Best Broodmare

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by PSH

Growing up and going to racing in New York in the late 70s and 80s my two favorite barns were Darby Dan and Rokeby.

Thus, i would have to go with Flower Bowl who sired Graustark and His Majesty within the Darby Dan side and,

Glowing Tribute who sired Sea Hero, Hero's Honor, Wild Applause and Eastern Echo for Rokeby...

[screams, gnashing of teeth, hairing being pulled] MaresPRODUCE offspring! stallions SIRE offspring, THAT IS WHY THEY ARE CALLED THE SIRE! she yelled. Sorry, pet peeve activated.

Boudoir II, granddam of Flower Bowl was the foundress of this family; her son Your Host sired HotY Kelso among others, daughter Your Hostess produced G1-type winners T.V. Commercial and Corragioso and was granddam of Majestic Prince, et. al. A lot more major winners in this line in later generations and other branches.

Actually, Glowing Tribute is yet another member of the La Troienne tribe.

The great racemare Dahlia turned into a top producer; she had 4 G1 winners, and two G2 winners (one of them G1-placed), plus a G1-placed horse who didn't win a stakes, and a listed-placed filly. Six foals who could compete at the G1 level is pretty good in my book.

Selene's sons Hyperion, Sickle, Pharamond II, and Hunter's Moon (a top sire in Argentina) are all deeply imbedded in huge numbers of pedigrees; it would be hard to find a US pedigree without Selene's name in it somewhere.

Plucky Liege is a mare a lot of you haven't heard of, but she produced 3 classic winners - Sir Gallahad III, Bois Roussel, and Admiral Drake - all of whom became influential sires. So did Sir G's little brother Bull Dog, sire of Bull Lea, et. al.

But my favorite broodmare of all time was Maggie B. B. She foaled the first US-bred winner of the Derby at Epsom, Iroquois (in 1881 - he also won the St. Leger); a Belmont winner, Panique; a Preakness winner, Harold; plus two other SWs, and founded one of the finest and most prolific female families in North American breeding history. Proper Reality, Thirty Slews, Cryptoclearance, Harlan's Holiday, Mystery Giver, French Deputy, Bet on Sunshine, Safely Kept, Film Maker, Life's Magic, Dubai Millennium, Dixie Union, Lemons Forever, Sinister Minister..., these are some of her recent descendents you may be familiar with.