Honeymoon ran second in 1946, as a 3yo. She and the winner carried the same actual weight. Females meeting males was not uncommon in US racing until fairly recently. Guess who ran third to John Henry in the Jockey Club Gold Cup in 1981; it was Easy Goer's mum Relaxing. She had beaten the guys in the Gallant Fox H(G2) and the John B. Campbell H (G2) earlier in her career.
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