Nellie Morse
| Nellie Morse | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Luke McLuke |
| Grandsire | Ultimus |
| Dam | La Venganza |
| Damsire | Abercorn |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 1921 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | J. Oliver Keene & William Cleveland |
| Owner | Bud Fisher |
| Trainer | Albert B. Gordon |
| Record | 34: 7-?-? |
| Earnings | $73,565 |
| Major wins | |
| Fashion Stakes (1923) Pimlico Oaks (1924)
| |
| Last updated on June 28, 2007 | |
Nellie Morse (1921–1941) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the fourth filly to win the Preakness Stakes. After her retirement from racing, she became a successful and influential broodmare.
Background
Her sire was
mare La Venganza, Nellie Morse's damsire was the Australian multi-race winner Abercorn.[1]
Owned by the prominent American cartoonist Bud Fisher, Nellie Morse was trained by Albert B. Gordon.
Racing career
Sent to the track at age two, the filly won the five-
Greentree Stables'
winning filly Tree Top.
In 1924, she won the 1⅛ mile
American Classic Races: the Preakness Stakes. She was the fourth filly to win the Preakness since its inception fifty-one years earlier in 1873, and was the last filly winner until Rachel Alexandra won the 2009. Nellie Morse then finished third - placed second via disqualification of the apparent winner Glide - to Princess Doreen in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.[2]
Breeding record
Retired from racing to serve as a
Clark Handicap. Her mating to American Flag produced the filly Nellie Flag, who was the 1934 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. Through Nellie Flag, her later descendants include Mark-Ye-Well, Bold Forbes and Bet Twice.[3]
Nellie Morse died in 1941 at age twenty.
Breeding
| Sire Luke McLuke bay 1911 |
Ultimus
ch. 1906 |
Commando | Domino |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma C. | |||
| Running Stream | Domino | ||
| Dancing Water | |||
| Midge
black 1902 |
Trenton | Musket | |
| Frailty | |||
| Sandfly | Isonomy | ||
| Sandiway | |||
| Dam La Venganza bay 1902 |
Abercorn
ch. 1884 |
Chester | Yattendon |
| Lady Chester | |||
| Cinnamon | Goldsborough | ||
| Brown Duchess | |||
| Colonial
brown 1897 |
Trenton | Musket | |
| Frailty | |||
| Thankful Blossum | Paradox | ||
| The Apple |
References
- ^ "Nellie Morse pedigree". equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ^ "Nellie Morse wins the Preakness, 1924". Colins Ghost. 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ^ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Toxophilite Mare - Family 9-f".