Miss Legality

Miss Legality
Sire	Skip Trial
Grandsire	Bailjumper
Dam	Jongleuse
Damsire	African Sky
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1989
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Norton Waltuch
Owner	Norton Waltuch
Trainer	Sonny Hine
Record	17: 7-2-2
Earnings	$378,739
Major wins
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (1992) Gardenia Stakes (1991) Davona Dale Stakes (1992) Brave Raj Stakes (1992) Convenience Stakes (1992) Somerset County Stakes (1992)
Horse (Equus ferus caballus)
Last updated on July 3, 2011

Miss Legality (foaled in 1989 in Florida) is an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse. The daughter of Skip Trial will best be remembered for posting a two length score over Known Feminist in the mile and an eighth Grade II $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 15, 1992.^[1]

Early racing career

Miss Legality broke her maiden in her second attempt and then went on to win an allowance race at Calder Race Course in June 1992. In the late summer she competed in the Poinsettia Stakes at Hialeah Park Race Track and placed second behind November Snow. Late in the summer she took another second by placing in the Sorority Stakes at Monmouth Park in New Jersey. In late September Miss Legality won the Brave Raj Stakes also at Calder in Miami Gardens, Florida. It was open to two-year-old fillies and raced over a distance of one mile and seventy yards. During the second week of November, Miss Legality won the very last running of the Gardenia Stakes run at Garden State Park Racetrack near Cherry Hill, New Jersey. At the time the 1-1/16 mile event was the world's richest race for two-year-old fillies. In the winter Miss Legality was freshened for a few months. In March of 1992 she came back into form by winning the Davona Dale Stakes at Gulfstream Park at a mile and 70 yards in 1:42 flat.

Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

Miss Legality was doing so well in the late spring of 1992 that her connections, owner Norton Waltuch and trainer Sonny Hine decided to run her in the defacto second jewel of the filly triple crown, the Grade II $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes in May. In the race itself Miss Legality broke well from the gate and pushed up overtaking the leaders going into the club house turn. From that point on, Miss Legality never looked back and won in gate to wire fashion. She beat a strong field of eight stakes winners including runner-up Known Feminist by 1-1/2 lengths in 68th running of the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes in Baltimore, Maryland. Miss Legality, ridden by jockey Chris McCarron, covered 1-1/8 miles in the rain in one minute and 51.11 seconds. Diamond Duo was two lengths further back finishing third. ^[2]

Later racing Career

After the Black-Eyed Susan Miss Legality was shipped to the Jersey shore to race in the Post Deb Stakes (now called the Reeve Schley, Jr. Stakes) in July at Monmouth Park. In the Post Deb her rival Diamond Duo turned the tables on her and won the race with Miss Legality showing for third. Later that year she finished her sophomore season with wins in the Convenience Stakes and Somerset County Stakes.

References

1. ^ Pedigree On-line Thoroughbred Database
2. ^ Chicago Tribune, Sports, May 16, 1992