Jabot (horse)

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Jabot
Sire Sickle
Grandsire Phalaris
DamFrilette
Damsire Man o' War
Sex Mare
Foaled1931
Country United States
Colour Chestnut
Breeder Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
OwnerCornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Trainer T. J. & John Healey
Record30: 12-2-4
Earnings US$42,760
Major wins
Selima Stakes (1933)
Rockingham Juvenile Handicap (1933)
Kentucky Stakes (1933)
Speed Handicap (1934)
San Carlos Handicap (1935)

Jabot (foaled 1931 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racemare who won several stakes races and set a new Santa Anita Park track record in winning the San Carlos Handicap over 13 of the premier stake racers in the country. [1] [2] [3] [4] Her place in racing history was accentuated as the dam of the 1951 American Horse of the Year, Counterpoint. [5]

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Bred and raced by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, Jabot was trained by the father and son team of Tom and John Healey.

Breeding

Jabot was a full sister to Cravat, a record-setting colt who won on both dirt and turf racecourses. They were sired by Sickle, a British Champion Two-Year-Old Colt who would become a two-time leading sire in North America. Sickle was a son of the important sire Phalaris, a two-time leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland. Jabot and Cravat's dam was Frilette, a daughter of the legendary U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Man o' War. [6]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Jabot, chestnut mare, 1931
Sire
Sickle
Phalaris Polymelus Cyllene
Maid Marian
Bromus Sainfoin
Cheery
SeleneChaucer St. Simon
Canterbury Pilgrim
Serenissima Minoru
Gondolette
Dam
Frilette
Man o' War Fair Play Hastings
Fairy Gold
Mahubah Rock Sand
Merry Token
Frillery Broomstick Ben Brush
Elf
Petticoat Hamburg
Elusive (family: A1)

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References

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