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Tudor Queen

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Tudor Queen
SireKing of the Tudors
GrandsireTudor Minstrel
DamRoyal Dowry
DamsireRoyal Charger
SexFilly
Foaled1967
CountryCanada
ColourChestnut
BreederMrs. A. G. Daniels
OwnerStafford Farms
TrainerGil Rowntree
Record42: 14-10-7
Earnings$224,674
Major wins
Frizette Stakes (1969)
Summer Stakes (1969)
Clarendon Stakes (1969)
Vandal Stakes (1969)
My Dear Stakes (1969)
Duchess Handicap (1970)
Nettie Handicap (1971)
Awards
TRA American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1969)
Honours
Tudor Queen Stakes at Belmont Park

Tudor Queen (foaled 1967 in Kentucky) was a Champion Thoroughbred racehorse in Canada and the United States. In 1969 she was voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly by the Thoroughbred Racing Association.

Background

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Her British sire was King of the Tudors, a multiple stakes winner whose wins included the 1953 Sussex Stakes and 1954 Eclipse Stakes. Grandsire Tudor Minstrel won a British Classic, the 1947 2,000 Guineas Stakes. Tudor Queen's dam was Royal Dowry, a granddaughter of the great Nearco through his son, Royal Charger.[1]

Purchased by Jack Stafford, owner of Stafford Farms in King, Ontario, Tudor Queen was conditioned for racing by future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Gil Rowntree who was based at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Racing career

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As a two-year-old the filly had her best year in racing, winning four important stakes races in Canada and the Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.[2] At year's end, she was voted the 1969 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly by the Thoroughbred Racing Association, with Fast Attack topping the rival Daily Racing Form poll. The award made her the de facto Canadian Two Year-Old Champion in the pre-Sovereign Award era.[3]

Tudor Queen raced at age three and four, notably winning the 1970 Duchess Handicap at her home base and the following year, the Nettie Handicap.[4]

Breeding record

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After she was retired to broodmare duty, Tudor Queen's offspring met with limited racing success.

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Tudor Queen
Sire
King of the Tudors
Tudor Minstrel Owen Tudor Hyperion
Mary Tudor
Sansonnet Sansovino
Lady Juror
Glen Line Blue Peter Fairway
Fancy Free
Scotia's Glen Beresford
Queen Scotia
Dam
Royal Dowry
Royal Charger Nearco Pharos
Nogara
Sun Princess Solario
Mumtaz Begum
Querida Alibhai Hyperion
Teresina
Durazna Bull Lea
Myrtlewood

References

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  1. ^ "Tudor Queen Horse Pedigree". www.pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  2. ^ Strauss, Michael (1969-10-05). "TUDOR QUEEN, 8-1, FIRST IN FRIZETTE; 38,845 Belmont Park Fans See Canadian Filly Defeat Cherry Sundae, 9 Others FRIZETTE TAKEN BY TUDOR QUEEN". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  3. ^ "RACING PRIZE WON BY SILENT SCREEN - Werblin's Horse Named Top 2-Year-Old Colt of Year - Article - NYTimes.com". 10 December 1969.
  4. ^ [1] July 8, 1971 Chicago Tribune article titled "Tudor Queen Wins Matron Prep at Arlington Park"