo; second dam of 1958 Japanese champion 2-year-old filly Kiyotake). Past Eight, in turn, is out of the Hourless mare Helvetia, a half sister to 1933 Latonia Oaks winner Esseff (by High Time) and four-time stakes winner Chasar (by Crusader).
Last updated: May 30, 2024