PAWNEESE was one of the best racemares of her generation, though after two defeats as a juvenile it might have been hard to predict how good she would become. At three years she ran up a sequence of six wins, including a pair of classics, and she was trained by Angel Penna for Daniel Wildenstein.

She won the Prix de Diane (French Oaks) and the Epsom Oaks, while in England she defeated Bruni and Orange Bay in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 1976. In all she raced 10 times and her six victories earned her the accolade of champion filly in Europe at three.