# Next Move

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**Next Move** (1947–1968) was an American [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [Champion](/source/Eclipse_Award) [racehorse](/source/Horse_racing).

## Background

Next Move was bred and raced by prominent horseman [Alfred G. Vanderbilt II](/source/Alfred_G._Vanderbilt_II) She was sired by [Calumet Farm's](/source/Calumet_Farm) stallion [Bull Lea](/source/Bull_Lea). Her dam was Vanderbilt 's [Now What](/source/Now_What_(horse)), a multiple stakes winner and the 1939 [American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly](/source/American_Champion_Two-Year-Old_Filly) whose sire was [Chance Play](/source/Chance_Play), the 1927 [American Horse of the Year](/source/American_Horse_of_the_Year).

She was trained by future [U.S. Racing Hall of Fame](/source/National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame) trainer [Bill Winfrey](/source/William_C._Winfrey).

## Racing career

At age three Next Move won eight important stakes races at tracks on both the [East](/source/East_Coast_of_the_United_States) and [West Coast of the United States](/source/West_Coast_of_the_United_States) en route to being voted [American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly](/source/American_Champion_Three-Year-Old_Filly) honors. Notably, in a race against colts, she finished second to future Hall of Fame inductee [Hill Prince](/source/Hill_Prince) in the [Sunset Handicap](/source/Sunset_Handicap) at [Hollywood Park Racetrack](/source/Hollywood_Park_Racetrack).

At age four, Next Move did not enjoy the same success as she had at age three. However, she won the [Las Flores Handicap](/source/Las_Flores_Handicap) at [California's](/source/California) [Santa Anita Park](/source/Santa_Anita_Park) and at the same track ran second against her male counterparts in California's richest race, the [Santa Anita Handicap](/source/Santa_Anita_Handicap). Racing at age five in 1952, Next Move had another outstanding campaign and was [American Champion Older Female Horse](/source/American_Champion_Older_Female_Horse) by the Thoroughbred Racing Association. The *[Daily Racing Form](/source/Daily_Racing_Form)'*s rival award for Champion Female Handicap horse was won by the three-year-old [Real Delight](/source/Real_Delight).

## Breeding record

Next Move was retired to [broodmare](/source/Broodmare) duty at Vanderbilt's [Sagamore Farm](/source/Sagamore_Farm) in [Glyndon, Maryland](/source/Glyndon,_Maryland). She had five foals by Vanderbilt's Hall of Fame [stallion](/source/Stallion_(horse)) [Native Dancer](/source/Native_Dancer) and one by [Turn-To](/source/Turn-To). The most successful of her offspring on the track was the filly [Good Move](/source/Good_Move), winner of the 1960 [Spinaway Stakes](/source/Spinaway_Stakes) and in a [Laurel Park Racecourse](/source/Laurel_Park_Racecourse) record time, the [Selima Stakes](/source/Selima_Stakes).

## References

- [Next Move's pedigree and partial racing stats](http://www.pedigreequery.com/next+move)

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