Adelaide (horse)
| Adelaide | |
|---|---|
W S Cox Plate (2014) |
Adelaide foaled 19 February 2011 is an Irish
Cox Plate
.
Background
Adelaide is a bay horse with a white
socks bred in Ireland by the Elletelle Syndicate. He was sired by champion sire Galileo out of the mare Elletelle winner of the 2007 Queen Mary Stakes.[2] He is owned by a partnership of Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor. He is trained by Aidan O'Brien
.
Racing career
2013: two-year-old season
Adelaide's only start as a two-year-old was in a maiden race over one mile at
9/2 second favourite behind his stable companion Gypsy King. Ridden by Michael Hussey, he took the lead inside the final furlong and won by two and a half lengths from the Jim Bolger-trained Fiscal Focus, with Gypsy King in third.[3]
2014: three-year-old season
On his three-year-old debut Adelaide travelled to France for the
Royal Ascot but finished second place behind Eagle Top.[4]
In July he travelled to
Arlington Racetrack on 16 August. He started favourite and after sitting behind the front runner Tourist jockey Ryan Moore
picked him up in the closing stages and he went on to win by one and a half lengths from Tourist.
On his return to Europe, Adelaide started 5/1 fourth favourite for the
weight-for-age race, the Cox Plate over 2040 metres at Moonee Valley Racecourse on 25 October. Ridden again by Moore, he started 7/1 third favourite, having been drawn on the outside of the field. Moore dropped the horse to last place in the early stages before making steady progress and moving up on the outside to dispute the lead on the final turn. He gained the advantage inside the final furlong and won by a short neck from the favourite Fawkner with the New Zealand mare Silent Achiever a short head away in third. He became the first horse trained outside Australia and New Zealand to win the Plate. After the race Moore said "We had several plans and we didn't really do any of them. He jumped slowly and I went back to any plan I could think of. They went so fast to the bend the first time I could not get where I wanted to be. When they started to slow going down the hill, I had to get closer. I was going around them and I was able to make my ground smoothly and keep a fairly constant speed".[7]
Stud Record
Adelaide stands as a sire at Coolmore Stud in Australia.[8]
Notable progeny
c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding
| Foaled | Name | Sex | Major wins |
| 2016 | Funstar | f | Flight Stakes |
Pedigree
| Sire Galileo (IRE) 1998 |
Sadler's Wells (USA) 1981 |
Northern Dancer | Nearctic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natalma | |||
| Fairy Bridge | Bold Reason | ||
| Special | |||
| Urban Sea (USA) ch. 1989 |
Miswaki | Mr. Prospector | |
| Hopespringseternal | |||
| Allegretta | Lombard | ||
| Anatevka | |||
| Dam Elletelle (IRE) 2005 |
Elnadim (USA) 1994 |
Danzig | Northern Dancer |
| Pas de Nom | |||
| Elle Seule | Exclusive Native | ||
| Fall Aspen | |||
| Flamanda (GB) 1993 |
Niniski | Nijinsky | |
| Virginia Hills | |||
| Nemesia | Mill Reef | ||
| Elegant Tern (Family 4-r) |
- Adelaide is inbred 3 x 4 to Northern Dancer, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of his pedigree.
References
- ^ a b "Adelaide pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ Katherine Fidler (19 January 2013). "Elletelle dies month after €825,000 sale". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ Gary Carson (26 October 2013). "Hussey doubles up on Adelaide". Irish Racing. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ^ "Adelaide – Record By Race Type". Racing Post.
- ^ "USA Toast out of the frame as Adelaide is just denied". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014.
- ^ "Prix Niel result". Racing Post.
- ^ Chris Roots. "Aidan O'Brien keeps vow to claim Cox Plate as Adelaide takes the crown". The Age.
- ^ "Coolmore Stallions Adelaide". Coolmore. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
External links
- Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Adelaide