- Princess Rooney
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Princess Rooney
caption =
sire = Verbatim
grandsire =Speak John
dam = Parrish Princess
damsire = Drone
sex =Filly
foaled = 1980
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Gray
breeder = Parrish Hill Farm
owner = Paula J. Tucker
trainer =Neil D. Drysdale
record = 21: 17-2-1
earnings = $1,343,339
race =Gardenia Stakes (1982)Frizette Stakes (1982)Kentucky Oaks (1983)Ashland Stakes (1982)
Vanity Invitational Handicap (1984)Spinster Stakes (1982)
Clement L. Hirsch Handicap (1984)Breeders' Cup Distaff (1984)
awards= U.S. Champion Older Mare (1984)
honours = United States Racing Hall of Fame (1991)
Calder Race Course Hall of Fame (1995)Princess Rooney Handicap atCalder Race Course
updated= August 9, 2008Princess Rooney (born 1980 died
October 7 2008 ) was an American ChampionThoroughbred racehorse who was the first winner of aBreeders' Cup race to be inducted into the U.S. Racing Hall of FameRacing at age two, Princess Rooney won all six of her starts that marked the beginnings of a three-year racing career in which she would finish out of the money only once. In 1983, at age three, she won five of her six races, including the
Kentucky Oaks and finished second one time. At age four, Princess Rooney won five races then secured her firstEclipse Award as the United States' Champion Older Mare with a runaway victory in the 1984Breeders' Cup Distaff .Retired after her Breeder's Cup win, in 1985 Princess Rooney was in foal to leading sire Danzig when Texan George Aubin purchased her at the
Keeneland November auction for $5.5 million, at the time the third-highest amount ever paid for abroodmare . Unfortunately Princess Rooney turned out to be less than a success in breeding and ten years later was sold for $130,000 to the Gentry Brothers Farm nearLexington, Kentucky where she has been since 1995. In 2004 she produced her last foal, House of Words. House of Words is a 2008 winner.Princess Rooney was euthanized at Gentry Brothers Farm near Lexington October 7th due to complications of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM). She had been was diagnosed with EPM at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital August 1, 2008. [http://www.bloodhorse.com/NOW/News/BreedingNews/47440.aspx]
Two of Princess Rooney’s daughters, Rooneys Princess and Rose Tiara, are broodmares at Gentry Brothers, and each has a yearling consigned to the Keeneland September sale. Rooneys Princess’ yearling is a Tale of the Cat colt, Rosa Tiara’s yearling is a Lion Heart filly.
In 1991, Princess Rooney was inducted into the United States'
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame .References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/princess+rooney Princess Rooneys' pedigree and racing stats]
* [http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/horse.asp?ID=120 Princess Rooney at the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.bloodhorse.com/NOW/News/BreedingNews/47440.aspx BloodHorse Oct 7, 2008 "Champion Princess Rooney Dead"]
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