Like her half brother Johnstown, Jacola showed marked ability at 2 and trained on to show excellent form at 3, her victories including a defeat of eventual Horse of the Year Seabiscuit by two lengths in the Laurel Stakes. She also raced well against males at 4, though without any stakes wins to show for it. She proved a success as a broodmare as well, foaling a champion in Phalanx and wielding some influence through her daughters.
Race record
25 starts, 11 wins, 5 seconds, 4 thirds, US$70,060
1937:
1938:
1939:
Honors
American champion 2-year-old filly (1937)
Assessments
Rated second among American 3-year-old fillies of 1938 by The Blood-Horse.
As an individual
A brown mare, Jacola had bad ankles.
As a producer
Jacola produced 12 named foals, of which 11 started and 10 won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Jacola was bred in Kentucky by Arthur B. Hancock, Sr., and was purchased as a yearling for US$1,000 by Edward Friendly, who raced the filly in the name of his wife Nancy Carr Friendly. Jacola was trained by Selby Burch. After her racing career, she passed into the ownership of Abram S. Hewitt.
Pedigree notes
Jacola is outcrossed through five generations. She is a full sister to La Boheme, dam of 1950 California Breeders' Champion Stakes winner Duplicator (by Beau Pere) and multiple minor stakes winner Why Alibi (by Alibhai) and second dam of two-time Ben Ali Handicap (USA-G3) winner Knight Counter. She is a half sister to 1938 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Johnstown (by Jamestown). She is also a half sister to French Vamp (by Stimulus), third dam of 1962 Kentucky Derby winner Decidedly and 1967 Del Mar Debutante Stakes winner Fast Dish.
Jacola's dam La France is a full sister to Gallette, dam of 1946 champion handicap mare Gallorette (by Challenger II). She is also a half sister to 1927 Gazelle Stakes winner Flambino (by Wrack), dam of 1935 Triple Crown winner Omaha (by Gallant Fox), 1938 Ascot Gold Cup winner Flares (by Gallant Fox), and 1934 Acorn Stakes winner Fleam (by General Lee).
La France and her siblings were produced from 1921 Coaching Club American Oaks winner Flambette (by Durbar II), a half sister to juvenile stakes winner Ned O. (by Campfire) and to 1919 Coaching Club American Oaks runner-up La Rablee (by Rabelais), dam of 1930 Newmarket Stakes winner The Scout (by Sir Gallahad III) and third dam of 1949 Irish St. Leger winner Brown Rover. Flambette, in turn, is out of La Flambee (by Ajax), whose full sister Parthenis is the second dam of 1935 Doncaster Cup winner Black Devil. Produced from French dual Classic winner Medeah (by Masque II), La Flambee is also a half sister to Medee (by Ksar), whose son Medicis (by Congreve) won the 1936 Polla de Potrillos (Argentine Two Thousand Guineas) and Gran Premio Jockey Club.
Fun facts
Last updated: September 24, 2024
Race record
25 starts, 11 wins, 5 seconds, 4 thirds, US$70,060
1937:
- Won Selima Stakes (USA, 8FD, Laurel)
- 2nd Pimlico Futurity (USA, 8.5FD, Pimlico)
- 2nd Schuylerville Stakes (USA, 5.5FD, Saratoga)
- 3rd Spinaway Stakes (USA, 6FD, Saratoga)
1938:
- Won Washington Handicap (USA, 10FD, Laurel)
- Won Laurel Stakes (USA, 8FD, Laurel; new track record 1:37)
- Won Maryland Handicap (USA, 10FD, Laurel)
- 2nd Ladies' Handicap (USA, 8FD, Belmont)
1939:
- 3rd San Juan Capistrano Handicap (USA, 12FD, Santa Anita)
- 3rd Dixie Handicap (USA, 9.5FD, Pimlico)
- 3rd Metropolitan Handicap (USA, 8FD, Belmont)
Honors
American champion 2-year-old filly (1937)
Assessments
Rated second among American 3-year-old fillies of 1938 by The Blood-Horse.
As an individual
A brown mare, Jacola had bad ankles.
