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Gallorette was running when races for fillies beyond the age of three were limited, and as a result, most of her important races were against male horses. In truth, there were races to run in, but being for females, they carried much smaller purses. (The first $ 100,000 race for fillies and mares
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Eddie "Cocky" Simms, who broke
Gallorette and worked with her for her trainer Ed Christmas, told Blood-Horse, "She's not only the greatest mare, but the greatest Maryland-bred of any sex...She had a long, tough, career as a race mare, but if the jocks would have ridden her as instructed, she would
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horsemen. Gallorette grew into a big, rangy filly. Too gawky to start too young, she didn't make her first start until late in her second year. For her two-year-old season, beginning in
September, she started in 8 races and won three. She was never out of the money.
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During her five years of racing—between 1944 and 1948— Gallorette won or placed in 54 of her 72 starts. She competed against future Hall of Famers
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book, says of her: "She was a big mare; as big as most of the colts she raced against, tougher than some of them, faster than almost all of them."
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In her four-year-old season, she started out slowly before turning in improved performances. She took the
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Gallorette died at the age of 17 at Moore's
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691:"Brann Sells Gallorette - Mrs. Marie Moore Buys Leading Money-Winning Mare"
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September 1, 1948, Gallorette was sold to Mrs. Marie A. Moore of
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winner, Pavot. Gallorette then lost six races in a row.
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Handicap (the forerunner of the
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top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century
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714:Gallorette's pedigree, with photo
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656:References
639:Saint Liam
574:Top Flight
383:, and the
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267:Gallorette
147:Major wins
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626:Broodmare
476:champion
324:Challedon
320:Preakness
142:$ 445,535
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567:Regret
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