Flower Bowl (horse)
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| Sire | Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes at Belmont Park |
Flower Bowl (1952–1968) was an American
Your Host and Traffic Judge
, among others.
Conditioned for racing by
Ladies Handicap at Belmont Park. [2]
Breeding record
Flower Bowl was retired to broodmare duty at Darby Dan Farm in the spring of 1957. Her top foals were:
- Bowl of Flowers (b. 1958) by Sailor - U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee who was the 1960 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and the 1961 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly;
- Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland;
- His Majesty (b. 1968) by Ribot - Graded stakes winner and the Leading sire in North America in 1982.
After giving birth to His Majesty, on the following morning of April 18, 1968, Flower Bowl began
Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes
at Belmont Park is named in her honor.