Grecian Queen | |
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Sire | Heliopolis |
Grandsire | Hyperion |
Dam | Qbania |
Damsire | Questionnaire |
Sex | Filly |
Foaled | 1950 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Dark Bay/Brown |
Breeder | Ben F. Whitaker |
Owner | Mrs. Ben F. Whitaker |
Trainer | James P. Conway |
Record | 53: 12-8-8 |
Earnings | US$323,575 |
Major wins | |
Astarita Stakes (1952) Demoiselle Stakes (1952) Marguerite Stakes (1952) Schuylerville Stakes (1952) Coaching Club American Oaks (1953) Gazelle Handicap (1953) Monmouth Oaks (1953) New Castle Handicap (1953) Prioress Stakes (1953) |
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Awards | |
American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1953) | |
Horse (Equus ferus caballus) |
Grecian Queen (foaled in 1950) was an American Champion Thoroughbred filly racehorse. She was bred by Dallas, Texas businessman Ben Whitaker and raced under his wife's name. A consistently good and durable runner at age two and three, she won at distances from five and one half furlongs to a mile and three eighths.
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Trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Conway, Grecian Queen made her racing debut as a 2-year-old at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans with a fourth place finish in a maiden special weight event. She went on to considerable success that year, winning the 1952 Demoiselle Stakes at a mile and a sixteenth, [1] the six furlong Astarita Stakes, [2] and the five and one half furlong Schuylerville Purse at racetracks in New York [3] as well as the mile and a sixteenth Marguerite Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. [4] Grecian Queen finished behind Sweet Patootie in the balloting for 1952 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly honors.
Grecian Queen was voted the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 1953 [5] in a year in which she won seven of twelve starts with wins in major races for fillies such as the Prioress Stakes. [6] Gazelle Stakes, [7] New Castle Handicap [8] and Monmouth Oaks, [9] At Belmont Park she won the mile and three-eighths Coaching Club American Oaks, at the time the most important race in the United States for three-year-old fillies that was often called the fillies derby. [10]
Grecian Queen raced again at age four and five but could not win at the top levels with her best result a second place finish in the 1954 Maskette Handicap at Saratoga Race Course in New York state.
Bred to stallions such as Royal Charger, Tudor Minstrel, Nashua, and Raise a Native, Grecian Queen's offspring had only limited success in racing. [11]