Marshua (foaled March 19, 1962) was a multi Graded stakes winning American Thoroughbred racemare bred and raced by Helene D. Gilroy, a partner with her husband in the Missouri based Interstate Gas Corporation.
The highlight of that season was her victory in the prestigious Selima Stakes at Laurel Park Racecorse in Maryland.
[1] Having led all the way around the 1-1/16 mile event, she battled Queen Empress through the stretch to win by a fading neck.
[2] [1] At age three, Marshua ran second in the Acorn Stakes and won the filly classic Coaching Club American Oaks.
[1] In 1987, Laurel Park Racecourse named a race in her honor: the six-furlong Marshua Stakes run every February.