Traverse never raced, but that did not hinder her from becoming an important broodmare. The dam of two stakes winners, she is the second dam of 13 more including 1954 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Traffic Court and is the third dam of the high-class half brothers Hasty Road and Traffic Judge.
Race record
Unraced
As an individual
A dark bay or brown mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Traverse produced 13 named foals. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Traverse was bred in England and was imported to the United States by her breeder, Harry Payne Whitney, who retained her for the broodmare band at his Brookdale Stud and bred her first eight foals. After his death in 1930, Traverse became the property of Wheatley Stud, which bred four of her remaining five foals; the fifth, Drawbridge, was officially bred by Henry Carnegie Phipps.
Pedigree notes
Traverse is outcrossed through five generations. She is a half sister to stakes winner Pesky (by Broomstick) and to Contrary (by Hamburg), dam of 1919 American co-champion 3-year-old filly Vexatious (by Peter Pan) and 1920 Flash Stakes winner Moody (by Broomstick) and second dam of 1929 American co-champion handicap male Diavolo.
Traverse's dam Perverse is generally considered the American champion juvenile filly of 1905. She is a full sister to the useful sire Stalwart, the winner of the 1903 Champagne Stakes and five other good stakes races. Perverse is out of Melba (by Mortemer), a half sister to Musette (by Juvenal), whose four stakes wins include the 1901 Manhattan Handicap.
Melba and Musette are out of the Uncas mare Trill, whose dam Cadence (by Macaroon) is a half sister to 1889 Juvenile Stakes winner Druidess (by Stonehenge and 1891 Ladies' Handicap winner Castalia (by Mortemer), dam of five stakes winners. Another half sister to Cadence, Eonette (by Eothen) is the second dam of 1919 Coaching Club American Oaks winner Polka Dot and 1917 Louisville Cup winner Embroidery. Cadence and her sisters are out of Castagnette, a great-granddaughter of the great 19th-century foundation mare Pocahontas.
Last updated: July 4, 2020
Race record
Unraced
As an individual
A dark bay or brown mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Traverse produced 13 named foals. Her important foals are as follow:
- Transom (1920, by Broomstick) was stakes-placed on the track. She is the second dam of 1946 New Orleans Handicap winner Hillyer Court.
- Transmute (1921, by Broomstick) won the 1923 Tremont Stakes and Hudson Stakes. He sired 10 stakes winners from 273 foals.
- Traffic (1923, by Broomstick) produced 1945 Wood Memorial Stakes winner Jeep (by Mahmoud), 1931 Breeders' Futurity winner The Bull (by Mad Hatter), seven-time stakes winner Roustabout (by Chicle), 1945 Astoria Stakes winner Mush Mush (by Mahmoud), and Traffic Court (by Discovery), who won four good stakes as a 6-year-old. The 1954 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year, Traffic Court in turn produced 1953 American co-champion 2-year-old male Hasty Road (by Roman) and 1957 Metropolitan Handicap and Suburban Handicap winner Traffic Judge (by Alibhai) and is the second dam of 1961 Tremont Stakes winner Clover Leaf and the third dam of 1967 Jersey Belle Handicap winner Sumtex and 1969 Round Table Handicap winner Larceny Kid. Through her daughter Song (by Royal Minstrel), Traffic is also the third dam of the high-class steeplechaser Leaping Frog.
- Portage (1924, by Whisk Broom II) produced Carry Over (by St. Germans), winner of the 1934 Lawrence Realization, and Sea Captain (by Hard Tack), winner of the 1939 Swift Stakes.
- Transit (1926, by Chicle) produced juvenile stakes winners Slapstick (by Broomstick; dam of three stakes winners), Surveyor (by John P. Grier) and Forced Landing (by Upset), as well as 1938 Brooklyn Handicap winner The Chief (by Pennant).
- Comeover (1928, by Whisk Broom II) is the dam of stakes winner Nance's Ace (by Case Ace), who in turn produced the classy sprinter Nance's Lad (by Slide Rule) and 1962 Del Mar Derby winner Bayou Bourg (by Princequillo). Comeover is also the third dam of 1960 Santa Ynez Stakes winner Solid Thought, dam of 1973 English and Irish champion 2-year-old filly Gentle Thoughts and 1978 William Hill Middle Park Stakes (ENG-I) winner Junius.
- Blackduck (1931, by Wildair) produced stakes winner Home Flight (by Blenheim II).
- Drawbridge (1934, by Sir Gallahad III) won the 1936 Autumn Days Stakes. She is the second dam of 1965 Valley Forge Handicap winner Old Daddy and the third dam of 1959 Alabama Stakes winner High Bid, 1959 Pimlico Futurity winner Progressing, 1968 Sorority Stakes winner Big Advance and 1972 Sheridan Handicap winner On Your Toes.
Connections
Traverse was bred in England and was imported to the United States by her breeder, Harry Payne Whitney, who retained her for the broodmare band at his Brookdale Stud and bred her first eight foals. After his death in 1930, Traverse became the property of Wheatley Stud, which bred four of her remaining five foals; the fifth, Drawbridge, was officially bred by Henry Carnegie Phipps.
Pedigree notes
Traverse is outcrossed through five generations. She is a half sister to stakes winner Pesky (by Broomstick) and to Contrary (by Hamburg), dam of 1919 American co-champion 3-year-old filly Vexatious (by Peter Pan) and 1920 Flash Stakes winner Moody (by Broomstick) and second dam of 1929 American co-champion handicap male Diavolo.
Traverse's dam Perverse is generally considered the American champion juvenile filly of 1905. She is a full sister to the useful sire Stalwart, the winner of the 1903 Champagne Stakes and five other good stakes races. Perverse is out of Melba (by Mortemer), a half sister to Musette (by Juvenal), whose four stakes wins include the 1901 Manhattan Handicap.
Melba and Musette are out of the Uncas mare Trill, whose dam Cadence (by Macaroon) is a half sister to 1889 Juvenile Stakes winner Druidess (by Stonehenge and 1891 Ladies' Handicap winner Castalia (by Mortemer), dam of five stakes winners. Another half sister to Cadence, Eonette (by Eothen) is the second dam of 1919 Coaching Club American Oaks winner Polka Dot and 1917 Louisville Cup winner Embroidery. Cadence and her sisters are out of Castagnette, a great-granddaughter of the great 19th-century foundation mare Pocahontas.
Last updated: July 4, 2020