Personal Ensign ~
Please discuss.
RaceHorse/RaceFilly/Mare~Champion/ Personal Ensign ~Mare/BroodMare;deluxe:
For those of you who don’t know: Her Race Record:
https://www.pedigreequery.com/personal+ensign
Her progeny ~https://www.pedigreequery.com/progeny/personal+ensign
Not that it’s a contest, but Urban Sea can hardly be topped.
She won what is arguably the most prestigious race in the world.
Then she gave birth to five G1 winners, and three other G1 placed horses.
Two of her sons could be considered some of the best horses to set foot on a racecourse in the last 25 years.
One of whom (Galileo) is undoubtedly the greatest living sire in the world at the moment and the other (Sea The Stars) making quite a name for himself also, with a $150k stud fee.
And that’s just her direct offspring.
As a maternal granddam…all four of her daughters have produced G1 winners or G1 placed horses (including last saturday’s Belmont Oaks winner, Athena).
Masar, this year’s Derby winner at Epsom, is linebred 3x4 to her.
That’s an incredible legacy, both running and breeding.
Urban Sea is in a class of her own!
I think Fanfreluche did pretty well both as a racer and producer- and has the additional notoriety/fame of being stolen along with her Secretariat foal - but recovered unharmed:
my late mare was a Fanfreluche great granddaughter. Direct female line. :).
Urban Sea :love-struck::love-struck::love-struck::love-struck::love-struck::love-struck::love-struck:
Very good? Sure. Certainly a top racer and solid producer. But " perfect"? Others equal her achievements.
That said, saw PE race a couple of times, one of my favorites and she appears on the the damside of some good racehorses.
I do love Personal Ensign, she is one of my all time favorites, but Toussaud certainly has made her mark as well.
If we’re naming favorites, Numbered Account is my #1! The consistency of that family is mind-blowing.
Don’t ever forget Grey Flight when talking TB broodmares.
Several great mares mentioned here but, for me, I can’t think of a mare that tops Urban Sea’s accomplishments.
No one can top Urban Sea, but Miesque is one of my all-time favorites, both as a racehorse and producer.
I agree, hard to top Urban Sea but IMO Miesque is a close second. Her daughter East of the Moon (French champion 3 yr old) is the dam of Alpha Centauri who has won 3 group 1s in a row, Irish 1000, Coronation and last week the Falmouth. Two other daughters of Miesque are stakes producers. Flaxman does a great job of naming their homebres also. [h=2][/h]