| The third earliest mare in the lineage of American Family A44
The family remains extant
4th dam of Vanity, the outstanding racehorse on courses south of the James River in 1815 and 1816, undefeated until her last race on 8 May 1817 at Newmarket, Petersburg when she falls and breaks her neck in the 1st heat against Lady Lightfoot;
4th dam of top class racemare Reality, winner of high class races between 1816 and 1819, and rated by her owner as good or better than the great racehorses Boston and Sir Archy, both of which he also owned; and 5th dam of the high class [Johnson's] Medley, Slender and Bonnets o'Blue
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