Old Hat was an American

United States

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 Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

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 racing mare

Mare

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 by Boston Doge out of the hard-knocking Fine Feathers (1 win in 39 starts), whose sire was Double Jay

Double Jay (horse)

Double Jay was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by John W. Stanley in Lexington, Kentucky, he was purchased as a yearling for $19,000 by Wilmington, Delaware businessmen James V...

. On his topline, Double Jay's grandsire was Black Toney

Black Toney

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. On his bottomline, it was Whisk Broom. Her sire, Boston Doge, was a multiple stakes

Graded stakes race

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 winner. Out of 18 starts, he won 14.

Old Hat raced when the likes of Cicada

Cicada (horse)

Cicada was an American Thoroughbred champion racehorse bred by Christopher Chenery's Meadow Stud. A bay filly by Bryan G, she was out of Satsuma; Satsuma's dam was Hildene, a "blue hen" mare and the first horse owned by Chenery...

, Summer Scandal (Co-champion older mare of 1966), Affectionately

Affectionately

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 (no. 81 in the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century

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), Tosmah

Tosmah

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, Bowl of Flowers

Bowl of Flowers

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 and the fine filly

Filly

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 Venture were also competing. Among this company, Old Hat was American Champion Older Female Horse twice, sharing the honor with Tosmah in 1964, and winning it outright in her best season, 1965, when she was six years old.

Old Hat raced for six years, starting in 80 races. She won 35 times, placed 18 times, and came in third 9 times. All in all, she was in the money an impressive 62 times.