Saucy Sue

Saucy Sue
Sire	Swynford
Grandsire	John o' Gaunt
Dam	Good and Gay
Damsire	Bayardo
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1922
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Owner	Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Trainer	Alec Taylor, Jr.
Record	10: 8–0–2
Earnings	£26,000
Major wins
Criterion Stakes (1924) 1000 Guineas (1925) Epsom Oaks (1925) Coronation Stakes (1925) Nassau Stakes (1925) Atalanta Stakes (1925)
Honours
Top-rated British two-year-old (1924)

Saucy Sue (1922–1937) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare, best known for winning two Classics in 1925. The filly won eight times from ten races in a racing career which lasted from July 1924 until October 1925. She was the top-rated British two-year-old of either sex in 1924, when she was unbeaten in three races. In her first two races the following year she won the 1000 Guineas over one mile at Newmarket and the Epsom Oaks over one and a half miles at Epsom Downs Racecourse a month later. Saucy Sue took her unbeaten run to seven by winning the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. She was defeated in her next two races and was retired from racing at the end of the season after a final win in the Atalanta Stakes at Sandown Park. She had some success as a broodmare and died in 1937.

Saucy Sue was a bay mare with a white blaze and one white sock on her left hind foot. She was bred by her owner Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, an American-born politician and newspaper proprietor. Saucy Sue's sire, Swynford, was a successful racehorse and stallion, winning the St Leger Stakes in 1910 and becoming British Champion sire in 1923. Her dam, Good and Gay, was a daughter of Lord Astor's broodmare Popinjay, and therefore a half-sister of the Caulfield Cup winner Magpie. Popinjay's other descendants have included the 2000 Guineas winners Pay Up and Shadeed, the St Leger winners Book Law and Provoke, and the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner Swale.

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