Vagrancy (racehorse) Vagrancy (racehorse) Vagrancy was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Vagrancy was a bay filly born in 1939 out of Valkyr by Man o' War. She raced for Belair Stud and was trained for most of her career by “Sunny” Jim Fitzsimmons. She was a promising winner at age two and then ran twenty-one times at age three, when she was named the 1942 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. She was also the champion "handicap" filly that season after beating the older crops in head-to-head races. At age three, she bloomed into the champion of her crop, winning nine stakes races
Sea Sovereign Sea Sovereign Sea Sovereign was an American Thoroughbred stallion racehorse foaled in 1942, sired by 1930s winner Seabiscuit, for owner Charles Howard. Although Sea Sovereign achieved moderate success as a racehorse, he is most famous for being part of the line sired by Seabiscuit. The fine lines of Sea Sovereign's posture, along with his light-bay coloring, resulted in the horse appearing in the 1949 Shirley Temple film to portray his sire, "The Story of Seabiscuit". Sea Sovereign was foaled in 1942, sired by Seabiscuit, who was born on May 23, 1933, in Lexington, Kentucky, and was among the most famous