# Gamely

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**Gamely** (February 10, 1964 – 1975) was an American [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [race horse](/source/Race_horse) who was voted the champion filly of her age group on three occasions.

## Background

Gamely was bred and born at [Claiborne Farm](/source/Claiborne_Farm) outside [Paris, Kentucky](/source/Paris,_Kentucky). Her dam was the [stakes](/source/Graded_stakes_race)-winning [mare](/source/Mare) Gambetta, and her sire was the great sire [Bold Ruler](/source/Bold_Ruler). Gambetta's dam, Rough Shod II, also produced the top filly [Moccasin](/source/Moccasin_(horse)), the stakes-winning [colt](/source/Colt_(horse)) [Ridan](/source/Ridan_(horse)), and [Lt. Stevens](/source/Lt._Stevens), also a major stakes winner. Her owner was [William Haggin Perry](/source/William_Haggin_Perry), whose feeling for Gamely, the filly with the [Roman nose](/source/Hooknose), was reflected in the name of his breeding operation: The Gamely Corporation.

## Racing career

Gamely was trained by [Hall of Fame](/source/National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame) trainer [James Maloney](/source/James_W._Maloney). The [filly](/source/Filly) stood over 16.2 hands high, and Maloney felt she was too big to race as a two-year-old. Like the great [Longfellow](/source/Longfellow_(horse)) and the enormous [Roseben](/source/Roseben) many years before her, her legs got in her way when she was a youngster. Therefore, Gamely's career began in her third year. She started in [California](/source/California), winning the Princess Stakes and coming in second in the [California Oaks](/source/California_Oaks) and the [Railbird Stakes](/source/Railbird_Stakes). Then she was sent east to [Saratoga, New York](/source/Saratoga_Springs,_New_York), where she won the [Test Stakes](/source/Test_Stakes) and the [Alabama Stakes](/source/Alabama_Stakes). In the Test, she set a seven-furlong track record. She was named [American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly](/source/American_Champion_Three-Year-Old_Filly) by the Thoroughbred Racing Association. [Furl Sail](/source/Furl_Sail) won the rival [Daily Racing Form](/source/Daily_Racing_Form) award.[1]

Gamely beat males (she was also second to [Dr. Fager](/source/Dr._Fager) in the 1968 [Californian Stakes](/source/Californian_Stakes)), carried heavy weights, and ran for three seasons in 41 races. When she retired in her fifth year, her winnings were the highest among her sire, Bold Ruler's, offspring (later surpassed by [Secretariat](/source/Secretariat_(horse))).

## Breeding record

Bred to [Round Table](/source/Round_Table_(horse)) twice and twice producing a foal, Gamely died of a ruptured stomach five days after her second foal. She is buried at Claiborne Farm.

## External links

1. ["Damascus top horse"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3QRaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MksNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4815,3351950&dq=furl-sail&hl=en). Victoria Advocate. November 24, 1967. Retrieved July 14, 2012.

- [Gamely’s pedigree plus photo](http://www.pedigreequery.com/gamely)
- [Gamely in the Hall of Fame](http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/horse.asp?ID=80) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071011063530/http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/horse.asp?ID=80) October 11, 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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