![]() ![]() She was also second twice to males, in the Arlington Classic and the Travers Stakes, both at ten furlongs. The Realization, originally similar in conditions to a futurity except for 3-year-olds rather than 2-year-olds, was run from 1889 to 2005 and was won by such notables as Man o’ War, Gallant Fox, Whirlaway, Kelso and Buckpasser. She was ridden in that marathon by Nick Combest. Next Move won only twice from eight starts, a maiden at Jamaica and an allowance at Aqueduct.īed o’ Roses won five of 12 starts at three, including the 1⅝-mile Lawrence Realization at Belmont against males. Prior to that, Bed o’ Roses took on colts in Belmont’s Futurity at 6½ furlongs, finishing 11th of 17.īed o’ Roses won nine of her 21 starts at two, seven of them stakes, racing in seven different states and earning the 2-year-old filly championship. The tactic worked, with Bed o’ Roses victorious, Next Move staying on for second and Rare Perfume third. This time Next Move assumed the role of pacemaker for Bed o’ Roses in order to try to wear down frontrunner Rare Perfume. They next faced off in the Demoiselle at Jamaica over 8½ furlongs on November 8. Next Move was a nose behind winner Fais Do Do, with Bed o’ Roses a head behind her in third. Bed o’ Roses and Next Move met for the first time in a 5½ furlong allowance over the straight Widener chute at Belmont on September 20. Next Move also broke her maiden at Jamaica in her third start, on July 5. ![]() According to the Daily Racing Form, she won by three lengths with ‘ridiculous ease’. Her first win came in her third start, at Jamaica, going five furlongs on April 29. Next Move, foaled on March 14, 1947, was by five-time champion sire Bull Lea and her dam, Now What, was champion 2-year-old filly in 1939, taking the Arlington Lassie, Spinaway, Astarita and Demoiselle.īed o’ Roses made her career debut at Santa Anita on February 16, 1949, finishing fifth in a three-furlong maiden contest. Next Move was just as well-travelled, having been conceived in Kentucky, foaled in California and also raised at Sagamore. He trained a total of 38 stakes winners and was inducted into the American Racing Hall of Fame in 1971.Ĭonceived in Virginia, foaled in California and raised at Sagamore, Vanderbilt’s Glyndon, Maryland, farm, Bed o’ Roses was already well-travelled before she ever set foot on a racetrack. The fillies’ racing careers were overseen by William Winfrey, who trained for both Vanderbilt and the Phipps Stable, conditioning the aforementioned Native Dancer and also champion Buckpasser for the latter’s 2-year-old season. He was inducted into the American Racing Hall of Fame in 1972. He piloted Brownie in the famous triple dead heat in the 1944 Carter Handicap at Aqueduct. He won the 1947 Kentucky Derby aboard Jet Pilot, the 1953 Preakness and Belmont with Native Dancer, and the 1954 Belmont on High Gun. Bed o’ Roses’ dam, Good Thing, by Discovery, won five races from three seasons racing, finishing second in the Gazelle in 1944.Įric Guerin was the regular rider of both Next Move and Bed o’ Roses. In the 1935 Withers Stakes, Rosemont defeated that year’s Triple Crown winner, Omaha. (This was in the era before the various polls were combined and standardized.)įoaled on April 8, 1947, Bed o’ Roses was by Rosemont, whose stakes victories included a nose decision over Seabiscuit in the 1937 Santa Anita Handicap. Next Move was named champion 3-year-old filly in 1950 and picked up her champion older mare title at five in 1952. Bed o’ Roses won 18 of her starts, while Next Move won 17.īed o’ Roses earned champion 2-year-old filly honors in 1949 and was champion older filly or mare at four in 1951. Both raced four years, from two to five, and each ran 46 times. The bay Bed o’ Roses was small and sweet-tempered, while the dark brown Next Move was big and temperamental. Vanderbilt’s Sagamore Farm, Bed o’ Roses and Next Move were polar opposites. Six decades ago, a true rivalry developed between two fillies from the same stable, also in the U.S., and they even alternated championships.Ĭarrying the cerise and white diamonds of Alfred G. Think back 40 years to Affirmed and Alydar in the United States. People are often quick to label any thrilling stretch duel between two good horses a ‘rivalry’, but such matches are built up over time.
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