| Searching | |
|---|---|
| Sire | War Admiral |
| Grandsire | Man o' War |
| Dam | Big Hurry |
| Damsire | Black Toney |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 1952 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | Ogden Phipps |
| Owner | Ethel D. Jacobs |
| Trainer | "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons Hirsch Jacobs at 3 |
| Record | 89: 25-14-16 |
| Earnings | $327,381 |
| Major wins | |
| Vagrancy Handicap (1955) Gallorette Handicap (1955, 1957) Diana Handicap (1956, 1958) Maskette Handicap (1956) Top Flight Handicap (1956) Correction Handicap (1956, 1958) Distaff Handicap (1957) Molly Pitcher Handicap (1958) Matriarch Stakes (1958) | |
| Honors | |
| United States' Racing Hall of Fame (1978) | |
| Last updated on December 20, 2021 | |
Searching (1952–1973) was an AmericanHall of FameThoroughbredracemare.
Foaled atClaiborne Farm nearParis, Kentucky where theWheatley Stable (founded in 1926 byGladys Mills Phipps and her brother,Ogden L. Mills) bred and raised its horses.[1] After theSecond World War, Gladys's sonOgden Phipps purchased a number of horses from the estate ofColonel Edward R. Bradley and hisIdle Hour Stock Farm. Among them was the good racing mare Big Hurry.
Phipps bred Big Hurry (the racing daughter of Bradley's favorite stallion,Black Toney, out of Bradley'sbroodmareLa Troienne) to the fourth winner of theU.S. Triple Crown Champion,War Admiral. From this match came a bay filly he named Searching.[1] Searching raced poorly in her first 20 starts under Hall of Fame trainerJames E. Fitzsimmons, Phipps sold her toEthel Jacobs, the wife of another Hall of Fame trainer,Hirsch Jacobs. Under Hirsch, Searching improved immensely. In her next 69 starts, many of them importantstakes, she was in the money most of the time.[2]
As abroodmare, Searching produced eight foals, seven of them winners, and three stakes winners, including Admiring and Priceless Gem. The filly that she is remembered for isAffectionately,#81 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century.[3] Affectionately also producedPersonality.[4]
Affectionately was inducted into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1978.[2]