Firenze Queen of the Turf 1890

by Glenelg dam Florida... Owned by J.B. Haggin Esq by Henry Stull

$1,800 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine hand-coloured portrait of a filly whose prize money totalled 112,471 between 1886 and 1891. She won 47 of her 82 starts during this period. Firenze was a small filly bred by Dan Swigert in 1884. She was sired by Glenelg out of the mare Florida, by Virgil. James Ben Ali Haggin purchased Firenze for 2,600. Small in stature, she grew to only 15 hands, but her racing presence was large. At 3 Firenze won all the major stakes for fillies and at 4, 5, and 6 she was named

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