| Color: br
(USA)
Breeder: Meadow Stud Inc. foaled April 1, 1969 Unplaced in 1 start at 3 Sent to Spain at 5 Sent to Hungary at 11 Sent to Uruguay In 1968, Chenery sent two mares named Hasty Matelda and Somethingroyal to Bold Ruler, and in 1969, a colt and filly were the result. In 1969, Hasty Matelda was replaced by Cicada, but she did not conceive. Only one foal resulted between Bold Ruler and Somethingroyal. As stated in the original agreement, the winner of the coin toss could pick the foal he wanted but could only take one, while the loser would get the other two. Both parties assumed Somethingroyal would deliver a healthy foal in the spring of 1970. The coin toss between Penny Chenery and Ogden Phipps was set for the fall of 1969 in the office of New York Racing Association Chairman Alfred Vanderbilt II with Hancock as witness. As Vanderbilt flipped the coin, Phipps called Tails! The coin landed tails up. Phipps decided to take the weanling filly out of Somethingroyal, leaving Chenery with the colt out of Hasty Matelda (Rising River) and the unborn foal of Somethingroyal (Secretariat).
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