Mrs Penny
| Mrs Penny | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Great Nephew |
| Grandsire | Honeyway |
| Dam | Tananarive |
| Damsire | Le Fabuleux |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 22 March 1977 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Marshall Jenney |
| Owner | Eric Kronfeld |
| Trainer |
Ian Balding Thomas Skiffington |
| Record | 22: 6-5-2 |
| Major wins | |
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Cherry Hinton Stakes (1979) Lowther Stakes (1979) Cheveley Park Stakes (1979) Prix de Diane (1980) Prix Vermeille (1980) Queen Charlotte Handicap (1981) |
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| Awards | |
| Top-rated European two-year-old filly (1979) Top-rated British three-year-old filly (1980) Timeform rating 119 (1979), 127 (1980) |
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Mrs Penny (22 March 1977 – 1997) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She won six of her twenty-two races and was rated the best British filly of her generation at both two and three years of age. In 1980 she won three of her six races including the Cherry Hinton Stakes, Lowther Stakes and Cheveley Park Stakes. In the following year she recorded her biggest wins in France where she won the Prix de Diane and the Prix Vermeille, but produced arguably her best performance in defeat when finishing second in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. In 1981 she was sent to race in the United States where she won the Queen Charlotte Handicap, but failed to reproduce her European form. She was then retired to stud, where she had some success as a broodmare.
Mrs Penny was a "lengthy" chestnut mare with a broad white blaze and a long white sock on her right hind leg bred by Marshall Jenney at the Derry Meeting Farm near Cochranville, Pennsylvania . She was sired by Great Nephew, a British stallion whose other progeny included Grundy and Shergar. Her dam Tananarive won in France when owned by her breeder Daniel Wildenstein and was exported to the United States when pregnant with the filly who would become Mrs Penny. Tananarive later produced Cadeaux d'Amie, the dam of the 1000 Guineas winner Hatoof.
As a yearling, Mr Penny was sent to the Saratoga sales and bought for $40,000 by the American lawyer Eric Kronfeld. She was sent to race in Europe where she was trained by Ian Balding at Kingsclere. Like many Balding-trained horses she usually raced in a sheepskin noseband.
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