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Princess Rooney
Gray filly foaled in 1980. By Verbatim out of Parrish Princess, by Drone
Breeder: Dr. Ben Roach and Tom Roach II
Owner: Paula Tucker
Trainer: Neil Drysdale |
RACE RECORD
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YEAR |
AGE |
STARTS |
1ST |
2ND |
3RD |
EARNED |
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1982 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
$223,815 |
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1983 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
$264,733 |
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1984 |
4 |
9 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
$854,791 |
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TOTALS: |
21 |
17 |
2 |
1 |
$1,343,339 |
In the twenty-one starts of her career, Princess Rooney finished out of the money in only one occasion. In addition to her fine race record, she was the first Breeders' Cup winner elected to the National Racing Hall of Fame.
Princess Rooney's most important early victories were in the Frizette and the Gardenia Stakes at 2 and the Kentucky Oaks and the Ashland Stakes at 3.
In her best season, at 4, Princess Rooney won the Vanity and the Chula Vista Handicaps, as well as the Spinster Stakes. In her final race she won the inaugural Breeders' Cup Distaff by seven lengths, which still remains as the largest margin of victor in any Breeders Cup event. Her time for the mile and a quarter was almost two seconds faster than that years Breeders Cup Classic winner, Wild Again, running over the same track at the same distance. Many speculated that even the boys in the Classic could not have beaten the Princess that day. At years end, Princess Rooney was voted Champion Handicap Female for 1984.
In 1985 Princess Rooney was sold for $5.5 million, the third-highest price ever paid for a broodmare at that time. She was also inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1991.
Certificate of Authenticity from Gentry Brothers Farm, KY
