Office Queen was a dark brown American

United States

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 Champion

Eclipse Award

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 filly

Filly

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 racehorse

Horse racing

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. Owned and bred by Stephen A. Calder, she descended from deep blue-blooded grandsires Nasrullah and Nearco

Nearco

Nearco was an Italian bred Thoroughbred racehorse described by Thoroughbred Heritage as "one of the greatest racehorses of the Twentieth Century" and "one of the most important sires of the century." He was not only unbeaten, winning 14 races at distances from 5 furlongs to 1 mile 7 furlongs ,...

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Racing career

In 1969 at age two, Office Queen won the Mermaid Stakes and had a strong second-place finish in the Selima Stakes

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 :...

 at Laurel Park Racecourse and a third in the Gardenia Stakes at Ellis Park.

In 1970 at age three, Office Queen reeled off nine stakes wins including big victories in the Mother Goose Stakes

Mother Goose Stakes

The Mother Goose Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Raced on dirt, the Grade I race offers a purse of $250,000. Inaugurated in 1957 at a mile and a sixteenth, it was lengthened to a mile and an eighth in 1959...

 at Belmont Park and the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The race is open to three-year-old fillies willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt and currently offers a purse of $250,000...

 at Pimlico Racecourse. She also won the Cotillion Handicap

Cotillion Handicap

The F. Eugene Dixon, Jr. Cotillion Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Parx Racing and Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Since 2010, it has been raced on the first Saturday in October as a prelude to the annual Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships...

, the Mimosa Stakes, the Jasmine Stakes, Post-Deb Stakes and the Betsy Ross Handicap during her same second year. She also had stakes placing with second-place finishes in the Delaware Oaks, the Florida Breeders' Handicap (Carl G. Rose Memorial) and the Comely Stakes at Aqueduct as well as third-place finishes in the Matchmaker Stakes, the Monmouth Oaks and the Alabama Stakes at Saratoga Race Course

Saratoga Race Course

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Office Queen was a unanimous Champion Three-Year-Old Filly in 1970, winning the voting from both the Daily Racing Form

Daily Racing Form

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and the TRA polls in the very last year that champions were voted on separately.

Retirement

Office Queen in her retirement has had a stakes race named in her honor, the $100,000 Office Queen Stakes run in early June each year at Calder Racecourse. After retirement, Office Queen was sold to Marylander Joseph M. O'Farrell, who became one of the pioneers of Central Florida stud farms and considered one of the founding fathers of Ocala, Florida's horse business. As Ocala Stud Farm's General Manager, O'Farrell began his operation with broodmares Office Queen and My Dear Girl and the stallion Rough'n Tumbles from Maryland. Having such good foundation stock leading the way helped O'Farrell turn the annual auction of state-bred two-year-olds at Hialeah from a local affair to a nationally important market. As a broodmare, Office Queen produced several winners, including Crème Parfait with sire Bold Bidder

Bold Bidder

Bold Bidder was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.-Background:Bred by the Wheatley Stable partnership of Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden L. Mills, Bold Bidder was sired by their very great stallion Bold Ruler, an eight-time Leading sire in North America and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame...

. She was also the granddam of Champion Moscow Burning.