Gallorette (1942–1959) was a Maryland-bred chestnut thoroughbred filly who became a Hall of Fame race horse.
Trainer Preston M. Burch bought Gallette because of her highly successful sire, Sir Gallahad III.
Because of her sire, the advertising executive William L. Brann, who co-owned a stallion called Challenger II, entered into an agreement with Burch that they would send Gallette to his stallion (who had sired Preakness winner Challedon) and then each would own her foals, first one for Brann and then one for Burch and so on.
Brann sent the young horse to the trainer Edward A. Christmas, a member of a noted family of Maryland horsemen.
Back to racing colts, she carried the same weight and competed in the Dwyer Stakes, losing by a nose to Wildlife.
Both of them followed the pace for an entire mile and made their moves at the same time, Stymie coming from a bit further back.
She had already won the Wilson Stakes in 1947 but came back to win the August 3, 1948 race in a track record time of 1:35 2/5.
Blood-Horse magazine describes the years during which Gallorette ran as one of the deepest handicap divisions ever seen in American thoroughbred racing.
Eddie "Cocky" Simms, who broke Gallorette and worked with her for her trainer Ed Christmas, told Blood-Horse, "She's not only the greatest mare, but the greatest Maryland-bred of any sex...She had a long, tough, career as a race mare, but if the jocks would have ridden her as instructed, she would have won a million instead of half a million."