Nellie Flag

Nellie Flag (1932–1953) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was retrospectively named the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 1934.^[1] She was the first horse bred by Warren Wright's Calumet Farm to win a stakes race.^[2]

Nellie Flag
Sire	American Flag
Grandsire	Man o' War
Dam	Nellie Morse
Damsire	Luke McLuke
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1932
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Calumet Farm
Owner	Calumet Farm
Trainer	Burton B. Williams
Record	22: 6-5-1
Earnings	US$59,665
Major wins
Selima Stakes (1934) Arlington Futurity Trial (1934) Matron Stakes (1934) Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (1934) Cherokee Park Purse (1935)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1934)

An early favorite, Nellie Flag finished fourth in the 1935 Kentucky Derby^[3] and seventh in the Preakness Stakes, the latter a race won by her dam in 1924.^[4] Following an injury, Nellie Flag was retired in mid July 1935 ^[5] and stood at Calumet Farm as a broodmare where she died in 1953 at age twenty-one. She produced ten foals of which nine raced.^[6] Among her best were:

• Mar-Kell (born 1939) - American Champion Older Female Horse (1943)
• Nellie L. (born 1940) - won 1943 Kentucky Oaks, Acorn Stakes
• Sunshine Nell (born 1948) - multiple stakes wins including Barbara Fritchie Handicap, Autumn Days Handicap, Top Flight Handicap