A nice but hardly exceptional juvenile, Lady Dulcinea failed to improve on that form at 3 and 4. As a broodmare, however, she was close in merit to her own dam, producing three stakes winners (including a champion) as well as several broodmares of some significance.
Race record
26 starts, 4 wins, 4 seconds, 5 thirds, US$45,420
1965:
Assessments
Rated at 106 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juveniles of 1965, 14 pounds below divisional champion and Horse of the Year Moccasin.
As an individual
A gray mare, Lady Dulcinea was officially registered as a roan.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Lady Dulcinea produced nine named foals, of which eight started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Lady Dulcinea was bred and owned by Jacques D. Wimpfheimer. She was trained by W. Sedlacek. Wimpfheimer bred Jacques Who and La Basque from her before selling her to James and Eleanor Ryan's Ryehill Farm.
Pedigree notes
Lady Dulcinea is outcrossed through five generations. She is a half sister to 1963 Spinaway Stakes winner Petite Rouge (by Ballydam). Petite Rouge, in turn, is the dam of multiple French Group 3 winner Princess Arjumand (by Prince Taj) and the second dam of Grade 2 winners Smarten Up and Purple Mountain and Grade 3 winner French Cut. She is also the third dam of Grade 3 winner Dawn Quixote.
Returning to Lady Dulcinea, she is also a half sister to multiple Grade 3 winner Champagne Charlie (by Northern Dancer) and to multiple Grade 3 winner Shy Dawn (by Grey Dawn II), dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Opening Verse (by The Minstrel), Grade 3 winner So She Sleeps (by Seattle Slew), and multiple stakes winner Dangerous Dawn (by Cox's Ridge); second dam of English Group 2 winner Diffident;and third dam of 2003 St. James’s Palace Stakes (ENG-G1) winner Zafeen, 2020 American Pharoah Stakes (USA-G1) winner Get Her Number, and Group 3 winners Victory Laurel and Ya Hajar. Another half sister to Lady Dulcinea, Prima Ballerina (by Royal Vale) is the dam of stakes winner Cordial Prince (by Cornish Prince) and the third dam of Grade 2 winners Sir Cherokee and Miss Isella. In addition, Lady Dulcinea's half sister Shy Vita (by Hail the Pirates) is the third dam of 2010 E. P. Taylor Stakes (CAN-G1) winner Reggane.
Shy Dancer, the dam of Lady Dulcinea and her siblings, was stakes-placed at 3 and is a half sister to stakes winner Great Depths (by King of the Tudors). She is out of the stakes-placed Bimelech mare Shy Bim, whose dam Bashful (by Man o' War) is out of the Royal Minstrel mare Mock Modesty, a daughter of 1922 Coaching Club American Oaks winner Prudish (by Peter Pan).
Fun facts
Last updated: March 27, 2024
Race record
26 starts, 4 wins, 4 seconds, 5 thirds, US$45,420
1965:
- Won Adirondack Stakes (USA, 6FD, Saratoga)
Assessments
Rated at 106 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juveniles of 1965, 14 pounds below divisional champion and Horse of the Year Moccasin.
As an individual
A gray mare, Lady Dulcinea was officially registered as a roan.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Lady Dulcinea produced nine named foals, of which eight started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Jacques Who (1970, by Grey Dawn II) won the 1977 Squires Handicap at Keystone Park. He became a useful regional sire of hard-knocking horses in New York.
- La Basque (1971, by Jean-Pierre) is the dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Bounding Basque (by Grey Dawn II), Grade 2 winner El Basco (by Vigors) and English stakes winner Muhayaa (by Danzig). She is the third dam of Grade 3 winners Queen of Wilshire, Sunray Spirit and Ballymore Lady.
- Glorious Quest (1977, by Hawaii) is the dam of restricted stakes winner Crown Quest (by Chief's Crown), who in turn is the dam of multiple English stakes winner Zaajer (by Silver Hawk). Glorious Quest is also the third dam of 2012 Canadian champion turf male Riding the River.
- Heavenly Cause (1978, by Grey Dawn II) was the American champion 2-year-old filly of 1980 and won the 1981 Kentucky Oaks (USA-G1). She is the dam of three-time Maryland champion sire Two Punch (by Mr. Prospector).
- Quixotic Lady (1980, by Quadratic) won seven stakes races as a 3-year-old including the 1983 Monmouth Oaks (USA-G2). She is the second dam of Grade 2 winner Confide.
- My Lady Love (1981, by Smarten) was stakes-placed on the racetrack. She is the dam of listed stakes winner Afleet Floozie (by Afleet), the second dam of 2006 Mexican champion imported 2-year-old male Winning Limit and the third dam of Grade 3 winner Drum Major.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Lady Dulcinea was bred and owned by Jacques D. Wimpfheimer. She was trained by W. Sedlacek. Wimpfheimer bred Jacques Who and La Basque from her before selling her to James and Eleanor Ryan's Ryehill Farm.
Pedigree notes
Lady Dulcinea is outcrossed through five generations. She is a half sister to 1963 Spinaway Stakes winner Petite Rouge (by Ballydam). Petite Rouge, in turn, is the dam of multiple French Group 3 winner Princess Arjumand (by Prince Taj) and the second dam of Grade 2 winners Smarten Up and Purple Mountain and Grade 3 winner French Cut. She is also the third dam of Grade 3 winner Dawn Quixote.
Returning to Lady Dulcinea, she is also a half sister to multiple Grade 3 winner Champagne Charlie (by Northern Dancer) and to multiple Grade 3 winner Shy Dawn (by Grey Dawn II), dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Opening Verse (by The Minstrel), Grade 3 winner So She Sleeps (by Seattle Slew), and multiple stakes winner Dangerous Dawn (by Cox's Ridge); second dam of English Group 2 winner Diffident;and third dam of 2003 St. James’s Palace Stakes (ENG-G1) winner Zafeen, 2020 American Pharoah Stakes (USA-G1) winner Get Her Number, and Group 3 winners Victory Laurel and Ya Hajar. Another half sister to Lady Dulcinea, Prima Ballerina (by Royal Vale) is the dam of stakes winner Cordial Prince (by Cornish Prince) and the third dam of Grade 2 winners Sir Cherokee and Miss Isella. In addition, Lady Dulcinea's half sister Shy Vita (by Hail the Pirates) is the third dam of 2010 E. P. Taylor Stakes (CAN-G1) winner Reggane.
Shy Dancer, the dam of Lady Dulcinea and her siblings, was stakes-placed at 3 and is a half sister to stakes winner Great Depths (by King of the Tudors). She is out of the stakes-placed Bimelech mare Shy Bim, whose dam Bashful (by Man o' War) is out of the Royal Minstrel mare Mock Modesty, a daughter of 1922 Coaching Club American Oaks winner Prudish (by Peter Pan).
Fun facts
- In Miguel Cervantes' classic novel Don Quixote and its later musical adaptation, Man of La Mancha, Dulcinea is the name given to a young woman by Don Quixote, who fancies her as his lady in the chivalric tradition; her actual name is Aldonza Lorenzo. Several of the names given to other members of this family allude to this story.
Last updated: March 27, 2024