{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Bateau , image = , caption = , sire =

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, grandsire = Fair Play , dam = Escuina , damsire = Ecouen , sex =

Filly A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare. There are two specific definitions in use: *In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old. *In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States ...

, foaled = 1925 , country =

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, breeder = Walter M. Jeffords, Sr. , owner = Walter M. Jeffords, Sr. , trainer = Scott P. Harlan , record = 35: 11-5-9 , earnings =

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Fashion Stakes The Fashion Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old fillies. Raced on dirt over a distance of five furlongs, it was run annually from 1889 through 2005. Inaugurated at Morris Park Racecourse in Westchester County, New Yor ...

(1927)

Selima Stakes The Selima Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland. Raced in late November, it is open to two-year-old fillies and is raced on turf. History Inaugurated in 1926, it is named for ...

(1927)

Coaching Club American Oaks The Coaching Club American Oaks is a race for thoroughbred three-year-old fillies and the second leg of the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing. Originally run at Belmont Park, the Grade I $500,000 stakes race was moved to Saratoga Race Course i ...

(1928)

Gazelle Stakes The Gazelle Stakes (formerly Gazelle Handicap until 2004) is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, New York. It is a Graded stakes race, Grade III event run over a distance of miles on dirt that is ...

(1928)

Suburban Handicap The Suburban Stakes (also known Suburban Handicap) is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is now run at the mile distance on dirt for a $350,000 pu ...

(1929)

Whitney Handicap The Whitney Stakes (run as the Whitney Handicap through 2013 and still sometimes referred to as such) is an American Grade 1 stakes race for Thoroughbred racehorses four years of age and older run at a distance of miles. The current purse is $1, ...

(1929)
Autumn Handicap (1929) , awards =

American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly The American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971. The award originated in 1936 when both ...

(1928)

American Champion Older Female Horse The Eclipse Award for Champion Older Dirt Female Horse is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a filly or mare, four years old and up, for performances on dirt and main track racing surfaces. In 1971, it became part of the ...

(1929) , honours = , updated = December 10, 2010 Bateau (born 1925) was an American

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Champion

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and a daughter of

and out of the

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mare A mare is an adult female horse or other equidae, equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more th ...

Escuina. In the Schuylerville Purse run at Saratoga Springs in late July 1927, the filly placed second to Pennant Queen. She ran in a juvenile special at

Saratoga Race Course Saratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track located on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, New York, Saratoga Springs, New York (state), New York, United States. Opened in 1863, it is often considered to be the oldest major sporting v ...

in August 1927 as a 2-year-old. In a field of thirteen, Bateau, owned by Walter M. Jeffords, Sr., lost by a length, again to Pennant Queen, a daughter of Pennant and Misty Queen. On November 4, 1927, Bateau was ridden by

Earl Sande Earl Harold Sande (November 13, 1898 – August 19, 1968) was an American Hall of Fame jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer. Early life in South Dakota Born in Groton, South Dakota, Earl Sande started out as a bronco buster in the early 1900s b ...

, a noted jockey of the 1920s. Sande was suspended from

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, stripped of his racing badge, and ejected from the

Pimlico Race Course Pimlico Race Course is a thoroughbred horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of O ...

after race stewards ruled that he intentionally fouled

Reigh Count Reigh Count (April 13, 1925–April 8, 1948) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1928 Kentucky Derby and the 1929 Coronation Cup in England. Reigh Count was bred by Willis Sharpe Kilmer and foaled at Court Manor ...

during the Pimlico Futurity feature race. Aboard Bateau, Sand tried unsuccessfully to elbow Reigh Count into the rail as the colt and Bateau came into the home stretch ahead of fifteen other horses. The filly came in third following ''Glade'' and ''Petee-Wrack''. The Maryland Racing Commission reinstated Sande during a special meeting on March 22, 1928. On June 1, 1929, Bateau defeated male competitors to win the

Belmont Park Belmont Park is a thoroughbred racing, thoroughbred horse racetrack in Elmont, New York, just east of New York City limits best known for hosting the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United Stat ...

with a time of 2:03 2/5. The event for older thoroughbreds also included Petee-Wrack, owned by John R. Macomber. This 4-year-old colt finished second, a head back of Bateau. Bateau's winning purse was $14,100. That year she also won the

and the Autumn Handicap at

Havre de Grace Racetrack The Havre de Grace Racetrack was an American horse racing race track, track on Post Road in Havre de Grace, Maryland, Havre de Grace, Harford County, Maryland, Harford County, Maryland. Nicknamed "The Graw," it operated from August 24, 1912, to 1 ...

.''The New York Times'' - September 29, 1929
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References

Bateau's pedigree and partial racing stats
1925 racehorse births Thoroughbred family 9-e Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States American Champion racehorses