Mrs. Penny (USA)
March 22, 1977 – 1997
Great Nephew (GB) x Tananarive (GB), by Le Fabuleux (FR)
Family 25
March 22, 1977 – 1997
Great Nephew (GB) x Tananarive (GB), by Le Fabuleux (FR)
Family 25
An extraordinarily courageous filly, Mrs. Penny perhaps lacked the raw talent of the very best of her peers but made up for it on sheer determination. She was a successful broodmare following her retirement from racing.
Race record
22 starts, 6 wins, 5 seconds, 2 thirds, US$217,972 (includes converted English, French and Irish earnings)
1979:
1980:
1981:
Honors
Assessments
Earned a Timeform rating of 119 pounds at 2, second to Aryenne among European fillies.
Co-highweight with Princesse Lida on the International Classification for European juvenile fillies of 1979.
Earned a Timeform rating of 127 pounds at 3, equal to Oaks Stakes (ENG-I) winner Bireme and Shoot a Line (the co-champion English and Irish 3-year-old filly) and 4 pounds below Detroit, the top-rated European 3-year-old filly.
On the International Classification for European 3-year-old fillies of 1980, Mrs. Penny tied for second with Shoot a Line, two pounds below Detroit.
Rated at 119 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American turf fillies and mares of 1981, 7 pounds below highweighted Kilijaro and 5 pounds below divisional champion De La Rose (a 3-year-old).
As an individual
A smallish but lengthy chestnut mare with high withers, Mrs. Penny was known for her gameness. She preferred soft going.
As a producer
Mrs. Penny produced nine named foals, of which all started and six won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled at Derry Ridge Farm in Pennsylvania, Mrs. Penny was bred by Marshall Jenney. She was purchased by Eric Kronfeld for $40,000 at the 1978 Saratoga yearling sale. She was trained by Ian Balding in Europe and by Thomas Skiffington in the United States. Following her racing career, she was a broodmare for Kronfeld's Maverick Productions until her death in 1997. She is buried at Overbrook Farm.
Pedigree notes
Mrs. Penny's pedigree is outcrossed through five generations. She is a half sister to Group 3-placed Cadeaux d'Amie (by Lyphard), whose daughter Hatoof (by Irish River) was a highweight in France at ages 2 and 4 and was the American champion turf female of 1994 before becoming the second dam of Japanese Group 2 winner Glanzend. Cadeaux d'Amie is also the dam of 2001 Shoemaker Breeders' Cup Mile (USA-G1) winner Irish Prize and stakes winners Insijaam (by Secretariat) and Fasateen (by Alysheba); the second dam of Group 3 winners Pictavia, Maputo and Divine Task; and the third dam of 2013 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (IRE-G1) winner Trading Leather.
Mrs. Penny is also a half sister to Domludge (by Lyphard), dam of French listed stakes winner Lyphard's Honor (by Highest Honor), English listed stakes winner Alva Glen (by Gulch), and Turkish stakes winner Shrewd Idea (by Alleged), who was Group-1 placed in France and Germany. Domludge is also the second dam of French Group 3 winner Villadolide and the third dam of Irish Group 3 winner Girouette.
Tananarive, the dam of Mrs. Penny, won three races and is a half sister to 1968 Prix des Chenes winner Tuxpan (by French Beige) and to multiple stakes winner Tahitian King (by Luthier). The siblings are out of the Decathlon mare Ten Double, whose dam Roodles (by Princequillo--Ace Card, by Case Ace) is also the dam of 1968 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and 1969 Molly Pitcher Handicap winner Singing Rain (by Sensitivo; dam of stakes winner Corre Pronto, by Pronto).
Fun facts
Last updated: May 6, 2023
Race record
22 starts, 6 wins, 5 seconds, 2 thirds, US$217,972 (includes converted English, French and Irish earnings)
1979:
- Won Lowther Stakes (ENG-G3, 6FT, York)
- Won Cherry Hinton Stakes (ENG-G3, 6FT, Newmarket)
- Won William Hill Cheveley Park Stakes (ENG-G1, 6FT, Newmarket)
1980:
- Won Prix de Diane Revlon (French Oaks) (FR-G1, 2100mT, Chantilly)
- Won P. Vermeille (FR-G1, 2400mT, Longchamp)
- 2nd King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (ENG-G1, 12FT, Ascot)
- 2nd Fred Darling Stakes (ENG-G3, 7FT, Newbury)
- 3rd One Thousand Guineas (ENG-G1, 8FT, Newmarket)
- 3rd Goff's Irish One Thousand Guineas (IRE-G1, 8FT, The Curragh)
1981:
- Won Queen Charlotte Handicap (USA-G3, 11FT, The Meadowlands)
- 2nd Manhattan Handicap (USA-G2, 10FT, Belmont)
Honors
- English champion 2-year-old filly (1979)
- English co-champion 3-year-old filly (1980)
- Irish champion 3-year-old filly (1980)
Assessments
Earned a Timeform rating of 119 pounds at 2, second to Aryenne among European fillies.
