Ebadiyla

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Ebadiyla
Sire Sadler's Wells
Grandsire Northern Dancer
Dam Ebaziya
Damsire Darshaan
Sex Mare
Foaled24 March 1994 [1]
CountryIreland
Colour Bay
Breeder Aga Khan IV
OwnerAga Khan IV
Trainer John Oxx
Record9: 3-1-2
Earnings£185,518
Major wins
Irish Oaks (1997)
Prix Royal Oak (1997)

Ebadiyla (foaled 24 March 1994) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Bred and owned by the Aga Khan an trained by John Oxx she was unraced as a two-year-old in 1996 but quickly established herself as a very promising filly in the following spring with an emphatic win on her racecourse debut followed by a narrow defeat in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial. After finishing sixth in The Oaks she won the Irish Oaks and ended her season with a six length win in the Prix Royal-Oak. She remained in training as a four-year-old but failed to win in three races although she did finish third in a strong renewal of the Coronation Cup. After her retirement from racing she had considerable success as a dam of winners.

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Background

Ebadiyla was a bay mare with a white star [2] bred in Ireland by her owner Aga Khan IV. She was trained in Ireland by John Oxx and ridden in all but one of her races by Johnny Murtagh.

She was from the ninth crop of foals sired by Sadler's Wells, who won the Irish 2,000 Guineas, Eclipse Stakes and Irish Champion Stakes in 1984 and went on to be the Champion sire on fourteen occasions. [3] She was the first foal of her dam Ebaziya, who won four races including the Ballysax Stakes in 1992 and later became an outstanding broodmare whose other foals included Enzeli, Estimate and Edabiya. [4] She was descended from Marcel Boussac's broodmare Tourzima, the female-line ancestor of numerous major winners including Acamas and Darshaan [5]

Racing career

1997: three-year-old season

Ebadiyla made her racecourse debut in a maiden race over ten furlongs at the Curragh Racecourse on 12 April 1997. Starting at odds of 9/2 in a field of eleven colts and fillies she won by four lengths from Dr Johnson. [6] The filly was again matched against male opposition when she was stepped up in class to contest the Group 3 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown Racecourse on 11 May over the same distance . She was made the 2/1 favourite but lost out in a three-way photo finish to the colts Ashley Park and Casey Tibbs. John Oxx later commented "She was a bit green that day, but when she got going she finished very strongly and we were very happy with her. It was a competitive, well-run race at a distance short of her best". [7]

On 6 June at Epsom Racecourse Ebadiyla started the 15/2 third favourite in a twelve-runner field for the 218th running of the Oaks Stakes. She led the field approaching the final quarter mile but was then overtaken and finished sixth behind Reams of Verse having been hampered in the last furlong. In the Irish Oaks at the Curragh on 11 July the filly started the 9/2 second choice in the betting behind the Henry Cecil-trained Yashmak who had finished fourth in the Epsom Oaks before winning the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot. The other nine runners included the French-trained Brilliance (winner of the Prix Saint-Alary), Strawberry Roan (runner-up in the Irish 1,000 Guineas) and Etoile (fifth in the Epsom Oaks). After tracking the leaders until the final turn, Murtagh made a forward move on the inside in the straight. Ebadiyla overtook Yashmak approaching the final furlong and drew away to win by three lengths from the favourite with Brilliance a head away in third. [8] Following the race Johnny Murtagh commented "Ebadiyla loves to see a bit of daylight and once I got her in the clear on the inner two furlongs down she picked up well and went about her business". [9]

After her win at the Curragh, Ebadiyla was off the track for twelve weeks before returning in Europe's most prestigious weight-for-age race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe over 2400 metres at Longchamp Racecourse on 5 October. She started a 54/1 outsider in an eighteen-runner field and finished twelfth behind Peintre Celebre. Three weeks later the filly returned to Longchamp for the Prix Royal-Oak over 3200 metres. Her ten opponents included Further Flight, Oscar Schindler (Irish St. Leger), Bahamian Knight (Derby Italiano), Grey Shot (Goodwood Cup), Double Eclipse (Prix Vicomtesse Vigier), Stetarez (Prix Vicomtesse Vigier), Camporese (Prix Corrida) and Nothin' Leica Dane (Victoria Derby). Ridden by Gerald Mosse she was restrained towards the rear of the field before turning into the straight in sixth place. She took the lead 200 metres from the finish and accelerated clear of her rivals to win by six lengths from Snow Princess. [10] Following the filly's second Group 1 win Oxx said "She was a bit rusty for the Arc after a long break but that break seems to have put her right for today." Mosse commented "Ebadiyla is clearly a very good filly The going here was more congenial for her than in the Arc." [11]

1998: four-year-old season

Ebadiyla began her third campaign in the Tattersalls Gold Cup over ten furlongs at the Curragh on 24 May and ran poorly, finishing last of the five runners behind Daylami. She produced a much better effort in the Coronation Cup at Epsom on 5 June when she finished third behind Silver Patriarch and Swain, beaten a length and a half by the winner. On what proved to be her final start Ebadiyla was dropped in class for the Listed Ballycullen Stakes over fourteen furlongs at Leopardstown on 23 August. She started the odds-on favourite but was beaten into second place by the three-year-old filly On Call. [12]

The filly was entered in the Irish St. Leger but was withdrawn shortly before the start of the race after showing signs of bleeding. [13] An intended second run in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe did not materialise and she was retired from racing at the end of the year.

Breeding record

After being retired from racing Ebadiyla became a broodmare for the Aga Khan's stud. She produced twelve foals and ten winners between 2000 and 2013:

Pedigree

Pedigree of Ebadiyla (IRE), bay mare, 1994 [1]
Sire
Sadler's Wells (USA)
1981		 Northern Dancer (CAN)
1961		 Nearctic Nearco
Lady Angela
Natalma Native Dancer
Almahmoud
Fairy Bridge (USA)
1975　		 Bold Reason Hail To Reason
Lalun
Special Forli
Thong
Dam
Ebaziya (IRE)
1989		 Darshaan (GB)
1981　		 Shirley Heights Mill Reef
Hardiemma
DelsyAbdos
Kelty
Ezana (IRE)
1983		 Ela-Mana-Mou Pitcairn
Rose Bertin
EvisaDan Cupid
Albanilla (Family: 13-c) [5]

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