Lakeville Miss (USA)
March 27, 1975 – c. 1992
Rainy Lake (USA) x Hew (USA), by Blue Prince (USA)
Family 9-c*
March 27, 1975 – c. 1992
Rainy Lake (USA) x Hew (USA), by Blue Prince (USA)
Family 9-c*
Much the best horse sired by Rainy Lake, Lakeville Miss was acknowledged as the best American juvenile filly of 1977 in a tough and closely-matched crop of fillies following late-season wins in the Matron Stakes (USA-G1), Frizette Stakes (USA-G1) and Selima Stakes (USA-G1). She trained on well at 3 to win the Coaching Club American Oaks (USA-G1) and had success as a broodmare as well in spite of a production record marred by barrenness and multiple losses of pregnancies.
Race record
14 starts, 7 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third, US$371,582
1977:
1978:
Honors
Eclipse Award, American champion 2-year-old filly (1977)
Assessments
Highweighted at 119 pounds among juvenile fillies on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juveniles of 1977, 1 pound above L'Alezane (the Canadian champion 2-year-old filly and Horse of the Year), B. Thoughtful, Caesar's Wish and Stub.
Rated at 125 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1978, 1 pounds below champion Tempest Queen but tied with Caesar's Wish and White Star Line for second.
As an individual
A strapping, short-coupled dark bay or brown mare, Lakeville Miss already stood 16 hands and girthed 78 inches at the end of her juvenile season. While she had plenty of speed, she did her best racing when reserved off the early pace. She had a calm, gentle temperament.
As a producer
Lakeville Miss produced five named foals, of which four started and two won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Lakeville Miss was bred and owned by Randolph Weinsier. She was trained by Jose Martin. After her retirement from racing, she was sold privately to Peter Brant for a price reported to be in the neighborhood of US$500,000. Following her sale, she was transferred to the barn of Frank Whiteley but strained a suspensory ligament while in training for the Alabama Stakes (USA-G1). Although the injury was initially thought to be slight, she never raced again.
Pedigree notes
Sired by 1964 Palm Beach Handicap winner Rainy Lake (a son of Royal Charger), Lakeville Miss is inbred 4x5 to 1920 American Horse of the Year and 1926 American champion sire Man o' War. She is also inbred 5x5 to two-time American champion and two-time American champion sire Sweep. She is a half sister to Greek Mommy (by Greek Money), second dam of Grade 3 winner Valid Goddess.
Lakeville Miss is out of Hew (by the stakes-winning Princequillo horse Blue Prince), a consistent mare who won or placed in 11 of her 12 starts but did not earn black type. Hew was the best runner produced from the winning Questionnaire mare Jitsa, a full sister to 1942 Flamingo Stakes and Wood Memorial Stakes winner Requested and a half sister to Bully Babe (by Bull Dog), dam of multiple juvenile stakes winner Pinecrest Miss (by Royal Serenade). Produced from the winning Eternal mare Fair Perdita (a full sister to the minor stakes winner Taxes), Jitsa is also a half sister to Winter's Tale (by Bimelech), second dam of Panamanian Group 2 winner El Mandingo.
Lakeville Miss belongs to a branch of Bruce Lowe family 9-c descending from the Young Sir Peter Mare, a 1791 gray mare whose official breeding was sufficiently in doubt that the General Stud Book made note of the fact that her pedigree might be fabricated. Nonetheless, her descendants include some of the most distinguished lineages to be found in the Thoroughbred, particularly the family descended from Lady Josephine to which standouts such as Mumtaz Mahal, Nasrullah, Royal Charger and Mahmoud belong. Studies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) indicate that the Young Sir Peter Mare shared the same haplotype as other members of Family 9-c, a haplotype also found in some members of Families 9-b, 12-c, 12-d and 12-f according to the excellent resource Bloodlines.net.
Books and media
Lakeville Miss is profiled in Chapter 10 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).
Fun facts
Last updated: April 14, 2021
Race record
14 starts, 7 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third, US$371,582
1977:
- Won Frizette Stakes (USA-G1, 8FD, Belmont)
- Won Matron Stakes (USA-G1, 7FD, Belmont)
- Won Selima Stakes (USA-G1, 8.5FD, Laurel)
- Won Astarita Stakes (USA-G3, 6.5FD, Belmont)
- 2nd Demoiselle Stakes (USA-G2, 9FD, Aqueduct)
- 3rd Schuylerville Stakes (USA-G3, 6FD, Saratoga)
1978:
- Won Coaching Club American Oaks (USA-G1, 12FD, Belmont)
- Won Constitution Stakes (USA, 7FD, Keystone Park)
- 2nd Acorn Stakes (USA-G1, 8FD, Belmont)
- 2nd Mother Goose Stakes (USA-G1, 9FD, Belmont)
- 2nd Flirtation Stakes (USA, 6FD, Pimlico)
Honors
Eclipse Award, American champion 2-year-old filly (1977)
Assessments
Highweighted at 119 pounds among juvenile fillies on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juveniles of 1977, 1 pound above L'Alezane (the Canadian champion 2-year-old filly and Horse of the Year), B. Thoughtful, Caesar's Wish and Stub.
