Nellie Flag
Nellie Flag | |
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Sire | American Flag |
Grandsire | Man o' War |
Dam | Nellie Morse |
Damsire | Luke McLuke |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 1932 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Calumet Farm |
Owner | Calumet Farm |
Trainer | Burton B. Williams |
Record | 22: 6-5-1 |
Earnings | US$59,665 |
Major wins | |
Selima Stakes (1934) Arlington Futurity Trial (1934) Matron Stakes (1934) Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (1934) Cherokee Park Purse (1935) | |
Awards | |
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1934) |
Nellie Flag (1932–1953) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was retrospectively named the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1934.[1] She was the first horse bred by Warren Wright's Calumet Farm to win a stakes race.[2]
An early favorite, Nellie Flag finished fourth in the 1935 Kentucky Derby[3] and seventh in the Preakness Stakes, the latter a race won by her dam in 1924.[4] Following an injury, Nellie Flag was retired in mid July 1935 [5] and stood at Calumet Farm as a broodmare where she died in 1953 at age twenty-one. She produced ten foals of which nine raced.[6] Among her best were:
- Mar-Kell (born 1939) - American Champion Older Female Horse (1943)
- Nellie L. (born 1940) - won 1943 Kentucky Oaks, Acorn Stakes
- Sunshine Nell (born 1948) - multiple stakes wins including Barbara Fritchie Handicap, Autumn Days Handicap, Top Flight Handicap
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