Gallorette (1942-1959) was a Maryland-bred chestnut thoroughbred filly who became a Hall of Fame race horse. Sired by Challenger II, out of Gallette, Gallorette's damsire was Sir Gallahad III. Even so, her dam, Gallette, had once exhanged hands for $250 dollars and was used as a hack.
Trainer Preston M. Burch bought Gallette because of her highly successful sire, Sir Gallahad III, but once he owned her he was faced with a problem. If he entered G...
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Gallorette (1942-1959) was a Maryland-bred chestnut thoroughbred filly who became a Hall of Fame race horse. Sired by Challenger II, out of Gallette, Gallorette's damsire was Sir Gallahad III. Even so, her dam, Gallette, had once exhanged hands for $250 dollars and was used as a hack.
Trainer Preston M. Burch bought Gallette because of her highly successful sire, Sir Gallahad III, but once he owned her he was faced with a problem. If he entered Gallette in claiming races, someone was bound to snatch her away because of those same bloodlines. Racing her in higher-class races, he knew she could not win...so he retired her. Again because of her sire, the advertising executive William L. Brann, who co-owned a stallion called Challenger II, entered into an agreement with Burch that they would send Gallette to his stallion (who'd sired the Preakness winner Challedon) and then each would own her foals, first one for Brann and then one for Burch and so on. Gallette's first foal went to Brann....
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