Co-highweight with Princesse Lida on the International Classification for European juvenile fillies of 1979.
Earned a Timeform rating of 127 pounds at 3, equal to Oaks Stakes (ENG-I) winner Bireme and Shoot a Line (the co-champion English and Irish 3-year-old filly) and 4 pounds below Detroit, the top-rated European 3-year-old filly.
On the International Classification for European 3-year-old fillies of 1980, Mrs. Penny tied for second with Shoot a Line, two pounds below Detroit.
Rated at 119 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American turf fillies and mares of 1981, 7 pounds below highweighted Kilijaro and 5 pounds below divisional champion De La Rose (a 3-year-old).
As an individual
A smallish but lengthy chestnut mare with high withers, Mrs. Penny was known for her gameness. She preferred soft going.
As a producer
Mrs. Penny produced nine named foals, of which all started and six won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Tale of Intrigue (1984, by Alleged) failed to win in six starts but is the dam of 2000 Newmarket Handicap (AUS-G3) winner Spying (by Danehill).
- Mrs. Jenney (1986, by The Minstrel) won two restricted stakes as a 3-year-old. She is the dam of 1995 Whitney Handicap (USA-G1) winner Unaccounted For (by Private Account) and French listed stakes winner A Votre Sante (by Irish River). Through A Votre Sante, Mrs. Jenney is the third dam of 2007 Prix Vermeille (FR-G1) and E. P, Taylor Stakes (CAN-G2) winner Mrs. Lindsay and 2015 Humana Distaff Stakes (USA-G1) winner Dame Dorothy.
- Northern Park (1988, by Northern Dancer) was the last sales yearling for the great stallion and his last stakes winner, taking a listed stakes in France as a 4-year-old.
- Penny's Valentine (1989, by Storm Cat) was Group 2-placed as a 3-year-old in Italy. She is the dam of multiple Grade/Group 3 winner Penny's Gold (by Kingmambo) and is the second dam of 2012 N.H.K. Mile Cup (JPN-G1) winner Curren Red Hill and Japanese Group 3 winner Red Alvis. She is also the third dam of Delirio Dominicano, the champion imported older mare in the Dominican Republic in 2014, and of French Group 2 winner Penny's Park.
Connections
Foaled at Derry Ridge Farm in Pennsylvania, Mrs. Penny was bred by Marshall Jenney. She was purchased by Eric Kronfeld for $40,000 at the 1978 Saratoga yearling sale. She was trained by Ian Balding in Europe and by Thomas Skiffington in the United States. Following her racing career, she was a broodmare for Kronfeld's Maverick Productions until her death in 1997. She is buried at Overbrook Farm.
Pedigree notes
Mrs. Penny's pedigree is outcrossed through five generations. She is a half sister to Group 3-placed Cadeaux d'Amie (by Lyphard), whose daughter Hatoof (by Irish River) was a highweight in France at ages 2 and 4 and was the American champion turf female of 1994 before becoming the second dam of Japanese Group 2 winner Glanzend. Cadeaux d'Amie is also the dam of 2001 Shoemaker Breeders' Cup Mile (USA-G1) winner Irish Prize and stakes winners Insijaam (by Secretariat) and Fasateen (by Alysheba); the second dam of Group 3 winners Pictavia, Maputo and Divine Task; and the third dam of 2013 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (IRE-G1) winner Trading Leather.
Mrs. Penny is also a half sister to Domludge (by Lyphard), dam of French listed stakes winner Lyphard's Honor (by Highest Honor), English listed stakes winner Alva Glen (by Gulch), and Turkish stakes winner Shrewd Idea (by Alleged), who was Group-1 placed in France and Germany. Domludge is also the second dam of French Group 3 winner Villadolide and the third dam of Irish Group 3 winner Girouette.
Tananarive, the dam of Mrs. Penny, won three races and is a half sister to 1968 Prix des Chenes winner Tuxpan (by French Beige) and to multiple stakes winner Tahitian King (by Luthier). The siblings are out of the Decathlon mare Ten Double, whose dam Roodles (by Princequillo--Ace Card, by Case Ace) is also the dam of 1968 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and 1969 Molly Pitcher Handicap winner Singing Rain (by Sensitivo; dam of stakes winner Corre Pronto, by Pronto).
Fun facts
- Mrs. Penny was actually conceived in England and was imported to the United States in utero.
- The Mrs. Penny Stakes is a race for Pennsylvania-bred fillies and mares aged 3 and up. Contested at Parx Racing, as of 2020 it is carded for 8.5 furlongs on turf.
Last updated: May 6, 2023