Tudor Queen

Tudor Queen (foaled 1967 in Kentucky) was a Champion Thoroughbred racehorse in Canada and the United States. In 1969 she was voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly by the Thoroughbred Racing Association.

Tudor Queen
SireKing of the Tudors
GrandsireTudor Minstrel
DamRoyal Dowry
DamsireRoyal Charger
SexFilly
Foaled1967
CountryCanada
ColourChestnut
BreederMrs. A. G. Daniels
OwnerStafford Farms
TrainerGil Rowntree
Record42: 14-10-7
Earnings$224,674
Major wins
Frizette Stakes (1969)
Summer Stakes (1969)
Clarendon Stakes (1969)
Vandal Stakes (1969)
My Dear Stakes (1969)
Duchess Handicap (1970)
Nettie Handicap (1971)
Awards
TRA American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1969)
Honours
Tudor Queen Stakes at Belmont Park

Background

Her British sire was King of the Tudors, a multiple stakes winner whose wins included the 1953 Sussex Stakes and 1954 Eclipse Stakes. Grandsire Tudor Minstrel won a British Classic, the 1947 2,000 Guineas Stakes. Tudor Queen's dam was Royal Dowry, a granddaughter of the great Nearco through his son, Royal Charger.[1]

Purchased by Jack Stafford, owner of Stafford Farms in King, Ontario, Tudor Queen was conditioned for racing by future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Gil Rowntree who was based at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Racing career

As a two-year-old the filly had her best year in racing, winning four important stakes races in Canada and the Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.[2] At year's end, she was voted the 1969 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly by the Thoroughbred Racing Association, with Fast Attack topping the rival Daily Racing Form poll. The award made her the de facto Canadian Two Year-Old Champion in the pre-Sovereign Award era.[3]

Tudor Queen raced at age three and four, notably winning the 1970 Duchess Handicap at her home base and the following year, the Nettie Handicap.[4]

Breeding record

After she was retired to broodmare duty, Tudor Queen's offspring met with limited racing success.

Pedigree
Pedigree of Tudor Queen
Sire
King of the Tudors		 Tudor Minstrel Owen Tudor Hyperion
Mary Tudor
Sansonnet Sansovino
Lady Juror
Glen Line Blue Peter Fairway
Fancy Free
Scotia's Glen Beresford
Queen Scotia
Dam
Royal Dowry		 Royal Charger Nearco Pharos
Nogara
Sun Princess Solario
Mumtaz Begum
Querida Alibhai Hyperion
Teresina
Durazna Bull Lea
Myrtlewood
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References
  1. http://www.pedigreequery.com/tudor+queen2 Tudor Queen's pedigree and partial racing stats
  2. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0B16FA3454127B93C7A9178BD95F4D8685F9 October 5, 1969 New York Times article on Tudor Queen's win in the Frizette Stakes
  3. "RACING PRIZE WON BY SILENT SCREEN - Werblin's Horse Named Top 2-Year-Old Colt of Year - Article - NYTimes.com". 10 December 1969.
  4. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/597294482.html?dids=597294482:597294482&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jul+08%2C+1971&author=NEIL+MILBERT&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Tudor+Queen+Wins+Matron+Prep+at+Arlington+Park&pqatl=google July 8, 1971 Chicago Tribune article titled "Tudor Queen Wins Matron Prep at Arlington Park"
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