Wind in Her Hair

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Wind In Her Hair
Wind in Her Hair 20140803.JPG
Wind In Her Hair in 2014
Breed Thoroughbred
Sire Alzao
Grandsire Lyphard
DamBurghclere
Damsire Busted
Sex Mare
Foaled (1991-02-20) February 20, 1991 (age 33)
CountryIreland
Colour Bay
BreederSwettenham Stud
Barronstown Stud
OwnerJohn W.Hills
TrainerMrs.W.Tulloch
Joint Ownership Terminated
Record13: 3-4-6
Earnings166,969GBP
+210,000DM

Wind in Her Hair is an Irish-bred, English-trained racehorse who won the Aral-Pokal in 1995 while pregnant. After retiring from racing, she was retired to become a breeding mare at the Northern Farm in Japan, where she became the dam of Black Tide and Deep Impact, both of whom became successful stallions in their own right. [1] [2]

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Career

As a race horse, she came in second behind Balanchine at the 1994 Epsom Oaks, and won the Aral-Pokal in 1995 despite carrying an Arazi foal in her womb. [3] The foal would be born the following year and be named Glint in Her Eye, but because the foal was unable to win any races, she was sold to Japan. It was only after her second crop, Veil of Avalon, became a successful racehorse, that there was an attempt to buy her back from Japan. [4]

After being shipped to Japan, her crops such as Deep Impact and Black Tide, as well as Lady Blond who she produced in the United States have been successful race horses. The four fillies Wind in Her Hair outside of Japan have all since been imported to Japan. [Note 1]

Racing statistics

DateTrackRaceGroupFinishJockeyDistanceMarginFirst (Second) PlaceRef
1993.8.28 Goodwood Maiden Race 2nd Darryll Holland 7 furlongs NeckZama [5]
9.29 Newmarket Weight For Age11th Richard Hills 7 furlongs3 lengths Fumo Di Londra [5]
1994.4.28Newmarket Pretty Polly Stakes Listed1stRichard Hills10 furlongs1 3/4 lengths(Wijdan) [5]
5.13 Newbury Fillies' Trial Stakes Listed1stRichard Hills10 furlongs 6 yards1 1/4 lengths(Bearall) [5]
6.4 Epsom Epsom Oaks G12ndRichard Hills12 furlongs 10 yards2 1/2 lengths Balanchine [5]
7.9 Curragh Irish Oaks G14thRichard Hills12 furlongs5 lengths Bolas [5]
7.30Goodwood Nassau Stakes G25thRichard Hills10 furlongs7 1/2 lengthsHawajiss [5]
9.7 Doncaster Park Hill Stakes G34thRichard Hills14 furlongs 132 yards7 lengthsCoigach [5]
1995.5.31NewburyHermitage Stakes2ndRichard Hills10 furlongs 6 yards3 lengthsCapias [5]
6.23 Ascot Hardwicke Stakes G25thRichard Hills12 furlongs11 lengthsBeauchamp Hero [5]
7.21NewmarketSaint Petersburg Stakes2ndRichard Hills12 furlongsHeadBurroj [5]
8.6Gelsenkirchen Aral-Pokal G11stRichard Hills2400 meters2 lengths(Lecroix) [5]
8.16 York Yorkshire Oaks G13rdRichard Hills11 furlongs 195 yards2 lengths Pure Grain [5]

Breeding records

YearNameSexColorSireTrainerOwnerNotable Wins and Other RecordsRef
1996Glint in Her Eye(USA) Mare Bay Arazi John W. HillsThe Dan Abbott Racing
Partnership
[6]
1997Veil of Avalon(USA)MareBay Thunder Gulch Bob Baffert Golden Eagle farm2002 De La Roce Handicap (G3) [6]
1998Lady BlondMareBay Seeking the Gold Kazuo Fujisawa Lord Horse ClubGranddam of Rey de Oro [6]
1999Stars In Her EyesMareDark Bay Woodman John W.HillsMrs David Nagle
& Mrs John Magnier
[6]
2000Like the WindMareBay Danehill Hiroyoshi Matsuda

Takeshi Nakatsuka
Sunday Racing

Katsumi Yoshida
[6]
2001Black Tide Stallion Dark Bay Sunday Silence Yasuo Ikee Makoto Kaneko 2004 Spring Stakes

Sired Kitasan Black

[6]
2002 Deep Impact StallionBay2005 Japanese Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, 2006 Japan Cup, 2006 Arima Kinen

Sired Gentildonna and Contrail

[6]
2003On FireStallionBayKazuo FujisawaSunday Racing [6]
2004New BeginningStallionBay Agnes Tachyon Yasuo Ikee

Naohiro Yoshida

Makoto Kaneko [6]
2005VerthandiMareBayYasuo IkeeSunday Racing [6]
2006Land's EdgeMareBay Dance in the Dark Damline granddam of Regaleira, and Stellenbosch [6]
2007N/AFilly Seal Brown Special Week --(Died) [6]
2009Tosen LaurenceStallionBay Daiwa Major Ryuji OkuboTakaya Shimakawa(Did not race, pensioned) [6]
2010Tosen SoleilMareBay Neo Universe Yasutoshi Ikee [6]
2011Monde Chat LunaStallionBay Katsuhiko Sumii

Mitsumasa Nakauchida

Hiroo Shimizu
Hidetoshi Yamamoto [6]
2012L'EsperanceMareBay King Kamehameha Tetsuya KimuraSilk Racing [6]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Wind in Her Hair
Sire
Alzao
1980 Bay
Lyphard
1969 Bay
Northern Dancer Nearctic
Natalma
Goofed Court Martial
Barra
Lady Rebecca
1971 Bay
Sir Ivor Sir Gaylord
Attica
PocahontasRoman
How
Dam
Burghclere
1977 Bay
Busted
1963 Bay
Crepello Donatello
Crepuscule
Sans le sou Vimy
Martial Loan
Highclere
1971 Bay
Queen's Hussar March Past
Jojo
HighlightBorealis
Hypericum

Footnotes

Note

  1. Glint in Her Eye and Veil of Avalon and Lady Blonde at Northern Farm, and Stars in Her Eyes at Yano Farm

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