Blood Queen looks to keep progressing
At 0h38, on April 16, 2026 • By Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager
For a while last year, trainer Ryan Miller thought female pacer Blood Queen might never get to the races. Now that the well-bred 3-year-old filly has three wins in six lifetime races under her belt, Miller is anxious to see what she could become.
Blood Queen was a $70,000 yearling purchase at the 2024 Lexington Selected Sale. She is a daughter of Downbytheseaside-Blood Diamond and her siblings include Grand Circuit winners Blood Brother, Blood Line and Blood Money. Her second dam is Hall of Fame broodmare Arterra (whose foals include millionaires If I Can Dream and Western Terror) and her third dam is Hall of Fame racehorse and broodmare Delinquent Account (dam of millionaire Artiscape). A deeper dive into the family reveals another six millionaires, including Dan Patch Award winning fillies Miki And Minnie, Treacherous Dragon and My Little Dragon.
