Fillies
Only once in Triple Crown history have two different fillies won both the Derby and Preakness in the same year. Regret became the first filly to take the Derby on May 8, 1915. It is not as well known that nine days later that spring another filly-Rhine Maiden-captured the Preakness. Regret did not compete.
When Genuine Risk ran in the 1980 Preakness she became the 50th filly to start in the race since 1873 but the first of her sex to compete in all three of the Triple Crown races. Genuine Risk compiled the best record for a filly in the Triple Crown, winning the Derby and running second in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Eight years later in 1988, Winning Colors, the Derby winner and 51st filly in the Preakness also ran in all Triple Crown events. In 1999 Excellent Meeting became the 52nd filly to start in the Preakness after finishing 5th in the Kentucky Derby. Besides Genuine Risk and Winning Colors, only two other fillies have competed in more than one of the Classics, Careful in 1921 and Nellie Flag in 1935.
A filly is a female horse, specifically one
which has not reached sexual maturity. This usually means it is
under 24 months of age. After it reaches maturity it is
known as a mare. Most horse owners, however, agree that "filly"
means a female horse under the age of 4 years old, while "mare"
is for a physically mature female
horse, which is age 4 or above.
In thoroughbred horse racing, the definitions of "filly" and
"mare" are slightly different. In this context, female horses
are not classified as "mares" until they are
five-year-olds-more precisely, on the fifth January 1 (for
horses born in the Northern Hemisphere) or August 1 (for horses
born in the Southern Hemisphere) after their actual date of
birth. Harness racing sets the cut off age for "mares" as four
years.
The equivalent male is a colt. When horses of either sex are
very young, they can also be referred to as foals.
Year | Filly | Owner | Finish |
1875 | Australind | Harbeck & Johnson | 7th |
1880 | Emily F. | J. J. Bevins | 3rd |
1881 | Aella | G. L. Lorillard | 6th |
1894 | Flirt | Manhattan Stable | 13th |
1895 | Sue Kittie Bombazette |
O. A. Jones C. Littlefield, Jr. |
3rd 7th |
1896 | Intermission Cassette |
J. E. McDonald A. Clason |
3rd 4th |
1901 | Sadie S. | P. H. Sullivan | 2nd |
1902 | Barouche Sun Shower |
W. H. McCorkle Jere Dunn |
W. H. McCorkle Jere Dunn |
1903 | FLOCARLINE | M. H. Tichenor & Co. | 1st |
1904 | Possession Flammula |
C. Oxx W. H. Kraft |
7th 8th |
1905 | Kiamesha Coy Maid Bohemia Iota |
Kiamesha Coy Maid Bohemia Iota |
2nd 3rd 5th 9th |
1906 | WHIMSICAL Content Flip Flap Fatinitza |
T. J. Gaynor W. Clay J. A. Bennet Palestine Stable |
1st 2nd 7th 8th |
1909 | Hill Top Arondack Sans Souci II Grania |
R. Angarola Mrs. J. McLaughlin G. J. Kraus A. Garson |
3rd 6th 7th 8th |
1911 | Heatherbroom | E. B. Cassatt | 6th |
1912 | Jeannette B. | C. C. Smithson | 5th |
1913 | Cadeau | J. G. Oxnard | 5th |
1915 | RHINE MAIDEN | E. F. Whitney | 1st |
1917 | Fruit Cake Fox Trot |
E. T. Zollicoffer J. E. Griffith |
4th 14th |
1918 | Mary Maud Quietude |
C. E. Clements A. H. Morris |
A. Neal |
1918 | Kate Bright | A. Neal | (2nd Div) 3rd |
1919 | Milkmaid | J. K. L. Ross | 8th |
1921 | Polly Ann Careful Lough Storm |
S. L. Jenkins W. J. Salmon E. B. McLean |
2nd 12th 13th |
1922 | Miss Joy | Montford Jones | 10th |
1923 | Sally's Alley | W. S. Kilmer | 11th |
1924 | NELLIE MORSE | H. C. Fisher | 1st |
1925 | Maid At Arms | Glen Riddle Farm | 11th |
1927 | Fair Star | Foxcatcher Farm | 6th |
1928 | Bateau | W. M. Jeffords | 8th |
1930 | Snowflake | W. J. Salmon | 3rd |
1935 | Nellie Flag | Calumet Farm | 7th |
1937 | Jewell Dorsett | J. W. Brown | 8th |
1939 | Ciencia | King Ranch | 6th |
1980 | Genuine Risk | Mrs. B. R. Firestone | 2nd |
1988 | Winning Colors | Mr. & Mrs. E. Klein | 3rd |
1999 | Excellent Meeting | Golden Eagle Farm | Pulled up |