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De La Rose Sire Nijinsky Grandsire Northern Dancer Dam Rosetta Stone Damsire Round Table Sex Filly Foaled 1978 Country United States Colour Bay Breeder Dr. & Mrs. R. Smiser West &
MacKenzie MillerOwner Henryk de Kwiatkowski Trainer Woody Stephens Record 26: 11-6-0 Earnings $544,647 Major wins Hollywood Derby (1981)
Athenia Handicap (1981)
Diana Handicap (1981)
Saranac Stakes (1981)
Long Branch Stakes (1981)
E. P. Taylor Stakes (1981)Awards U.S. Champion Female Turf Horse (1981) Honours Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame (1982)
De La Rose Stakes at Saratoga Race CourseHorse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on January 14, 2008 De La Rose (1978–2001) was an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse. Regally bred in Kentucky, she was the daughter of English Triple Crown champion Nijinsky. Her grandsire was U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Northern Dancer, and her damsire was another U.S. Hall of Famer, Round Table. She was purchased and raced by Henryk de Kwiatkowski, who later acquired the famed Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
De La Rose, was voted the 1981 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Female Turf Horse, Retired to broodmare duty, she produced seven foals. On March 6, 2001, at age twenty-three, De La Rose was euthanized due to infirmities of old age.
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