Horsename: | Marshua |
Sire: | Nashua |
Dam: | Emardee |
Damsire: | Heliopolis |
Sex: | Mare |
Foaled: | 1962 |
Country: | United States |
Color: | Brown |
Breeder: | Helene D. Gilroy |
Owner: | Helene D. Gilroy |
Trainer: | Norman R. McLeod |
Record: | 21: 9-6-4 |
Earnings: | $317,599 |
Race: | Selima Stakes (1964) Schuylerville Stakes (1964) Gardenia Stakes (1964) Marguerite Stakes (1964) Coaching Club American Oaks (1965) |
Honors: | Marshua Stakes at Laurel Park Racecourse |
Updated: | August 11, 2021 |
Marshua (foaled March 19, 1962) was a multi Graded stakes winning American Thoroughbred racemare bred and raced by Helene D. Gilroy, a partner with her husband in the Missouri based Interstate Gas Corporation.
Marshua was sired by Nashua out of Emardee, by Heliopolis.[1] In 1964, she was ranked second in her class of two-year-olds. She made 16 starts that year and was in the money 15 times, or 94% of the time. The highlight of that season was her victory in the prestigious Selima Stakes at Laurel Park Racecorse in Maryland.[1] Having led all the way around the 1-1/16 mile event, she battled Queen Empress through the stretch to win by a fading neck. Queen Empress was later named American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. In addition to the Selima, Marshua won the Schuylerville Stakes and the Marguerite Stakes in her freshman year.[2] [1]
At age three, Marshua ran second in the Acorn Stakes and won the filly classic Coaching Club American Oaks.[3] She retired with a record of nine wins, six seconds and four thirds in 21 starts with career earnings of $317,599.[1]
In 1987, Laurel Park Racecourse named a race in her honor: the six-furlong Marshua Stakes run every February.