Friday, May 18, 2018

My Black-Eyed Susan Favorites - Photos

Milkmaid, winner of the first Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, 1919
On 19 August 1920, racing against males, four-year-old Milkmaid set a new Saratoga Race Course record for seven furlongs.  A few weeks later on 3 September, she set another track record against males,winning the Great Neck Handicap at a distance of a mile and a sixteenth at Belmont Park.  In 1920, Milkmaid earned the American Champion Older Female Horse honors....


Vagrancy, 1942


Twilight Tear, 1944

Pillow Talk, 1957
(I could only find this 1969 broodmare photo of her)

Airman's Guide, 1960

Davona Dale, 1979

Serena's Song, 1995

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