Samantha Miss

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Samantha Miss
Sire Redoute's Choice
Grandsire Danehill
DamMilliyet (NZ)
Damsire Zabeel
SexMare
Foaled2005
Country Australia
ColourBay
BreederG.D. Witters
TrainerKris A Lees
Record12: 7-2-2 [1]
Earnings A$1,750,760 [1]
Major wins
Champagne Stakes (2008)
Flight Stakes (2008)
VRC Oaks (2008)
Honours
Won all four legs of the Princess Series
Last updated on 6 November 2009

Samantha Miss was an Australian Thoroughbred racemare that won three Group One races for earnings of A$1,750,760 and was later sold as broodmare for a record $3.85 million.

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She is a bay mare by the leading sire Redoute's Choice out of Milliyet (NZ) (Zabeel-Foreign Copy). [2] Samantha Miss was bred in New South Wales by G.D. Witters. [3] She was purchased for $1.5 million at the 2007 yearling sales and earned $1,763,260 in 12 starts.

Racing career

Samantha Miss had five starts as a two-year-old for two wins, including the Champagne Stakes. As a three-year-old, she had seven starts for five wins. [1] In Sydney, she became the first filly since Angst, in 1993, to win all four legs of the Princess Series - the Silver Shadow Stakes, the Furious Stakes, the Tea Rose Stakes, and the Flight Stakes. In Melbourne, she took on the older horses when third in the Cox Plate [4] and won the VRC Oaks by three lengths when she came back to her own age. [3] In the new year, she finished a close second in the Light Fingers Stakes on a heavy track. A week later, Samantha Miss tore a tendon in training and, after weeks of consideration, was sent to the Australian Easter Broodmare Sale on 16 April 2009, where she was purchased by John Singleton. It was announced that she would be retired to stud and served by More Than Ready. [5]

Career results

ResultDateRaceVenueDistanceClassWeight (kg)TimeJockeyOddsWinner/2nd
1st12/03/08Wattle Grove HandicapKensington1150mHandicap54.5 kg1-07.95 Hugh Bowman $1.75F2nd - Packing Supreme
3rd29/03/08Sweet Embrace StakesRandwick1200mGroup 355.5 kg1-11.03Hugh Bowman$3.00F1st - Stripper
4th12/04/08Magic Night StakesRosehill1200mGroup 255.5 kg1-11.91Hugh Bowman$4.401st - Portillo
2nd26/04/08 AJC Sires Produce Stakes Randwick1400mGroup 154.5 kg1-25.99Hugh Bowman$12.001st - Sebring
1st03/05/08 Champagne Stakes Randwick1600mGroup 154.4 kg1-38.28Hugh Bowman$6.002nd - Sebring
1st23/08/08Silver Shadow StakesWarwick Farm1200mGroup 358 kg1-12.44Hugh Bowman$6.002nd - Glowlamp
1st09/09/08Furious StakesRandwick1400mGroup 256 kg1-26.21Hugh Bow man$2.20F2nd - Love and Kisses
1st20/09/08Tea Rose StakesRosehill1500mGroup 256 kg1-30.61Hugh Bowman$1.95F2nd - Kimillsy
1st04/10/08Flight StakesRandwick1600mGroup 156 kg1-38.49Hugh Bowman$1.55F2nd - Portillo
3rd25/10/08 Cox Plate Moonee Valley2040mGroup 147.5 kg2-06.92 Glen Boss $4.60F1st - Maldivian
1st08/11/08 VRC Oaks Flemington2500mGroup 155.5 kg2-37.57Hugh Bowman$1.85F2nd - Miss Scarlatti
2nd14/02/09Light Fingers StakesRandwick1200mGroup 256 kg1-11.39Hugh Bowman$2.70F1st - Rock Me Baby

Stud record

On 12 August 2010 Samantha Miss foaled a bay filly by More Than Ready (USA). [6]

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