Our Mims

Our Mims (1974-2003) was a champion Thoroughbred racing mare and broodmare, and yet she came very close to dying abandoned in a field of cattle. Our Mims was foaled on March 8, 1974, at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. She was by Herbager out of Sweet Tooth (by On-and-On). This made her a half sister to the brilliant colt Alydar, whose rivalry with the 1978 Triple Crown winner, Affirmed is the stuff of horse racing legend. Our Mims was named ... more

Our Mims (1974-2003) was a champion Thoroughbred racing mare and broodmare, and yet she came very close to dying abandoned in a field of cattle. Our Mims was foaled on March 8, 1974, at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. She was by Herbager out of Sweet Tooth (by On-and-On). This made her a half sister to the brilliant colt Alydar, whose rivalry with the 1978 Triple Crown winner, Affirmed is the stuff of horse racing legend. Our Mims was named after Melinda Markey, the daughter of Rear Admiral Gene Markey, second husband of Calumet Farm owner, Lucille Markey. Alydar and Our Mims were both owned by Calumet and trained by John M. Veitch. Our Mims won not one of her seven starts as a two-year-old, but when she was three she came into her own. Never running in a maiden race (restricted to those who've never won a race), right from the start Veitch entered her in an allowance at Florida's Hialeah Park. She won it. Then it was on to the Fantasy Stakes at Oaklawn Park, the Coaching Club... less