A Gleam
Encyclopedia
A Gleam was an American
Thoroughbred
racehorse who set a Hollywood Park Racetrack record with five straight stakes races in 1952.
. Her sire was British
born Blenheim
, the winner of the 1930 Epsom Derby
who, after being sold to an American breeding syndicate, became the Leading sire in North America
in 1941. A Gleam's dam was Calumet's U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
inductee, Twilight Tear
.
. In 1951 at Chicago's
Washington Park Racetrack, she won the Princess Pat Stakes
, a top race for two-year-old fillies.
It was as a three-year-old that she developed into one of the top fillies in the United States.
Included in her five wins at Hollywood Park was Milady Handicap which she won in a track record
time of 1:21 3/5 for seven furlongs on dirt. In her last year of racing at age four, A Gleam won the Malibu Sequet Stakes
at Santa Anita Park
and her second straight edition of the Milady Handicap at Hollywood Park.
, was a successful runner who won major races such as the Coaching Club American Oaks
, Monmouth Oaks, and the Modesty Handicap
. A Gleam's most successful earner in racing was sired by Herbager
. Their multiple stakes winning colt Gleaming (b.1968) earned $469,245.
United States
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Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
racehorse who set a Hollywood Park Racetrack record with five straight stakes races in 1952.
Breeding
A Gleam was bred and raced by Calumet FarmCalumet Farm
Calumet Farm is a Thoroughbred breeding and training farm established in 1924 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States by William Monroe Wright, founding owner of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. Calumet is located in the heart of Lexington's blue grass country, the finest horse breeding region in...
. Her sire was British
United Kingdom
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born Blenheim
Blenheim II
Blenheim II was a good British-bred Thoroughbred race horse who won the Epsom Derby in 1930. As sire he had a major influence on pedigrees around the world.-Pedigree:...
, the winner of the 1930 Epsom Derby
Epsom Derby
The Derby Stakes, popularly known as The Derby, internationally as the Epsom Derby, and under its present sponsor as the Investec Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies...
who, after being sold to an American breeding syndicate, became the Leading sire in North America
Leading sire in North America
The list below shows the leading sire of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America for each year since 1830. This is determined by the amount of prizemoney won by the sire's progeny during the year...
in 1941. A Gleam's dam was Calumet's U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers...
inductee, Twilight Tear
Twilight Tear
Twilight Tear was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred filly racehorse. At age two, she won four of her six starts, finishing second and third in her other two starts. Her performances earned her a share of 2-year-old filly honors....
.
Racing career
A Gleam was conditioned for racing by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Jimmy JonesHorace A. Jones
Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones was an American thoroughbred horse trainer.The son of Hall of Fame horse trainer Ben A. Jones, Jimmy Jones was born in Parnell, Missouri...
. In 1951 at Chicago's
Chicago
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Washington Park Racetrack, she won the Princess Pat Stakes
Princess Pat Stakes
The Princess Pat Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race first run in 1937 at Chicago's Washington Park Race Track. A race for two-year-old fillies, except for 1941 and 1942 when it was open to fillies and mares age three and older, the Princess Pat Stakes was moved to Arlington Park in...
, a top race for two-year-old fillies.
It was as a three-year-old that she developed into one of the top fillies in the United States.
Included in her five wins at Hollywood Park was Milady Handicap which she won in a track record
Track record
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time of 1:21 3/5 for seven furlongs on dirt. In her last year of racing at age four, A Gleam won the Malibu Sequet Stakes
Malibu Stakes
The Malibu Stakes is a race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses of either gender held each December at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California...
at Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent racing events in the United States during the winter and in spring. With its backdrop of the purple San Gabriel Mountains, it is considered by many as the world's most beautiful race...
and her second straight edition of the Milady Handicap at Hollywood Park.
Broodmare
A Gleam served as a broodmare for Calumet Farm. Of her foals, the filly A Glitter (b. 1955), sired by KhaledKhaled (horse)
Khaled was a British Thoroughbred racehorse best known as a sire in the United States. Bred and raced in England by the H. H. Aga Khan III, Khaled was sired by Hyperion, the 1933 Epsom Derby and St. Leger Stakes winner and a six-time Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland. Hyperion was a son of...
, was a successful runner who won major races such as the Coaching Club American Oaks
Coaching Club American Oaks
The Coaching Club American Oaks is a race for thoroughbred three-year old fillies and the second leg of the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing. Originally run at Belmont Park, the Grade I $250,000 stakes race was moved to Saratoga Race Course in 2010....
, Monmouth Oaks, and the Modesty Handicap
Modesty Handicap
The Modesty Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Arlington Park Racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois near Chicago....
. A Gleam's most successful earner in racing was sired by Herbager
Herbager
Herbager was a French Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and an influential sire in both France and the United States. He was sired by Vandale, a stayer who won the 1946 Prix du Conseil Municipal and whom Herbager would help make the 1959 Leading sire in France. His dam was Flagette who was inbred...
. Their multiple stakes winning colt Gleaming (b.1968) earned $469,245.