Fluvanna (horse) explained

Horsename:Fluvanna
Sire:Cudgel
Grandsire:Broomstick
Dam:High Pass
Damsire:Ultimus
Sex:Filly
Foaled:1921
Country:United States
Colour:Chestnut
Breeder:Samuel Ross
Trainer:Max Hirsch
Record:23: 7–7–2
Earnings:US$21,218
Race:Astoria Stakes (1923)
Floral Park Purse (1923)
Demoiselle Stakes (1923)
Kew Gardens Handicap (1924)
Ben Brush Purse (1924)
Awards:American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1923)
Honours:Fluvanna Purse at Empire City Race Track

Fluvanna (1921) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Bred by Samuel Ross, she was purchased at the Saratoga yearling sales in the summer of 1922 by Admiral Cary Grayson who raced her under his Salubria Stable colors. Out of the mare High Pass, her sire was the two-time American Champion Older Male Horse Cudgel.[1]

Fluvanna was trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Max Hirsch. Major wins in the 1923 Demoiselle[2] and Astoria Stakes[3] plus seconds in the Flash and Futurity Stakes while competing against the best two-year-old colts in the United States[4] earned her retrospective American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly honors.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.pedigreequery.com/fluvanna3 Fluvanna's pedigree and partial racing stats
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1923/07/10/archives/demoiselle-stakes-won-by-fluvanna-admiral-graysons-filly-leads.html New York Times – July 10, 1923
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/1923/07/05/archives/little-celt-wins-carter-handicap-beats-knobbie-by-a-head-with.html New York Times – July 5, 1923
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/1923/09/16/archives/st-james-is-first-in-71000-futurity-widener-coft-proves-right-to.html New York Times – September 16, 1923
  5. http://www.bloodhorse.com/eclipsewinners/pdf/History_Charts.pdf The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts