Roughly the equivalent of a modern Group 3 winner, Nuit de Folies packed a pedigree loaded with bloodlines carefully cultivated by leading French breeder Marcel Boussac. Those bloodlines did good service during her broodmare career, as she produced three stakes winners (one an American champion broodmare sire) and two daughters that bred on.
Race record
23 starts, 6 wins
1949:
1950:
1951:
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Nuit de Folies produced 12 named foals, of which 10 started and nine won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Nuit de Folies was bred in France by Auguste Daubin. She was purchased by Elmendorf Farm following her racing career and was imported to the United States. She died at Elmendorf in 1975.
Pedigree notes
Nuit de Folies is outcrossed through five generations. She is a daughter of Tornado, a son of three-time French champion sire Tourbillon who won the 1942 Prix Daru and Prix Lupin and the 1943 Prix des Sablons (the forerunner of the Prix Ganay).
Nuit de Folies is a half sister to 1954 Prix Henri Delamarre winner Hidalgo (by Caldarium), 1959 Prix Minerve winner Mandolina (by Ocarina; third dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Better Talk Now) and 1960 Grand Prix du Printemps winner Negresco (by Sica Boy). She is also a half sister to stakes-placed Folie Douce (by Caldarium), dam of 1959 French champion 3-year-old filly Mi Carina (by Ocarina), 1958 Princess Royal Stakes winner Mother Goose (by Escamillo) and 1967 Gazelle Handicap and Ladies Handicap winner Sweet Folly (by Tom Fool). Folie Douce is also the second dam of 1968 American co-champion 3-year-old male Stage Door Johnny and Grade 2 winner Jack Sprat.
Nuit de Folies is out of 1943 Prix Vermeille winner Folle Nuit, by French stakes winner Astrophel. Produced from the winner Folle Passion (by the French champion Massine), Folle Nuit is a full sister to the stayer Fol Ami, winner of the 1949 Northumberland Plate in England. The next dam in the tail-female line, Hot Bed (by the City and Suburban Handicap winner Mushroom), was a winner in Ireland and France.
Fun facts
Last updated: May 21, 2020
Race record
23 starts, 6 wins
1949:
- Won Prix d'Aumale (FR, 1600mT, Chantilly)
1950:
- Won Prix Minerve (FR, 2100mT, Longchamp)
- 2nd Prix Vermeille (FR, 2400mT, Longchamp)
1951:
- 3rd Prix Perth (FR, 1600mT, Saint-Cloud)
As an individual
A bay mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Designated as a Reine-de-Course by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Nuit de Folies produced 12 named foals, of which 10 started and nine won. Her important foals are as follow:
- My Night Out (1953, by Phalanx; a gelding) won the 1957 Michigan Mile and One-Sixteenth and the 1958 Clark Handicap.
- Night Dance (1957, by Cortil) never raced but is the dam of 1963 Astoria Stakes winner Miss Twist (by Prince John) and the third dam of Grade 2 winner Her Temper.
- Speak John (1958, by Prince John) won the 1961 Del Mar Derby. He was a quite useful sire of winners and led the American broodmare sire list in 1985.
- Red Damask (1960, by Jet Action) won one of her 11 starts. She is the dam of 1973 Cotillion Handicap (USA-G1) winner Lilac Hill (by Prince John), 1976 Gran Premio di Milano (ITY-G1) winner Rouge Sang (by Bold Bidder) and multiple stakes winner Silent King (by Screen King). She is also the second dam of Grade 3 winner Berry Bush and the third dam of 1999 Malibu Stakes (USA-G1) winner Love That Red.
- London Jet (1964, by Ridan) won a division of the 1969 Brentwood Claiming Stakes and placed in three other stakes races.
Connections
Nuit de Folies was bred in France by Auguste Daubin. She was purchased by Elmendorf Farm following her racing career and was imported to the United States. She died at Elmendorf in 1975.
Pedigree notes
Nuit de Folies is outcrossed through five generations. She is a daughter of Tornado, a son of three-time French champion sire Tourbillon who won the 1942 Prix Daru and Prix Lupin and the 1943 Prix des Sablons (the forerunner of the Prix Ganay).
Nuit de Folies is a half sister to 1954 Prix Henri Delamarre winner Hidalgo (by Caldarium), 1959 Prix Minerve winner Mandolina (by Ocarina; third dam of multiple Grade 1 winner Better Talk Now) and 1960 Grand Prix du Printemps winner Negresco (by Sica Boy). She is also a half sister to stakes-placed Folie Douce (by Caldarium), dam of 1959 French champion 3-year-old filly Mi Carina (by Ocarina), 1958 Princess Royal Stakes winner Mother Goose (by Escamillo) and 1967 Gazelle Handicap and Ladies Handicap winner Sweet Folly (by Tom Fool). Folie Douce is also the second dam of 1968 American co-champion 3-year-old male Stage Door Johnny and Grade 2 winner Jack Sprat.
Nuit de Folies is out of 1943 Prix Vermeille winner Folle Nuit, by French stakes winner Astrophel. Produced from the winner Folle Passion (by the French champion Massine), Folle Nuit is a full sister to the stayer Fol Ami, winner of the 1949 Northumberland Plate in England. The next dam in the tail-female line, Hot Bed (by the City and Suburban Handicap winner Mushroom), was a winner in Ireland and France.
Fun facts
- The English translation of “nuit de folies” is “night of madness.” The name was derived from that ot Nuit de Folies' dam Folle Nuit (in English, “Mad Night”), who was named for Robert Bibal's 1932 French comedy film La Folle Nuit.
Last updated: May 21, 2020