As a producer
Jacola produced 12 named foals, of which 11 started and 10 won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Jaconda (1941, by Belfonds) won two of her 19 starts. She produced 1952 Jersey Stakes winner King Jolie (by Platter). She is the second dam of 1970 French champion 2-year-old filly Bold Fascinator and 1963 Chicagoan Stakes winner B. Major and the third dam of 1977 American champion sprinter What a Summer and Grade 3 winners Sweet Old Girl and Proponent. Her more distant descendants include multiple Grade 1 winners Danzig Connection and Pure Clan, 2008 Frizette Stakes (USA-G1) winner Sky Diva, 2018 Madison Stakes (USA-G1) winner Finley'sluckycharm, 1985 Widener Handicap (USA-G1) winner Pine Circle, and 2002 Gran Premio General San Martín winner Climay.
- Phalanx (1944, by Pilate) was the American champion 3-year-old male of 1947. He sired 16 stakes winners from 258 named foals.
- Lady Romance (1949, by Rustom Sirdar) won one of seven starts. She produced the minor stakes winner Gilbert B. (by Bolero U.) and the fine Ohio-based matron Pettibone Lass (by East Indian), dam of four state-bred stakes winners.
- Phoenix Girl (1959, by Red Hannigan) never raced but produced 1975 Michigan Mile and One-Eighth Handicap (USA-G2) winner Mr. Lucky Phoenix (by Lucky Debonair) and Puerto Rican stakes winner Miss Maite (by Swoon's Son). She is the second dam of 1997 Puerto Rican champion 3-year-old filly Tintorera.
Connections
Jacola was bred in Kentucky by Arthur B. Hancock, Sr., and was purchased as a yearling for US$1,000 by Edward Friendly, who raced the filly in the name of his wife Nancy Carr Friendly. Jacola was trained by Selby Burch. After her racing career, she passed into the ownership of Abram S. Hewitt.
Pedigree notes
Jacola is outcrossed through five generations. She is a full sister to La Boheme, dam of 1950 California Breeders' Champion Stakes winner Duplicator (by Beau Pere) and multiple minor stakes winner Why Alibi (by Alibhai) and second dam of two-time Ben Ali Handicap (USA-G3) winner Knight Counter. She is a half sister to 1938 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Johnstown (by Jamestown). She is also a half sister to French Vamp (by Stimulus), third dam of 1962 Kentucky Derby winner Decidedly and 1967 Del Mar Debutante Stakes winner Fast Dish.
Jacola's dam La France is a full sister to Gallette, dam of 1946 champion handicap mare Gallorette (by Challenger II). She is also a half sister to 1927 Gazelle Stakes winner Flambino (by Wrack), dam of 1935 Triple Crown winner Omaha (by Gallant Fox), 1938 Ascot Gold Cup winner Flares (by Gallant Fox), and 1934 Acorn Stakes winner Fleam (by General Lee).
La France and her siblings were produced from 1921 Coaching Club American Oaks winner Flambette (by Durbar II), a half sister to juvenile stakes winner Ned O. (by Campfire) and to 1919 Coaching Club American Oaks runner-up La Rablee (by Rabelais), dam of 1930 Newmarket Stakes winner The Scout (by Sir Gallahad III) and third dam of 1949 Irish St. Leger winner Brown Rover. Flambette, in turn, is out of La Flambee (by Ajax), whose full sister Parthenis is the second dam of 1935 Doncaster Cup winner Black Devil. Produced from French dual Classic winner Medeah (by Masque II), La Flambee is also a half sister to Medee (by Ksar), whose son Medicis (by Congreve) won the 1936 Polla de Potrillos (Argentine Two Thousand Guineas) and Gran Premio Jockey Club.
Fun facts
- While the Los Angeles Times of January 18, 1939, proclaimed Jacola to have been the “champion 3-year-old mare of the 1938 season,” an assertion that the paper repeated in its February 5 and 26 editions, the truth was that there was no voting for champion 3-year-old filly by either Triangle Publications (the owner of the Daily Racing Form and Morning Telegraph) or Turf and Sport Digest, which were considered “official” sources of American championships from 1936 until the establishment of the Eclipse Awards in 1971. (The Thoroughbred Racing Association, which also gained official cachet after it began polling racing secretaries at its member tracks to determine year-end championships, did not vote on year-end awards until 1950.) The consensus of racing historians is that Handcuff was the American champion 3-year-old filly of 1938.
- Jacola was originally named "La Vierge."
Last updated: September 24, 2024