She was bred by Dallas, Texas businessman Ben Whitaker and raced under the name of his wife Florence.
A consistently good and durable runner at age two and three, she won at distances from five and one half furlongs to a mile and three eighths.
[4] Grecian Queen finished behind Sweet Patootie in the balloting for 1952 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly honors.
[6] Gazelle Stakes,[7] New Castle Handicap[8] and Monmouth Oaks,[9] At Belmont Park she won the mile and three-eighths Coaching Club American Oaks, at the time the most important race in the United States for three-year-old fillies that was often called the fillies derby.
Bred to stallions such as Royal Charger, Tudor Minstrel, Nashua, and Raise a Native, Grecian Queen's offspring had only limited success in racing.