Valentine defeated her male counterparts in the Yankee Valor Handicap at Santa Anita Park. Her winnings were $93,300, with an additional Breeders Cup award of $27,000. In August 1986, she won the Grade II Chula Vista Handicap on a track that was hard, and in 1987 she won the Santa Maria Handicap (Grade II). Retirement and stud After racing, Fran's Valentine became a broodmare; six of her ten foals became winners, including With Anticipation, a Grade I winning horse who earned over $2.6 million in his career. After having her third foal, she was bought by George W. Strawbridge Jr. Fran's Valentine was retired to Derry Meeting Farm, Cochranville, Pennsylvania, where she lived until she was euthanized at the age of 25 due to infirmities of old age. References Kentucky Oaks winners 1982 racehorse births 2007 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in California Racehorses trained in the United States Horse racing track record setters Thoroughbred family 1-n