Rated at 125 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old fillies of 1978, 1 pounds below champion Tempest Queen but tied with Caesar's Wish and White Star Line for second.
As an individual
A strapping, short-coupled dark bay or brown mare, Lakeville Miss already stood 16 hands and girthed 78 inches at the end of her juvenile season. While she had plenty of speed, she did her best racing when reserved off the early pace. She had a calm, gentle temperament.
As a producer
Lakeville Miss produced five named foals, of which four started and two won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Mogambo (1983, by Mr. Prospector) won the 1985 Champagne Stakes (USA-G1) and the 1986 Gotham Stakes (USA-G2). An exceptionally handsome horse, he was a disappointing sire who begot only 11 stakes winners from 622 named foals. His only runner of marked class was Anh Duong, winner of the 1991 Matron Stakes (USA-G1).
- Ropa Usada (1989, by Danzig) never raced but is the dam of listed stakes winner Our Josephina (by Tale of the Cat) and the second dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Dortmund and Grade 3 winner I'm a Looker.
- Sea Breezer (1992, by Gulch) was Grade 1-placed on the track. She is the dam of restricted stakes winner Shore Breeze (by Danzig) and Mexican stakes winner Justicialista (by Hard Spun).
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Lakeville Miss was bred and owned by Randolph Weinsier. She was trained by Jose Martin. After her retirement from racing, she was sold privately to Peter Brant for a price reported to be in the neighborhood of US$500,000. Following her sale, she was transferred to the barn of Frank Whiteley but strained a suspensory ligament while in training for the Alabama Stakes (USA-G1). Although the injury was initially thought to be slight, she never raced again.
Pedigree notes
Sired by 1964 Palm Beach Handicap winner Rainy Lake (a son of Royal Charger), Lakeville Miss is inbred 4x5 to 1920 American Horse of the Year and 1926 American champion sire Man o' War. She is also inbred 5x5 to two-time American champion and two-time American champion sire Sweep. She is a half sister to Greek Mommy (by Greek Money), second dam of Grade 3 winner Valid Goddess.
Lakeville Miss is out of Hew (by the stakes-winning Princequillo horse Blue Prince), a consistent mare who won or placed in 11 of her 12 starts but did not earn black type. Hew was the best runner produced from the winning Questionnaire mare Jitsa, a full sister to 1942 Flamingo Stakes and Wood Memorial Stakes winner Requested and a half sister to Bully Babe (by Bull Dog), dam of multiple juvenile stakes winner Pinecrest Miss (by Royal Serenade). Produced from the winning Eternal mare Fair Perdita (a full sister to the minor stakes winner Taxes), Jitsa is also a half sister to Winter's Tale (by Bimelech), second dam of Panamanian Group 2 winner El Mandingo.
Lakeville Miss belongs to a branch of Bruce Lowe family 9-c descending from the Young Sir Peter Mare, a 1791 gray mare whose official breeding was sufficiently in doubt that the General Stud Book made note of the fact that her pedigree might be fabricated. Nonetheless, her descendants include some of the most distinguished lineages to be found in the Thoroughbred, particularly the family descended from Lady Josephine to which standouts such as Mumtaz Mahal, Nasrullah, Royal Charger and Mahmoud belong. Studies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) indicate that the Young Sir Peter Mare shared the same haplotype as other members of Family 9-c, a haplotype also found in some members of Families 9-b, 12-c, 12-d and 12-f according to the excellent resource Bloodlines.net.
Books and media
Lakeville Miss is profiled in Chapter 10 of Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 (2003, Eclipse Press).
Fun facts
- Lakeville Miss began her racing career in a US$25,000 maiden claiming race at Belmont. She won by four lengths and was not risked again, making all of her remaining starts in stakes races. Trainer Jose Martin later admitted that at the time that she ran in the claimer, “she wouldn't have brought US$25,000 in a sale then.”
- Thanks to Lakeville Miss and fellow Grade 1 winners Shawi and Golferette, owner-breeder Randolph Weinsier received the 1979 P. A. B. Widener Trophy for outstanding achievement in Thoroughbred breeding.
- Hew, the dam of Lakeville Miss, sold at auction for US$800 the year before her champion daughter showed her talent.
Last updated: April 14, 2021