A product of the breeding program of the noted Irish breeder James J. Maher, Lady Comfey was closely related to the 1920 St. Leger Stakes winner, Caligula, and the 1919 Irish Oaks winner, Snow Maiden. She never raced but was among the mares selected by British bloodstock expert William Allison on behalf of Samuel Riddle for Man o' War's initial harem. She was a major factor in Man o' War's early success, producing three stakes winners by him, and has wielded influence through her daughters on both sides of the Atlantic.
Race record
Unraced
As an individual
Initially registered as bay in Ireland, Lady Comfey is listed as dark bay or brown in the American Stud Book. She reportedly had good bone.
As a producer
Lady Comfey produced 10 foals, of which eight started and five won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Lady Comfey was foaled in Ireland at J. J. Maher's Confey Stud. She was imported by Samuel Riddle's nephew Walter Jeffords, who was apparently acting on Riddle's behalf as the mare was in the latter's ownership throughout her American producing career. Lady Comfey died in 1933 and was buried at Riddle's Faraway Farm on land that later became part of Mt. Brilliant Farm.
Pedigree notes
Lady Comfey inbred 5x4 to three-time English champion sire Galopin, 5x5 to Galopin's sire Vedette (winner of the 1857 Two Thousand Guineas), 5x4 to 1866 Great Yorkshire Stakes winner Strathconan, and 5x5 to Strathconan's sire Newminster, the English champion sire of 1859 and 1863. She is a half sister to 1919 Irish Oaks winner Snow Maiden and 1920 St. Leger Stakes winner Caligula, both by Roi Herode's champion son The Tetrarch. She is also a half sister to Eagle Snipe (by White Eagle), dam of the good English sprinter-miler Le Phare (by Phalaris) and the juvenile stakes winner Turtle Soup (by The Tetrarch's champion son Tetratema). Turtle Soup, in turn, is the second dam of 1947 Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) winner Sandjar, 1951 Irish St. Leger winner Do Well, and 1952 Irish One Thousand Guineas winner Nashua (registered in the United States as Nashua II after her importation to avoid confusion with the 1955 American Horse of the Year).
Lady Comfey and her siblings were produced from Snoot (by the stakes-winning St. Simon horse Perigord), a small mare who never raced. Snoot's dam N.R.A. (by the stud failure Deuce of Clubs from Miss Gunning, a matron of no other significance as a producer but a daughter of 1880 Two Thousand Guineas winner Petronel) also never raced; described as a weedy animal, she was purchased by Maher for 90 guineas from the 1905 Newmarket sales.
Race record
Unraced
As an individual
Initially registered as bay in Ireland, Lady Comfey is listed as dark bay or brown in the American Stud Book. She reportedly had good bone.
As a producer
Lady Comfey produced 10 foals, of which eight started and five won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Amourette (1918, by Prince Palatine) is the second dam of the good English stakes winner Noble Star and the third dam of 1953 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner La Sorellina and her high-class half brother Silnet.
- American Flag (1922, by Man o' War) was the American champion 3-year-old male of 1925. He proved a good but not stellar stallion whose best runner was 1934 American champion 2-year-old filly Nellie Flag.
- Exalted (1925, by High Time), placed third twice in three starts. She is the second dam of the good stakes horse and useful sire Blue Swords and the third dam of 1962 Misty Isle Stakes winner Dinner Partner, ancestress of champions Ajdal, Arazi, Dance Partner, Dancing in the Dark, Dance in the Mood, Hero's Love and Machiavellianism. Exalted is also the third dam of 1951 Sapling Stakes winner Landseair and of 1967 Bay Meadows Handicap winner No Host.
- Fleet Flag (1928, by Man o' War; a gelding) was a minor stakes winner as a 4-year-old.
- Ship Executive (1932, by Man o' War; a gelding) won three steeplechase stakes including the important Meadow Brook Steeplechase Handicap as a 7-year-old.
Connections
Lady Comfey was foaled in Ireland at J. J. Maher's Confey Stud. She was imported by Samuel Riddle's nephew Walter Jeffords, who was apparently acting on Riddle's behalf as the mare was in the latter's ownership throughout her American producing career. Lady Comfey died in 1933 and was buried at Riddle's Faraway Farm on land that later became part of Mt. Brilliant Farm.
Pedigree notes
Lady Comfey inbred 5x4 to three-time English champion sire Galopin, 5x5 to Galopin's sire Vedette (winner of the 1857 Two Thousand Guineas), 5x4 to 1866 Great Yorkshire Stakes winner Strathconan, and 5x5 to Strathconan's sire Newminster, the English champion sire of 1859 and 1863. She is a half sister to 1919 Irish Oaks winner Snow Maiden and 1920 St. Leger Stakes winner Caligula, both by Roi Herode's champion son The Tetrarch. She is also a half sister to Eagle Snipe (by White Eagle), dam of the good English sprinter-miler Le Phare (by Phalaris) and the juvenile stakes winner Turtle Soup (by The Tetrarch's champion son Tetratema). Turtle Soup, in turn, is the second dam of 1947 Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) winner Sandjar, 1951 Irish St. Leger winner Do Well, and 1952 Irish One Thousand Guineas winner Nashua (registered in the United States as Nashua II after her importation to avoid confusion with the 1955 American Horse of the Year).
Lady Comfey and her siblings were produced from Snoot (by the stakes-winning St. Simon horse Perigord), a small mare who never raced. Snoot's dam N.R.A. (by the stud failure Deuce of Clubs from Miss Gunning, a matron of no other significance as a producer but a daughter of 1880 Two Thousand Guineas winner Petronel) also never raced; described as a weedy animal, she was purchased by Maher for 90 guineas from the 1905 Newmarket sales.