“A speedy little Ultimus mare,” in the words of Daily Racing Form writer Charles Hatton, Sweetheart was a nice stakes winner but had more lasting importance as a broodmare. The dam of two stakes winners, she also produced four daughters of some significance as broodmares.
Race record
34 starts, 13 wins, US$24,193
1922:
1923:
1925:
As an individual
A chestnut mare; no further information available.
As a producer
A Reine-de-Course as designated by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Sweetheart produced 10 named foals, of which eight were starters and six were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Sweetheart was bred by Brownell Combs. As a broodmare, she was owned by F. Wallis Armstrong, owner of Meadowview Farms.
Pedigree notes
Sweetheart is outcrossed within five generations but is the produce of two inbred parents as her sire Ultimus is inbred 2x2 to 1893 American Horse of the Year Domino, while her dam Humanity is inbred 3x4 to the unbeaten Irish stayer Barcaldine. A half sister to the minor stakes winner Tuskegee (by Black Toney), Sweetheart is out of Humanity, a mare imported to the United States in 1917 by her breeder, John Sanford, and later a foundation mare for Brownell Combs. Produced from Red Cross IV (by the top French stayer Macdonald II), Humanity is from a female line tracing back to Rouge Rose, the purported dam of the great racer and sire Bend Or (see The Mystery of Bend Or).
Last updated: August 28, 2023
Race record
34 starts, 13 wins, US$24,193
1922:
- 2nd Debutante Stakes (USA)
- 3rd Clipsetta Stakes (USA, 5FD, Latonia)
1923:
- 2nd Kentucky Oaks (USA, 9FD, Churchill Downs)
- 2nd Ashland Oaks (USA)
- 3rd Latonia Oaks (USA, 10FD, Latonia)
- 3rd Autumn H. (USA)
1925:
- Won Camden Handicap (USA)
- Won Ashland Handicap (USA).
As an individual
A chestnut mare; no further information available.
As a producer
A Reine-de-Course as designated by pedigree analyst Ellen Parker, Sweetheart produced 10 named foals, of which eight were starters and six were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
- Warrior Lass (1926, by Man o' War) produced 1939 Metropolitan Handicap winner Knickerbocker (by Teddy). She is the second dam of 1944 Belmont Stakes winner Bounding Home, 1951 Preakness Stakes winner Bold, 1946 Pimlico Oaks winner Red Shoes and 1971 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Iberia. She is also the third dam of two-time American champion Riva Ridge, 1955 American co-champion 2-year-old filly Nasrina, 1970 Excelsior Handicap winner Hydrologist, 1965 Beverly Handicap winner Swoonalong and 1954 Maskette Handicap winner Ballerina.
- Appeal (1927, by John P. Grier) never raced but is the dam of 1938 Gazelle Stakes winner Invoke and stakes winner The Finest, both by Teddy. She is the second dam of six stakes winners including 1945 Dwyer Handicap winner Wildlife and 1952 American Handicap winner Admiral Drake.
- Psyche (1930, by John P. Grier) produced 1937 Blue Grass Stakes winner Fencing (by Chance Shot).
- Teddy Haslam (1933, by Teddy; a gelding) won three stakes races during a racing career that spanned eight seasons.
- Case Ace (1934, by Teddy) won the 1936 Arlington Futurity and the 1937 Illinois Derby. He was the American champion juvenile sire of 1944 by money won thanks to his champion son Pavot, the best of his 20 stakes winners from 248 foals.
- Kiss (1935, by Teddy) failed to win in four starts but produced multiple stakes winner Gabe Paul (by Sickle).
- Granheart (1938, by Granville) never raced but produced 1957 Toboggan Handicap winner Decimal (by Slide Rule).
Connections
Sweetheart was bred by Brownell Combs. As a broodmare, she was owned by F. Wallis Armstrong, owner of Meadowview Farms.
Pedigree notes
Sweetheart is outcrossed within five generations but is the produce of two inbred parents as her sire Ultimus is inbred 2x2 to 1893 American Horse of the Year Domino, while her dam Humanity is inbred 3x4 to the unbeaten Irish stayer Barcaldine. A half sister to the minor stakes winner Tuskegee (by Black Toney), Sweetheart is out of Humanity, a mare imported to the United States in 1917 by her breeder, John Sanford, and later a foundation mare for Brownell Combs. Produced from Red Cross IV (by the top French stayer Macdonald II), Humanity is from a female line tracing back to Rouge Rose, the purported dam of the great racer and sire Bend Or (see The Mystery of Bend Or).
Last updated: August 28, 2023