Fastest Filly Ever...
 

Blackie and his side-kick/groupie should have a field day with this one...

Take Ruffian out of the mix, and who would you consider the fastest filly to step onto the track?

Im going with Crimson Saint. Brilliantly fast filly but had some soundness issues. Still is partly responsible for some of the fastest blood in horse racing today...

My dad always talks about Primonetta being a really fast filly from back in the day as well. She's a name you dont hear too much about considering her accomplishments off and on the track.

Take it from here, bitches.... :)

Shoop.....

What a Summer.

Even with Ruffian in the mix, I go with either Go for Wand or Landaluce. Go for Wand put up a 1:21, a 1:45 4/5, and a 2:00 4/5. That's speed and versatility to match. Landaluce was probably the fastest of the sprinters. She went 1:08 at Hollywood and 1:21 4/5 under a hand ride at Santa Anita.

I'd also consider horses like Soviet Problem and Safely Kept. Meafara was a blazer early too. Sardula.

Landaluce is one I always forget... Lukas claimed she was the best filly (or horse???) he ever trained.

Terlingua.

We may agree here... you think she was faster than her dam though?

Two attempts for me to get it right... :)

Meafara

The swift gray sprinting machine by Meadowlake

Doesnt look like anyone is agreeing on any one filly/mare. This is interesting... (im SOOOO not counting Shoop!)

Ta Wee, what can I say I'm partial to the family

What a nice NY bred that was...

Melair is obviously the best one not mentioned so far.

How can forget about Safely Kept and Xtra Heat those were two
fast fillies.

Mumtaz Mahal, although she wasn't a router.

Don't know how I forgot this one.

Brilliant filly...

Some of fastest fillies I remember were some of the turf sprinting
fillies Klassy Briefcase, Cagey Exuberance, Slavic Light,
Walkin in Da Sun and Incredible Revenge

She won a number of races with Diane Nelson....she must've been good!

Carsons Hollow!

Xtra Heat against anyone at 6F or less....

She was the dam of Storm Cat...who was her dam?

Crimson Saint...

Crimson Saint is Terlingua's dam... which is why in my original post I said Crimson Saint is partly responsible for some of the fastest "blood" in today's horses.

Thats my girl... :D I heart my Jamie... she knows my infatuation for everything Crimson Saint! lol

Capote Belle, Exotic Wood....

For those who don't remember Melair.....

She raced only in 1986, winning all five of her lifetime starts, three of them in Graded Stake races.

Melair is most famous for taking on top males in a $400K Grade 2 Stake and DESTROYING them. She won it by 6 1/2 lengths over 8 time champion South American sire Southern Halo. Snow Cheif, who was Champion 3yo male that same year, finished 3rd beaten 11 lengths. The final time for the mile was a supersonic 1:32 4/5. She was just 3/5ths of Dr. Fager's world record.

She also beat Hidden Light in another Stake that year. Those not fimilar with Hidden Light, she won the Gr 1 Santa Anita Oaks, Gr 1 Hollywood Oaks, and Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks that same year, and she's also the dam of Artie Schiller.

While I was only 5 years old when Melair raced...I have seen film of three of her races...and she was an absolute freak.

Capote Bell... good choice.

Exotic Wood was one nice filly for Ron Ellis

You've got good taste! :D

Hmm first i've ever heard of her. She raced a year before I was born...

Looking at her pedigree, its pretty interesting. There are lines of some of the best blood of her time, but through individuals that were considered subpar representatives of that blood. She's tail-female to Admiration who produced the incredible Pretty Polly. Amazing how true class will rise out of no where when the blood is there.

Raja Baba is such an underestimated source of class and speed... that family can sure produce a sire.

How about Genuine Risk and Silverbulletday?

That was one of the greatest performances I ever saw. We didn't have simulcasting here back then, and I caught it on ESPN on that racing around the country replay show. It was incredible.

you guys are breakin my heart, didnt anyone love this filly too?

If you think Capote Belle was good, and she was, what about Danseuse who drowned her in their respective debuts and went on to run, unfortunately, only once more?

That was a true shame. She was crazy good.

She was OK...but not in the league of the horses being mentioned here....at least for the most part.