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07-21-2012, 06:57 PM
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Most Gr 1 wins by a female against males
Who holds the record for most American Grade 1 wins by a female against males? It obviously has to be a relatively low number, but I'm certain it's higher than 3 (which I know several different females have accomplished)
I know Black Caviar has 11 Group 1 wins against males -- but 10 of those came in Australia and grass sprints are a bigger deal there than everywhere else. Miesque ran in 10 different Gr 1 races against males -- she won 7 of them with two seconds and a third. She only ran twice in America, the first time she won the Breeders Cup Mile by 3.5 lengths over 13 others. The second time she won the Breeders Cup Mile by 4 lengths over 11 others. Goldikova has 9 Gr 1 wins against males -- but not quite as impressive an overall record as Miesque's. 
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07-21-2012, 08:31 PM
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Since races have only been graded since 1973, that is going to limit it a bunch.
Dahlia won three, and it is more impressive because they were in 1973, 74 and 76 and mixed in several G1 wins overseas against males as well. All Along won three straight G1s after her Arc win, but one of those was in Canada so I guess she doesn't qualify. Probably the most impressive brief run was April Run. She won the Turf Classic and the DC International by simply demolishing both fields, almost unheard of in G1 turf routes.
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07-21-2012, 08:48 PM
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Some of the old-time mares won a lot of very important races. Gallorette won the Met Mile, won the Brooklyn Handicap, Carter Handicap, and Whitney. Those are four of the five major handicaps in New York. Esposa, the champion mare of 1937 and 1938 won about 10 major stakes on dirt against males. Regret won her career debut in the Saratoga Special. Won 2nd time out in the Sanford. Won 3rd time out in the Hopeful. Won 4th time out in the Kentucky Derby off of a 9 month layoff. Won 5th time out in the Saranac. Five would be Graded Stakes wins against males in the first 5 starts of her career. In her only two lifetime starts against females, Regret won an ALW race by 8 lengths going 5.5 furlongs for her five-year-old debut. And she won the Gazelle by 3 lengths under 129lbs.
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07-21-2012, 08:55 PM
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what did bewitch manage? i know she beat citation once, but i'm not sure how often she actually faced off vs males.
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07-21-2012, 09:35 PM
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Sunline won 10 - Cox Plate (twice), Doncaster Handicap (twice, including once with a record weight for a mare), All-Aged Stakes (twice), Waikato Sprint (twice), Hong Kong Mile, Manikato Stakes. And she won three others against fillies and mares.
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07-21-2012, 11:50 PM
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Imp's win in the 1899 Suburban Handicap in track record time was probably the first truly great performance where a female scored against males.
Imp made 50 starts in her 3-year-old season -- and more amazingly, she did it over a span of just 7.5 months because her first race was on April 1st and her last on November 15th. The year she won the Suburban was her five-year-old season...and the Suburban was in a stretch where she raced 21 times in a span of 86 days. Basically, she ran once every four days for almost three full months. On four different occasions during her career -- Imp raced on back-to-back days. She made 171 starts and raced till the age of 7.  
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