Now What (foaled 1937, in

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) was an American

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racehorse. Her dam was That's That, and her sire was the 1927 American Horse of the Year and two-time Leading sire in North America,

Chance Play Chance Play (foaled 1923) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and Champion sire. In a career which lasted from 1925 to 1928 he ran in thirty-nine races and won sixteen of them. Although he was successful in his early career over sprin ...

. Bred by Guy and E. Paul Waggoner's Three D's Stock Farm of

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, Now What was raced by Alfred G. Vanderbilt II. Trained by Bud Stotler, she earned National Champion honors at age two after winning four important stakes races and running second in the Pimlico Nursery Stakes, and Juvenile Stakes. As a three-year-old, her best result in a top-level race was a second place finish in the Molly Brant Handicap at

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. Now What served as a broodmare for Vanderbilt. Her most successful foal to race was

Next Move {{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Next Move , image = , caption = , sire = Bull Lea , grandsire = Bull Dog , dam = Now What , damsire = Chance Play , sex = Filly , foaled = 1947 , country = United States , colour = Brown , breed ...

, the 1950

American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly The American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971. The award originated in 1936 when both ...

and the 1952 American Co-Champion Older Female Horse.Now Whats progeny
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Pedigree

References

{{reflist 1937 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States American Champion racehorses Vanderbilt family Thoroughbred family 20 Godolphin Arabian sire line