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| Flower Bowl | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Alibhai |
| Grandsire | Hyperion |
| Dam | Flower Bed |
| Damsire | Beau Pere |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 1952 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Brookmeade Stable |
| Owner | Brookmeade Stable |
| Trainer | Preston M. Burch |
| Record | 32: 7-4-3 |
| Earnings | US$174,625 |
| Major wins | |
| Delaware Handicap (1956) Ladies Handicap (1956) | |
| Honours | |
| Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes at Belmont Park | |
Flower Bowl (1952–1968) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and an outstanding broodmare. Bred and raced by Isabel Dodge Sloane's Brookmeade Stable, she was out of the mare Flower Bed and sired by the unraced British stallion Alibhai, who became a significant sire in the United States of other good runners such as 1954 Kentucky Derby winner Determine, the 1958 American Champion Older Female Horse Bornastar, plus Your Host and Traffic Judge, among others.
Conditioned for racing by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer Preston Burch, Flower Bowl was an excellent runner at longer distances. She notably won the then richest race for female horses, the 1¼ mile Delaware Handicap, in June [1] and then October's 1½ mile Ladies Handicap at Belmont Park. [2]