Blue Girl (1899–1919) was an American

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that was the Champion 2 and 3-year old female in 1901 and 1902, respectively.

Pedigree

Blue Girl was bred in

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by the Ezekiel Clay & Catesby Woodford breeding partnership and foaled at Clay's Runnymeade Stud. She was sired by Sir Dixon, the 1888

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winner, out of the mare Bonnie Blue. Bonnie Blue was sired by the influential American sire Hindoo and also produced the semi-successful stallion Blues. Blue Girl was sold as a 2-year-old in 1901 to

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, the owner of the Lexington stud farm Hamburg Place.

Racing career

Blue Girl was trained by John Madden as a two-year-old and won the Juvenile Stakes, Eclipse, Great Trial, and Great American Stakes for Madden, netting $38,230 in purse money. She was bought by

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in late 1901 and won the Great Filly Stakes winning $23,975. As a 3-year-old, Blue Girl won the

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and

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. She started in the

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, run at

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, but she became lame during the race. This was her last start, and overall Blue Girl started 12 times and won 7 races.

Offspring

Blue Girl was retired in 1903 and was sent to Whitney's Brookdale Stud farm. She was sold to Frederick Johnson (as representative for Harry Payne Whitney) for $10,000 in October 1904 after William Whitney's death. Blue Girl was sent to Britain in 1912, but returned to the United States in 1915 due to anti-American Thoroughbred sentiment and the passage of the Jersey Act. She produced thirteen foals, but none were as successful as Blue Girl. Her offspring include: *Tammany Hall, chestnut gelding by Meddler (1904) *Blue Grass, chestnut filly by

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(1906) *Dalenburg, chestnut colt by Hamburg (1907) (exported to Britain) *Bay filly by Hamburg (1908) *Eton Blue, bay filly by Hamburg (1909) *Brush By, colt by

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(1910) *Delft, bay filly by Burgomaster (1911, died 1926), granddam of 1926 2-year-old champion

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*Blume (GB), chestnut filly by Broomstick (1913) *Bit of Blue (GB), chestnut filly by Lemberg (1914) *Cobalt, bay gelding by Willonyx (1915) *Blue Laddie, bay gelding by Cylgad (1916) *Sky Blue, chestnut filly by All Gold (1918) *Chestnut colt by Pennant (1919, died 1920) Blue Girl died in 1919 at the Brookdale Stud.

References

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