Princess Rooney
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| Princess Rooney | |
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| Sire | Verbatim |
| Grandsire | Speak John |
| Dam | Parrish Princess |
| Damsire | Drone |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 1980 |
| Country | United States  |
| Colour | Gray |
| Breeder | Parrish Hill Farm |
| Owner | Paula J. Tucker |
| Trainer | Neil D. Drysdale |
| Record | 21: 17-2-1 |
| Earnings | $1,343,339 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Gardenia Stakes (1982) Frizette Stakes (1982) Kentucky Oaks (1983) Ashland Stakes (1982) Vanity Invitational Handicap (1984) Spinster Stakes(1982) Clement L. Hirsch Handicap (1984) Breeders' Cup Distaff (1984) |
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| Racing Awards | |
| U.S. Champion Older Mare (1984) | |
| Honours | |
| United States Racing Hall of Fame (1991) Calder Race Course Hall of Fame (1995) Princess Rooney Handicap at Calder Race Course |
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| Infobox last updated on: November 20, 2006. | |
Princess Rooney (b. 1980) is an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse who is the first winner of a Breeders' Cup race to be inducted into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
Racing at age two, Princess Rooney won all six of her starts that marked the beginnings of a three-year racing career in which she would finish out of the money only once. In 1983, at age three, she won five of her six races, including the Kentucky Oaks and finished second one time. At age four, Princess Rooney won five races then secured her first Eclipse Award as the United States' Champion Older Mare with a runaway victory in the 1984 Breeders' Cup Distaff.
Retired after her Breeder's Cup win, in 1985 Princess Rooney was in foal to leading sire Danzig when Texan George Aubin purchased her at the Keeneland November auction for $5.5 million, at the time the third-highest amount ever paid for a broodmare. Unfortunately Princess Rooney turned out to be less than a success in breeding and ten years later was sold for $130,000 to the Gentry Brothers Farm near Lexington, Kentucky.
In 1991, Princess Rooney was inducted into the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
