Queen Empress

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Queen Empress
Sire Bold Ruler
Grandsire Nasrullah
Dam Irish Jay
Damsire Double Jay
Sex Mare
Foaled1962
Country United States
Color Bay
Breeder Wheatley Stable
OwnerWheatley Stable
Trainer William C. Winfrey
Edward A. Neloy (1966)
Record33: 15-10-4
Earnings US$431,428
Major wins
Astoria Stakes (1964)
Colleen Stakes (1964)
Fashion Stakes (1964)
Frizette Stakes (1964)
Gardenia Stakes (1964)
National Stallion Stakes (filly division) (1964)
Correction Handicap (1966)
Vagrancy Handicap (1966)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1964)

Queen Empress (foaled May 4, 1962 [1] in Kentucky) was an American National Champion Thoroughbred racemare bred and raced by the Wheatley Stable of Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden Livingston Mills.

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Background

Queen Empress was a full sister to multiple stakes winner King Emperor. They were the daughter of the outstanding U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Bold Ruler who was a multiple National Champion including the 1957 American Horse of the Year. However, he is more widely remembered as the eight-time Leading sire in North America between 1963 and 1973, the most of any sire in the twentieth century. The dam of Queen Empress and King Emperor was the Wheatley Stable's good runner Irish Jay whose wins included the Acorn, Comely, Demoiselle, and Spinaway Stakes. In turn, Irish Jay was a daughter of Double Jay, the 1946 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and the Leading broodmare sire in North America in 1971, 1975, 1977, and 1981.

Racing career

1964: Two-Year-Old Season

Trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Bill Winfrey, at age two Queen Empress won six of the important 1964 stakes races for fillies including the Gardenia Stakes, the world's richest race for two-year-old females. [2] [3] In addition, Queen Empress finished first in the 1964 Astarita Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack but was disqualified to second for interference. [4]

For her 1964 performances, Queen Empress was voted that year's American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly honors. [5]

1965: Three-Year-Old Season

At age three Queen Empress did not make her first start until July 20, 1965. She made it winning one, defeating seven other fillies in a six furlong allowance race at Monmouth Park Racetrack in New Jersey. [6] Back in her New York base, a week later she won another six furlong allowance race, this time at Aqueduct Racetrack. [7]

In what would prove to be a difficult year of racing, Queen Empress got her best result in a stakes event with a runner-up finish behind Cestrum in a division of the 1965 Test Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. Also a daughter of Bold Ruler, Cestrum was owned by Allaire du Pont who also owned the mighty Kelso. [8]

On August 12 Queen Empress won another non-stakes race at Saratoga Race Course then was brought back three days later to compete in the Alabama Stakes. Won by What a Treat, in the first half mile Queen Empress was among the leaders but quickly tired and finished 17th in a field of 18 runners. [9]

1966: Four-Year-Old Season

In 1966, Queen Empress returned to form under the care of Edward Neloy, another future Hall of Famer who took over that year as Wheatley Stable's head trainer.

In February Queen Empress would earn third place in the Columbiana Handicap at Florida's Hialeah Park then returned north where she won the Correction and Vagrancy Handicaps at Aqueduct Racetrack. [10] [11] At the same track she was in the mix in top races, earning seconds in the Interborough, Liberty Belle, and Distaff Handicaps. As well, she ran second in both the New Castle Stakes at Delaware Park Racetrack and the Barbara Fritchie Handicap at Maryland's Bowie Race Track. [12]

Retired to broodmare duty for her owner, Queen Empress produced seven winners, the best of which was her 1978 Graustark foal Hail Emperor that won the 1983 Native Dancer Handicap. [13] Hail Emperor was the sire of stakes winner Royal Haven.

Her last reported foal was a mare by Graustark, named Frau Stark and was born in 1986. [14]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Queen Empress, bay mare, 1962
Sire
Bold Ruler 		Nasrullah Nearco Pharos
Nogara
Mumtaz Begum Blenheim
Mumtaz Mahal
Miss Disco Discovery Display
Ariadne
Outdone Pompey
Sweep Out
Dam
Irish Jay		 Double Jay Balladier Black Toney
Blue Warbler
Broomshot Whisk Broom II
Centre Shot
Irish WitchBold Irishman Sir Gallahad
Erin
WitchlikeDiavolo
Romanesque (family: 23)

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References

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  3. ↑ "The Race Track – "Ladies Day"". The New Yorker. 1964-11-14. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  4. ↑ "I Deceive, $170, Gains First Place in $30,700 Astarita After Foul". New York Times, page 42. 1964-10-01. Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  5. ↑ The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts Archived September 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Jersey Dash Won By Queen Empress, Favorite Takes 3-Year-Old Debut". New York Times, page 28. 1965-07-21. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  7. ↑ "Queen Empress Wins at Aqueduct; Filly Scores by 3 Lengths Over Petite Rouge". New York Times, page 27. 1965-07-27. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  8. ↑ "Cestrum and Discipline Win Divisions of Test Stakes at Saratoga". New York Times, page 19. 1965-08-06. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  9. ↑ "What A Treat, 5-2, Scores By A Neck". New York Times, Section Sports, page 1. 1965-08-15. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
  10. ↑ "Horse Racing – New York". Tucson Daily Citizen, page 32]. 1966-03-31. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
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