What Marguerite might have been as a race mare is a mystery, for she wrenched her back in her only start and was retired. If she had turned out to be a runner equal to her ability as a broodmare, she would have been a good one indeed. The dam of four notable sons, she also left a legacy to the Thoroughbred through her daughters.
Race record
1 start, 0 wins, 0 seconds, 0 thirds, US$0
As an individual
Marguerite was a chestnut mare. According to a photograph of her as a broodmare, Marguerite appears to have been roomy with a good shoulder and a long, sloping pelvis but may have been back at the knee. According to Charles Hatton of the Daily Racing Form, she had sickle hocks.
As a producer
Marguerite produced nine named foals, of which seven started and five won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Marguerite was bred by Arthur B. Hancock, Sr., at his Claiborne Farm. She was owned by William Woodward, Sr., who bought her for US$4,100 at the 1921 Saratoga yearling sale. Marguerite spent her entire broodmare career as the property of Woodward's Belair Stud but was boarded at Claiborne and was bred to Claiborne sires throughout her career.
Pedigree notes
Marguerite is inbred 5x5 to 1867 Derby Stakes winner and seven-time English champion sire Hermit. She is a half sister to five-time stakes winner Cloudland (by Wrack). Her dam Fairy Ray is a half sister to English stakes winners Land-Girl (by Spearmint), Celestial (by Sunstar) and Seraphic (by Lonawand).
Seraph (by St. Frusquin), the dam of Fairy Ray, was produced from St. Marina (by Janissary), a half sister to 1888 Oaks Stakes and St. Leger Stakes winner Seabreeze (by Isonomy); to the good sire Tredennis (by Kendal); to 1899 Park Hill Stakes winner Sweet Marjorie (by Kendal); and to multiple stakes winner Roquebrune (by St. Simon), dam of 1903 English Triple Crown winner and important sire Rock Sand (by Sainfoin). The dam of St. Marina and her siblings, St. Marguerite (by Hermit), won the 1882 One Thousand Guineas and was a great foundation mare.
Books and media
Marguerite is one of 24 influential mares profiled in Edward Bowen's Matriarchs: Great Mares of the 20th Century (1999, 2000, The Blood-Horse, Inc.).
Fun facts
Last updated: April 22, 2022
Race record
1 start, 0 wins, 0 seconds, 0 thirds, US$0
As an individual
Marguerite was a chestnut mare. According to a photograph of her as a broodmare, Marguerite appears to have been roomy with a good shoulder and a long, sloping pelvis but may have been back at the knee. According to Charles Hatton of the Daily Racing Form, she had sickle hocks.
As a producer
Marguerite produced nine named foals, of which seven started and five won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Petee-Wrack (1925, by Wrack) won the 1928 Travers Midsummer Derby, the 1929 Metropolitan Handicap and the 1930 Suburban Handicap among eight stakes victories. The best of his seven stakes winners from 189 foals was Columbiana, winner of the 1937 Widener Challenge Cup Handicap.
- Gallant Fox (1927, by Sir Gallahad III) won the 1930 American Triple Crown and is generally recognized as the 1930 American Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male. His 18 stakes winners from 322 foals include three exceptional runners in 1935 American Triple Crown winner Omaha, 1936 American Horse of the Year Granville and 1938 Ascot Gold Cup winner Flares.
- Marigal (1932, by Sir Gallahad III) produced Lone Eagle (by Isolater), a good stakes winner in England and the United States; American stakes winner My Emma (by Isolater); and the stakes-winning steeplechaser Uncle Seaweed (by Jacopo). She is the second dam of multiple stakes winner Sir Ruler.
- Fighting Fox (1935, by Sir Gallahad III) scored the biggest of his eight stakes wins in the 1938 Wood Memorial Stakes and the 1939 Massachusetts Handicap. The best of the 18 stakes winners from his 307 foals was 1952 American champion handicap male Crafty Admiral.
- Foxbrough (1936, by Sir Gallahad III) was rated the champion English 2-year-old male of 1938 after winning the Middle Park Stakes. He won two good handicaps as a 5-year-old in the United States. He was of no importance as a sire.
- Marguery (1938, by Sir Gallahad III) produced 1949 Long Branch Handicap winner Whirling Fox (by Whirlaway) and 1956 Sorority Stakes winner Marullah (by Nasrullah), dam of 1967 Amory L. Haskell Handicap and Brooklyn Handicap winner Handsome Boy (by Beau Gar) and two-time Delaware Handicap winner Blessing Angelica (by Beau Gar). Marguery is also the dam of Russ-Marie (by Nasrullah), dam of the good race mare Margarethen (by Tulyar). Through Margarethen, Russ-Marie is the second dam of two-time French champion older mare and 1979 American champion grass female Trillion and Group 1-placed French stakes winner Margravine (by Hail to Reason) and is the ancestress of Triptych (1985 Irish Horse of the Year and a multiple champion in England and France), Generous (1991 Irish Horse of the Year; won 1991 Derby Stakes, ENG-G1, and Irish Derby, IRE-G1), Imagine (2001 Irish One Thousand Guineas, IRE-G1, and Vodafone Oaks Stakes, ENG-G1), and many others of high class.
- Maraschino (1939, by Sir Gallahad III) is the dam of English stakes winner The Senator (by Isolater) and 1960 Narragansett Special Handicap winner Reinzi (by Some Chance). She is the second dam of four stakes winners including 1963 American champion steeplechaser Amber Diver and 1965 Interborough Handicap winner Ballet Rose and is the third dam of four minor stakes winners.
Connections
Marguerite was bred by Arthur B. Hancock, Sr., at his Claiborne Farm. She was owned by William Woodward, Sr., who bought her for US$4,100 at the 1921 Saratoga yearling sale. Marguerite spent her entire broodmare career as the property of Woodward's Belair Stud but was boarded at Claiborne and was bred to Claiborne sires throughout her career.
Pedigree notes
Marguerite is inbred 5x5 to 1867 Derby Stakes winner and seven-time English champion sire Hermit. She is a half sister to five-time stakes winner Cloudland (by Wrack). Her dam Fairy Ray is a half sister to English stakes winners Land-Girl (by Spearmint), Celestial (by Sunstar) and Seraphic (by Lonawand).
Seraph (by St. Frusquin), the dam of Fairy Ray, was produced from St. Marina (by Janissary), a half sister to 1888 Oaks Stakes and St. Leger Stakes winner Seabreeze (by Isonomy); to the good sire Tredennis (by Kendal); to 1899 Park Hill Stakes winner Sweet Marjorie (by Kendal); and to multiple stakes winner Roquebrune (by St. Simon), dam of 1903 English Triple Crown winner and important sire Rock Sand (by Sainfoin). The dam of St. Marina and her siblings, St. Marguerite (by Hermit), won the 1882 One Thousand Guineas and was a great foundation mare.
Books and media
Marguerite is one of 24 influential mares profiled in Edward Bowen's Matriarchs: Great Mares of the 20th Century (1999, 2000, The Blood-Horse, Inc.).
Fun facts
- The Marguerite Stakes was a race for 2-year-old fillies at Pimlico. It was inaugurated in 1942.
- Marguerite was buried in her entirety at Claiborne Farm's Marchmont division, making her one of the few broodmares to have been buried intact. Because of the labor, space, and expense needed to bury an entire horse, most Thoroughbred burials have traditionally been limited to the head, the heart, the hooves, and (in the case of stallions) the genitals of the deceased animal.
Last updated: April 22, 2022