Your Hostess was not quite as good a racehorse as her full brother Your Host. Nonetheless, while Your Host gained lasting fame as the sire of five-time American Horse of the Year Kelso, Your Hostess probably had a more profound impact on American and international bloodlines. The dam of four stakes winners, she is the ancestress of champions or Classic winners in Austria, England, France, Japan and the United States.
Race record
16 starts, 3 wins, 1 second, 3 thirds, US$14,575
1952:
As an individual
A chestnut mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Your Hostess produced 14 named foals, of which 11 started and eight won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Your Hostess was bred by Leslie Combs II. She was owned by Louis B. Mayer, who purchased her for US$20,000 from the 1950 Keeneland summer yearling sale. She was later purchased by Millard Waldheim of Bwamazon Farm from a 1958 auction of Mayer's stock for $52,000.
Pedigree notes
Your Hostess is inbred 3x4 to 1918 English Triple Crown winner Gainsborough and 5x5 to two-time English/Irish champion sire St. Frusquin. She is a stakes-placed full sister to 1950 Santa Anita Derby winner Your Host and to Bowl of Roses, second dam of multiple Japanese Group III winner Nichido Arashe. She is a half sister to Flower Bed (by Beau Pere), dam of 1956 Delaware Handicap winner Flower Bowl (by Alibhai), 1957 Bellerose Handicap winner Floral Park (by Alibhai) and 1965 Benjamin F. Lindheimer Handicap winner Brambles (by Beau Max); second dam of three-time American champion Gallant Bloom, two-time American champion Bowl of Flowers, Grade II winner Free Hand and the important sires Graustark and His Majesty; and third dam of 1989 Demoiselle Stakes (USA-I) winner Rootentootenwooten, Grade II winner Spruce Bouquet, Group III winners Lady's Slipper and Misty Valley and the useful sire Whiskey Road. She is also a half sister to Caluria (by Heliopolis), second dam of Argentine Group III winner Yamolai.
Boudoir II, the dam of Your Hostess, turned in her best performance when second by a head in the 1941 Irish One Thousand Guineas. She is a half sister to Dark Justice (by Fair Trial), dam of 1962 American Derby winner Black Sheep (by Nigromante) and multiple stakes producer Zuleika (by Alibhai).
The next dam in Your Hostess' tail-female line, Kampala, was sired by 1916 Two Thousand Guineas winner Clarissimus and is a full sister to La Cantine, dam of the stakes-winning steeplechaser Rouge Vert (by Porte Veine) and second dam of 1959 Prix du President de la Republique winner Voveen (by Sirlan). Kampala and La Cantine were produced from the unraced Prince Palatine mare La Soupe II, whose dam Hermosita, a half sister to 1911 Ascot Gold Cup winner Willonyx, was sired by 1904 Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) and Grand Prix de Paris winner Ajax.
Race record
16 starts, 3 wins, 1 second, 3 thirds, US$14,575
1952:
- 3rd Santa Susana Handicap (USA, 8.5FD, Santa Anita)
As an individual
A chestnut mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Your Hostess produced 14 named foals, of which 11 started and eight won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Etiquette (1954, by Bernborough) won only once from 13 tries but is the dam of multiple stakes winners Command Module (by Knightly Manner) and Mr. Pomranky (by Cannonade). She is the second dam of 1973 French champion 2-year-old filly Hippodamia and French Group III winner Bad Conduct and the third dam of 1996 Spanish champion 2-year-old filly Platense, Grade II winner Globe and Grade III winner Lindon Line.
- Royal Clipper (1995, by Royal Charger) was a juvenile stakes winner.
- Gay Hostess (1957, by Royal Charger) never raced but produced 1969 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Majestic Prince (by Raise a Native), 1971 English champion 2-year-old male Crowned Prince (by Raise a Native) and multiple stakes winner Lovely Gypsy (by Armageddon). She is the second dam of 1974 Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby, FR-I) and French champion 3-year-old male Caracolero and the third dam of 1998 American champion 3-year-old male Real Quiet, 1984 Ever Ready Derby Stakes (ENG-I) winner Secreto, Grade/Group II winners Andujar and Allied Forces and Grade III winner Casino Magistrate.
