Court Dress (horse)

Court Dress
SireDisguise
GrandsireDomino
DamHampton Belle
DamsireHampton
SexFilly
Foaled1904
CountryUnited States
ColorChestnut
BreederJames R. Keene
OwnerJames R. Keene
TrainerJames G. Rowe Sr.
Record13: 6-2-2
EarningsUS$36,539
Major wins
Criterion Stakes (1906)
Fashion Stakes (1906)
Gaiety Stakes (1906)
Produce Stakes (1906)
Spinaway Stakes (1906)
Gazelle Handicap (1907)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
(1906)
American Co-Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1907)

Court Dress (foaled 1904 in Kentucky) was a two-time American National Champion Thoroughbred filly bred and raced by James R. Keene.

Trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee James G. Rowe Sr., Court Dress won five significant stakes races in 1906 including the Criterion, Fashion and the Spinaway.[1][2][3][4] Those performances led to Court Dress being recognized as the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.[5]

Racing at age three, Court Dress had her best outings of 1907 when she beat Yankee Girl to win the Gazelle Stakes and ran third to Yankee Girl in both the Ladies Handicap and the Mermaid Stakes.[6] She and John Sanford's Kennyetto would share American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly honors for 1907.[7]

  1. ^ "Five Leading Two-Year-Olds". Daily Racing Form. 1906-11-22. Archived from the original on 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2021-07-19 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  2. ^ "Two Rich Stakes at Gravesend This Afternoon". Daily Racing Form. 1910-05-31. Retrieved 2021-08-08 – via University of Kentucky Archives.
  3. ^ "Evening World Racing Chart". New York Evening World. 1906-05-19. Archived from the original on 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2021-08-08 – via Library of Congress.
  4. ^ "Spinaway Stakes". NYRA. 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  5. ^ Champion's history charts The Bloodhorse.com Archived September 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Court Dress Wins From Yankee Girl". New York Times. 1907-06-13. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  7. ^ The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts Archived September 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine