Samitar

Last updated
Samitar
Sire Rock of Gibraltar
Grandsire Danehill
DamAileen' Gift
Damsire Rainbow Quest
Sex Mare
Foaled1 February 2009 [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
Colour Bay
BreederNorman Court Stud
OwnerNick & Olga Dhandsa and John & Zoe Webster
Martin S. Schwartz
Trainer Mick Channon
Chad Brown
Record20: 6-4-4
Earnings£730,913 [2]
Major wins
Albany Stakes (2011)
Tattersalls Millions 2yo Fillies' Trophy (2011)
Irish 1,000 Guineas (2012)
Garden City Stakes (2012)

Samitar (foaled 1 February 2009) is a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who raced in four countries and won major races in England, Ireland and the United States. She showed good form as a juvenile in 2011, winning the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot and a valuable sales race at Newmarket Racecourse as well as being placed in the May Hill Stakes and the Fillies' Mile. In the following year she recorded an upset win in the Irish 1,000 Guineas before being sent to race in North America where she won the Garden City Stakes. She remained in training as a four-year-old and won stakes races at Belmont Park and Saratoga.

Contents

Background

Samitar is a bay filly with no white markings bred in England by the Wiltshire-based Norman Court Stud. As a yearling she was consigned to the Tattersalls sale in October 2010 and was bought for 39,000 guineas by the bloodstock agent Gill Richardson. [3] She entered the ownership of Nick & Olga Dhandsa and John & Zoe Webster and was sent into training with Mick Channon at West Ilsley in Berkshire.

Samitar was from the sixth crop of foals sired by Rock of Gibraltar who won seven Group 1 races in a row, including the 2000 Guineas. He has gone on to sire a number of other top racehorses, including Society Rock, Eagle Mountain, Varenar (Prix de la Forêt) and Mount Nelson. [4] Samitar's dam Aileen's Gift was unraced but produced several other winners including the Albany Stakes winner Nijoom Dubai. [5] She was a granddaughter of Optimistic Lass, who won the Nassau Stakes in 1984 [6] and was the female-line ancestor of Golden Opinion, My Dream Boat and Alice Springs. [7]

Racing career

2011: two-year-old season

Samitar was ride in her first five races by Jamie Spencer. She made her debut in a maiden race over six furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse on 27 May in which she started at odds of 8/1 and finished third of the twelve runners behind Regal Realm. Despite her defeat she was stepped up in class for the Group Three Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot on 17 June and started a 16/1 outsider in a thirteen-runner field headed by the Fillies' Sprint Stakes winner Teolane. After being restrained by Spencer in the early stages she was switched to the left approaching the final furlong, took the lead in the closing stages and won by three quarters of a length from Inetrobil. [8] After the race Channon said "I believed in this filly and this was the plan... The 1,000 Guineas is so far away, but she's a nice filly. I will give her a break and probably bring her back for the backend". [9]

After a break of over two months Samitar returned in the Tattersalls Millions Median Auction Stakes at Newmarket on 27 August ain which she started the 11/10 favourite but was beaten a short head by the colt Mehdi to whom she was conceding one pound in weight. Two weeks later the filly was stepped up in class and distance for the Group Two May Hill Stakes over one mile at Doncaster Racecourse and finished strongly to take third place behind Lyric of Light and Fallen For You. Samitar faced Lyric of Light and Fallen For You again in the Group One Fillies' Mile at Mewmarket on 23 September. After leading for most of the way she was challenged by Lyric of Light and was beaten a head into second place after a sustained struggle over the final furlong. On her final appearance of the season she started the 5/4 favourite for the Tattersalls Millions 2yo Fillies' Trophy (a race for horses sold at Tattersalls) over seven furlongs at Newmarket on 1 October. Ridden by Sam Hitchcott, she tracked the leaders, took the lead approaching the final furlong and stayed on well to win by one and a quarter lengths from Hazel Lavery. [10]

2012: three-year-old season

In early 2012 Samitar was bought privately by Martin S. Schwartz. She began her second season by finishing unplaced in another Tattersalls sales race over six furlongs at Newmarket on 18 April and was then sent to France for the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches over 1600 metres at Longchamp Racecourse in which she finished ninth of the thirteen runners behind Beauty Parlour. On 27 May at the Curragh, Samitar was one of eight fillies to contest the Irish 1000 Guineas in which she was ridden by Martin Harley and started at odds of 12/1. Homecoming Queen (horse) started favourite after a nine-length win in the 1000 Guineas while the other runners included La Collina (Phoenix Stakes) and Yellow Rosebud (Derrinstown Stud 1,000 Guineas Trial). After racing in third place behind Homecoming Queen, Samitar took the lead approaching the final furlong and stayed on well to win by one and a half lengths from the 33/1 outsider Ishvana. [11] Her victory gave both her trainer and her jockey their first classic race success. [12] After the race Harley said "It was a big opportunity to be given my first ride in a Classic. The boss has given me a lot of chances and to give me a ride like this in a Classic is unbelievable. She travelled like the winner the whole way". [13] Explaining the filly's poor form in her last two starts Channon said "She didn't run badly [in France] but she made the running and she should have been held up. It was my fault for running her in a sales race at Newmarket before that, I was trying to be clever dropping her back to six furlongs. She needed some decent ground and she's got it now". [14]

On her next appearance Samitar started the 9/2 third favourite for the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot. After disputing second place for mot of the way he was outpaced in the closing stages and finished fourth behind Fallen For You. She was then sent to the United States for the Grade II Lake George Stakes over eight and a half furlongs at Saratoga Race Course on 25 July and finished a close third, beaten a neck and a head by Centre Court and Better Lucky. Following the race she was moved permanently to the United States where she was trained by Chad Brown.

On 15 September, Samitar, ridden by Ramon Domínguez, started odds-on favourite for the Grade I Garden City Stakes over nine furlongs at Belmont Park. Her rivals included Karlovy Vary (Ashland Stakes), Tannery (Kilboy Estate Stakes) and Somali Lemonade. Karlovy Vary went to the front and set a steady pace with Samitar settled in fourth place. amitar was switched to the outside entering the straight, took the lead inside the final furlong and held off the late challenge of Somali Lemonade to win by a head. [15] After the race Brown said "She had been training great and blended into our program nicely. She came to me in good shape to begin with. I was happy to see her get a mile and an eighth. That was my one reservation, watching her train and in her races. She has the quality to do it, but I needed to see it, and I saw it today, which is great. Ramon rode a terrific race". [16]

She ended her season in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes at Keeneland Racecourse on 13 October in which she finished strongly to take fourth place behind Dayatthespa.

2013: four-year-old season

In the spring of 2013 Samitar finished second to Centre Court in both the Honey Fox Handicap at Gulfstream Park and the Jenny Wiley Stakes before running fourth behind her stablemate Pianist when favourite for the Gallorette Handicap at Pimlico Race Course. In the Fairy Garden Stakes at Belmont Park on 4 July she was ridden by Javier Castellano and recorded her first success of the year as she prevailed by one and a quarter lengths from Baffle Me. [17] Later that month she returned to Grade I class in the Diana Handicap at Saratoga Race Course and finished fourth behind Laughing, Dream Peace and Stephanie's Kitten. She was dropped in class for the Speed Boat Stakes at the same track on 1 September and beat Baffle Me by a neck. [18] On her final racecourse appearance eleven days later she started favourite for the Grade III Athenia Stakes at Belmont but finished third behind Pianist and Abaco.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Samitar (GB), bay mare, 2009 [1]
Sire
Rock of Gibraltar (IRE)
1999		 Danehill (USA)
1986		 Danzig Northern Dancer
Pas de Nom
Razyana His Majesty
Spring Adieu
Offshore Boom (IRE)
1985		 Be My Guest Northern Dancer
What a Treat
Push a Button Bold Lad
River Lady
Dam
Aileen's Gift (IRE)
1998		 Rainbow Quest (USA)
1981		 Blushing Groom Red God
Runaway Bride
I Will Follow Herbager
Where You Lead
Joyful (IRE)
1992		 Green Desert Danzig
Foreign Courier
Optimistic Lass Mr. Prospector
Loveliest (Family: 2-f) [7]

Related Research Articles

Fallen For You is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. After winning on her racecourse debut she finished second in the May Hill Stakes before finishing fifth in the Fillies' Mile. She began her three-year-old racing on synthetic tracks, winning a minor race at Kempton before returning to the turf to record her biggest win in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot. She was retired from racing at the end of the year.

Alborada was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for winning consecutive runnings of the Group One Champion Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse. In a racing career which lasted from July 1997 until October 1999 she won six of her ten races. In addition to her wins in the Champion Stakes she also won the C. L. Weld Park Stakes in 1997 and the Pretty Polly Stakes and the Nassau Stakes in 1998. Following her retirement from racing she had some success as a dam of winners.

Maids Causeway is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. As a two-year-old in 2004 she won three of her seven races including the Sweet Solera Stakes and Rockfel Stakes as well as being placed in both the May Hill Stakes and the Fillies' Mile. As a three-year-old she finished second in the classic 1000 Guineas and then recorded her biggest win in the Coronation Stakes. At the end of the year she was bought by Sheikh Mohammed and retired from racing to become a broodmare. Her name has always been rendered without an apostrophe, consistently with the street of that name alongside Midsummer Common in Cambridge.

Lillie Langtry (horse) Irish Thoroughbred racehorse

Lillie Langtry is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Bred at a small stud in County Cork she was sold as a yearling and raced for the Coolmore organisation. As a two-year-old, she was one of the best juvenile fillies in Ireland winning three of her seven races including the Fillies' Sprint Stakes, Debutante Stakes and Tattersalls Timeform Fillies' 800 as well as finishing third in both the Albany Stakes and the Moyglare Stud Stakes. She was injured when finishing unplaced in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. In 2010 she recorded her biggest wins when achieving Group One victories in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown. She was retired at the end of the year with a record of five wins from eleven races and has become a successful broodmare, producing three Classic race-winning daughters.

Margot Did Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Margot Did is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. After being sold cheaply as a yearling and again as a two-year-old she entered training with Michael Bell at Newmarket. As a juvenile in 2010 she showed high-class form, winning twice and finished second in the Albany Stakes, Princess Margaret Stakes and Lowther Stakes. In 2012 she was beaten in her first two races but established herself as a potentially high-class sprinter with wins in the Scurry Stakes and the Land O'Burns Fillies' Stakes. At York Racecourse in August she recorded her biggest win with a 20/1 upset victory in the Nunthorpe Stakes. She never reproduced her best form thereafter and finished unplaced in her five remaining races. She was retired from racing in August 2012.

Wannabe Grand was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In a racing career which lasted from May 1998 until November 1999, she won four races and was placed five times from sixteen starts. She was one of the best juvenile fillies in Britain in 1998 when she won the Empress Stakes, Cherry Hinton Stakes and Cheveley Park Stakes as well as finishing second in the Lowther Stakes. In the following year she finished second in the 1000 Guineas on her seasonal debut and went on to win the Flying Fillies' Stakes, as well as being placed in the Coronation Stakes, Oak Tree Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes. She was retired from racing to become a broodmare and produced at least seven winners.

Seazun is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In a racing career which lasted from April 1999 until September 2000 she won two of her ten races. As a two-year-old she was one of the best juvenile fillies of her generation, recording a victory over a strong field in the Cheveley Park Stakes after finishing second in the Sirenia Stakes. She failed to win in the following year but finished second in the Fred Darling Stakes and fourth in both the 1000 Guineas and the Irish 1,000 Guineas. Since her retirement from racing she has had some success as a dam of winners in Japan.

Donna Blini is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She was one of the best juvenile fillies of her generation in Britain in 2005 when she won three of her four races including the Cherry Hinton Stakes and the Cheveley Park Stakes. In the following year she was mainly campaigned in sprint races and won one minor race from seven starts. She was retired from racing having won four of her eleven races and exported to become a broodmare in Japan. She made an immediate impact as a dam of winners, producing the outstanding racemare Gentildonna.

Rosdhu Queen Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Rosdhu Queen is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In a racing career which lasted from July 2012 until August 2013 she won four of her eight races. As a two-year-old in 2012 she was one of the best fillies of her generation in Britain, winning all four of her races including the St Hugh's Stakes, Lowther Stakes and Cheveley Park Stakes. She failed to win in 2013 but finished fourth in the Fred Darling Stakes and produced arguably her best effort when finishing fifth in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes. At the end of her racing career she was sold to become a broodmare for the Coolmore Stud.

Ivanka was an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 1992 she won two of her five races, taking a minor stakes race on her debut and winning the Group One Fillies' Mile in September. She also finished second in the Racing Post Trophy and third in the May Hill Stakes. She sustained a fatal training injury in late 1992.

Nahoodh Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Nahoodh is an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She was sold as a foal and again as a yearling before entering training with Mick Channon. As a two-year-old she was beaten in her first two starts before recording her first major win in the Lowther Stakes. In the following year she finished fifth in the 1000 Guineas and was the beaten favourite in the Irish 1000 Guineas before being transferred to the stable of Mark Johnston. In July 2008 she recorded her biggest victory when she won the Group One Falmouth Stakes and went on to finish fourth in the Prix Rothschild and second in the Matron Stakes. She was retired from the end of the season and has had some success as a dam of winners.

Music Show is an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare, who was rated one of the best fillies of her generation in the world in 2010. She showed great promise as a two-year-old in 2009, when she won three of her four races including the Group Two Rockfel. In the following year, she performed consistently in the highest class, winning the Nell Gwyn Stakes and the Falmouth Stakes, as well as finishing second in the Prix Rothschild, third in the Irish 1000 Guineas and Matron Stakes and fourth in the Coronation Stakes and Sun Chariot Stakes. In the following year, she failed to reproduce her best form and was well-beaten in all five of her starts.

Spinning Queen is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for her emphatic victory over a top-class field in the 2006 Sun Chariot Stakes. As a two-year-old in 2005 she won on her debut and went on to run prominently in several major races, finishing third in the Cherry Hinton Stakes and fourth in both the Albany Stakes and the Prestige Stakes. In the spring of following year she finished second in the Nell Gwyn Stakes and sixth in the 1000 Guineas before running third in the King Charles II Stakes. She showed improved form in the summer, winning the Eternal Stakes and the Brownstown Stakes. In September 2006 she ended her racing career with a nine-length over Soviet Song, Alexander Goldrun and Red Evie in the Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket. She was then sold for a record price of 3 million guineas and was retired from racing. She has subsequently become a successful broodmare.

Pipalong was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She was sold cheaply as a yearling but developed into a top-class specialist sprinter who excelled on soft ground. Trained in Yorkshire by Tim Easterby, she was highly tried throughout her racing career, running thirty seven times between April 1998 and October 2001.

Alice Springs (horse) Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Alice Springs is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2015 she failed to win a group race but showed consistently high-class form, winning a valuable sales race, finishing second in the Silver Flash Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, third in the Moyglare Stud Stakes and fourth in the Cheveley Park Stakes. In the following year she was beaten in her first four races but finished third in both the 1000 Guineas and the Coronation Stakes. She then won three Group One races in her next four starts taking the Falmouth Stakes, Matron Stakes and Sun Chariot Stakes.

Red Evie is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. After finishing unplaced in her only start as a two-year-old in 2005 she improved to become a top class miler in the following year, when she won seven consecutive races including the Sandringham Handicap, Oak Tree Stakes and Matron Stakes. She defeated male opposition to win the Lockinge Stakes in 2007 and added a win in the Hungerford Stakes later that year before being retired from racing. As a broodmare for the Coolmore Stud she has made a considerable impact, producing several winners including the outstanding racemare Found.

Nicer was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She showed promise as a two-year-old in 1992 although she won only one minor race from five attempts. She reached her peak in the following spring when she won the Masaka Stakes before recording her biggest victory in the Irish 1000 Guineas. She was beaten in her next four races and was then exported to the United States where she failed to win. She was retired to become a broodmare but her foals made very little impact on the racecourse.

Fairyland (horse) Irish Thoroughbred racehorse

Fairyland is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. She was one of the best two-year-old fillies in Europe in 2018 when her wins included the Marble Hill Stakes, Lowther Stakes and Cheveley Park Stakes. In the following year she won the Flying Five Stakes and ran well in several major sprint races.

Pretty Pollyanna British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Pretty Pollyanna is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2018 she was one of the best fillies of her generation in Europe, winning the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes and the Prix Morny.

Cachet is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2021 she won only one minor race but showed promising form as she finished second in the Rockfel Stakes, third in the Fillies' Mile and third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. In the following spring she improved to win the Nell Gwyn Stakes and the 1000 Guineas.

References

  1. 1 2 "Samitar pedigree". Equineline.
  2. ↑ "Samitar – Record By Race Type". Racing Post.
  3. ↑ "Tattersalls October Yearlings (Book 1) 2010". Racing Post . Archived from the original on 2017-03-13.
  4. ↑ "Rock Of Gibraltar Stud Record". Racing Post. 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
  5. ↑ "Aileen's Gift – Progeny". Racing Post.
  6. ↑ Timeform staff (1985). Racehorses of 1984. Timeform. ISBN   0-900599-40-5.
  7. 1 2 "Hyacinthus Mare – Family 2-f". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  8. ↑ "Albany Stakes result". Racing Post. 17 June 2011.
  9. ↑ David Baxter (17 June 2011). "Samitar stays on strongly to get Channon off mark". Racing Post . Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Tattersalls Millions 2yo Fillies' Trophy result". Racing Post. 1 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "Irish 1000 Guineas result". Racing Post. 27 May 2012.
  12. ↑ Mary Schweitzer (27 May 2012). "Samitar Springs Upset in Irish 1000 Guineas". The Blood-Horse .
  13. ↑ "Samitar wins Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh". BBC Sport. 27 May 2012.
  14. ↑ Greg Wood (27 May 2012). "Samitar wins Irish 1,000 Guineas to land milestone for Mick Channon". The Guardian .
  15. ↑ "Garden City Stakes result". Racing Post. 15 September 2012.
  16. ↑ Claire Novak (15 September 2012). "Samitar Gets U.S. Grade I in Garden City". The Blood-Horse .
  17. ↑ "Fairy Garden Stakes result". Racing Post. 4 July 2013.
  18. ↑ "Speed Boat Stakes result". Racing Post. 1 September 2013.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.