My Dear Girl

My Dear Girl (foaled February 17, 1957 in Florida) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.

My Dear Girl
SireRough'n Tumble
GrandsireFree For All
DamIltis
DamsireWar Relic
SexFilly
Foaled1957
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederOcala Stud
OwnerFrances A. Genter
TrainerMelvin Calvert
Record20: 8-4-1
EarningsUS$209,739
Major wins
Frizette Stakes (1959)
Florida Breeders' Stakes (1959)
Gardenia Stakes (1959)
Miss Chicago Purse (1959)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1959)
Honours
My Dear Girl Stakes at Gulfstream Park

Background

My Dear Girl was bred by Ocala Stud Farm, owned by a nine-person syndicate headed by Bruce Campbell that was in just its second year of operation.[1] She was purchased by Floridian Frances Genter who would own and race a number of top horses including Unbridled who won the 1990 Kentucky Derby.

Racing career

My Dear Girl made her racing debut on February 19, 1959 at Florida's Hialeah Park Race Track. She was initially trained by Melvin "Sunshine" Calvert's assistant George Seabo but after the filly won the 1959 Florida Breeders' Stakes at Hialeah, Calvert decided to take charge.[2] She went on to win the important Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park[3] and at Garden State Park the Gardenia Stakes which she won by five lengths on a muddy track that would prove to be the clincher for national honors.[4] After finishing 1959 with five wins from seven starts, all under jockey Manuel Gonzales, My Dear Girl was voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.[5]

Breeding record

A successful broodmare for her owner Frances Genter, My Dear Girl's best foal to race was In Reality.

Honors

Inaugurated at Calder Race Course in 1982, the My Dear Girl Stakes was part of Calder's Florida Stallion Stakes series through 2013. After Calder's racing operations were leased to the Stronach Group it was moved to their Gulfstream Park operation when it became part of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' & Owners' Association (FTBOA) Florida Sire series .[6]

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References
  1. Ocala Stud history Retrieved July 2, 2018
  2. Avalyn Hunter's American Classic Pedigrees for My Dear Girl, Retrieved August 26, 2018
  3. NYRA history for the Frizette Stakes Retrieved July 5, 2018
  4. Sports Illustrated November 2, 1959 Retrieved July 2, 2018
  5. Ocala Star-Banner - December 3, 1959
  6. FTBOA article Florida Sire Stakes Program and Calder history Retrieved June 30, 2018
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