- La Menina (1958, by Royal Charger) was unplaced in four starts but is the third dam of four-time Japanese stakes winner Scarlet Bouquet, whose foals include Japanese Classic winners and champions Daiwa Major (2004 Satsuki Sho, Japanese Two Thousand Guineas) and Daiwa Scarlet (2007 Oka Sho, Japanese One Thousand Guineas, and Shuka Sho, Japanese Fillies' St. Leger).
- Lady Ambassador (1959, by Hill Prince) failed to win in six starts but produced Grade III-placed stakes winner Minstrel Grey (by Tudor Grey) and is the second dam of Grade III winner With a Twist.
- Gallatia (1961, by Gallant Man) won the 1963 Schuylerville Stakes. She is the dam of 1975 Ribbesdale Stakes (ENG-II) winner Gallina (by Raise a Native) and 1970 San Simeon Handicap winner Right Cross (by Nashua).
- My Guest (1963, by Mister Gus) never raced but produced 1975 El Dorado Handicap (USA-III) winner Native Guest (by Raise a Native), multiple stakes winner Memorable Mitch (by Mehmet) and stakes winner Raise Your Sights (by Raise a Native). She is also the third dam of Canadian Grade II winner Vice n' Friendly, Canadian Grade III winner Brite Adam and English Group III winner Misty Miss.
- Dancing Hostess (1964, by Sword Dancer) won two of her 10 starts. She is the dam of 1974 Morvich Handicap winner Palladium (by T. V. Lark) and 1976 Prix de l'Avre winner Loosen Up (by Never Bend).
- T. V. Commercial (1965, by T. V. Lark) won eight stakes races including the 1967 Arlington-Washington Futurity. He was a useful stallion who got 27 stakes winners from 414 named foals.
- Votre Hotesse (1968, by Nantallah) never raced but is the dam of stakes winner Auberge (by Hail to Reason) and the second dam of Grade III winner Danville.
- Coraggioso (1970, by Gallant Man) won six stakes races including the 1974 Ladies Handicap (USA-I). She is the dam of juvenile stakes winner Encourage (by Quack) and the third dam of 1998/99 Ecuadorian champion imported handicap mare Heat and Speed.
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Your Hostess was bred by Leslie Combs II. She was owned by Louis B. Mayer, who purchased her for US$20,000 from the 1950 Keeneland summer yearling sale. She was later purchased by Millard Waldheim of Bwamazon Farm from a 1958 auction of Mayer's stock for $52,000.
Pedigree notes
Your Hostess is inbred 3x4 to 1918 English Triple Crown winner Gainsborough and 5x5 to two-time English/Irish champion sire St. Frusquin. She is a stakes-placed full sister to 1950 Santa Anita Derby winner Your Host and to Bowl of Roses, second dam of multiple Japanese Group III winner Nichido Arashe. She is a half sister to Flower Bed (by Beau Pere), dam of 1956 Delaware Handicap winner Flower Bowl (by Alibhai), 1957 Bellerose Handicap winner Floral Park (by Alibhai) and 1965 Benjamin F. Lindheimer Handicap winner Brambles (by Beau Max); second dam of three-time American champion Gallant Bloom, two-time American champion Bowl of Flowers, Grade II winner Free Hand and the important sires Graustark and His Majesty; and third dam of 1989 Demoiselle Stakes (USA-I) winner Rootentootenwooten, Grade II winner Spruce Bouquet, Group III winners Lady's Slipper and Misty Valley and the useful sire Whiskey Road. She is also a half sister to Caluria (by Heliopolis), second dam of Argentine Group III winner Yamolai.
Boudoir II, the dam of Your Hostess, turned in her best performance when second by a head in the 1941 Irish One Thousand Guineas. She is a half sister to Dark Justice (by Fair Trial), dam of 1962 American Derby winner Black Sheep (by Nigromante) and multiple stakes producer Zuleika (by Alibhai).
The next dam in Your Hostess' tail-female line, Kampala, was sired by 1916 Two Thousand Guineas winner Clarissimus and is a full sister to La Cantine, dam of the stakes-winning steeplechaser Rouge Vert (by Porte Veine) and second dam of 1959 Prix du President de la Republique winner Voveen (by Sirlan). Kampala and La Cantine were produced from the unraced Prince Palatine mare La Soupe II, whose dam Hermosita, a half sister to 1911 Ascot Gold Cup winner Willonyx, was sired by 1904 Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) and Grand Prix de Paris winner Ajax.