One of the many champions bred by Harry Payne Whitney, Vexatious did not last long on the racetrack and in fact finished first in only one race, the 1919 Alabama Stakes, which she won in her second lifetime start. The beneficiary of Over There's disqualification for interference with other runners in the 1919 Lawrence Realization, Vexation nonetheless showed enough in her brief career that she shared the championship of the American 3-year-old fillies of 1919 with the more durable Milkmaid, whom she defeated in the Alabama. Vexatious went on to produce 1929 American co-champion handicap male Diavolo, but her daughters did not breed on particularly well.
Race record
7 starts, 2 wins, US$28,030
1919:
Honors
American co-champion 3-year-old filly (1919)
As an individual
A bay mare, Vexatious was considered “handsome.”
As a producer
Vexatious produced six foals, of which five started and four won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Vexatious was bred and owned by Harry Payne Whitney. She was trained by James Rowe, Sr.
Pedigree notes
Vexatious is inbred 4x4 to the important 19th-century broodmare Mannie Gray. She is a half sister to 1920 Flash Stakes winner Moody (by Broomstick) and is out of Contrary, a half sister to multiple juvenile stakes winner Pesky (by Broomstick).
Contrary's dam Perverse (by Meddler) is generally considered the American champion 2-year-old filly of 1905 and is a full sister to Stalwart, a winner of six good stakes races at ages 2 and 3. Through another daughter, Traverse (by Tracery), Perverse is the third dam of 1954 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Traffic Court, a good race mare in her own right and the dam of the top-class racers Hasty Road and Traffic Judge. The next dam in Vexatious' tail-female line, Melba (by Mortemer), is a juvenile stakes winner out of the Uncas mare Trill and is a half sister to Musette, whose four stakes wins include the 1901 Manhattan Handicap.
Race record
7 starts, 2 wins, US$28,030
1919:
- Won Alabama Stakes (USA, 10FD, Saratoga)
- Won Lawrence Realization (USA, 13FD, Belmont; by disqualification of Over There)
Honors
American co-champion 3-year-old filly (1919)
As an individual
A bay mare, Vexatious was considered “handsome.”
As a producer
Vexatious produced six foals, of which five started and four won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Diavolo (1925, by Whisk Broom II) was the American co-champion handicap male of 1929. He sired 15 stakes winners from 198 foals, including 1937 Kentucky Oaks winner Mars Shield and 1937 Wood Memorial Stakes winner Teufel.
- Vexing (1926, by Broomstick) did not race but produced 1937 Wood Memorial Stakes winner Melodist (by Royal Minstrel).
- Angry (1927, by John P. Grier; a gelding) won the 1931 Hialeah Inaugural Handicap.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Vexatious was bred and owned by Harry Payne Whitney. She was trained by James Rowe, Sr.
Pedigree notes
Vexatious is inbred 4x4 to the important 19th-century broodmare Mannie Gray. She is a half sister to 1920 Flash Stakes winner Moody (by Broomstick) and is out of Contrary, a half sister to multiple juvenile stakes winner Pesky (by Broomstick).
Contrary's dam Perverse (by Meddler) is generally considered the American champion 2-year-old filly of 1905 and is a full sister to Stalwart, a winner of six good stakes races at ages 2 and 3. Through another daughter, Traverse (by Tracery), Perverse is the third dam of 1954 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year Traffic Court, a good race mare in her own right and the dam of the top-class racers Hasty Road and Traffic Judge. The next dam in Vexatious' tail-female line, Melba (by Mortemer), is a juvenile stakes winner out of the Uncas mare Trill and is a half sister to Musette, whose four stakes wins include the 1901 Manhattan Handicap.