Alice Springs (horse)
Alice Springs | |
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Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith | |
Trainer | Aidan O'Brien |
Record | 17: 5-3-4 |
Earnings | £848,853 |
Major wins | |
Tattersalls Millions 2yo Fillies' Trophy (2015) Falmouth Stakes (2016) Matron Stakes (2016) Sun Chariot Stakes (2016) |
Alice Springs (foaled 4 May 2013) is an Irish
Background
Alice Springs is chestnut mare with a white
As a
Racing career
2015: two-year-old season
Alice Springs made her racecourse debut in a seven furlong maiden race at the Curragh on 26 June in which she was ridden by Seamie Heffernan and started the 6/4 favourite against eleven other fillies. She took the lead in the final furlong and went clear to win "going away" by two and a half lengths from the Jim Bolger-trained Siamsaiocht.[7] She was immediately moved up to Group Three class and started favourite for the Silver Flash Stakes over the same distance at Leopardstown Racecourse in July but was beaten one and a quarter lengths by the Dermot Weld-trained Tanaza. In August at the Curragh she was one of three Ballydoyle runners to contest the Group Two Debutante Stakes and finished fifth behind her stablemates Ballydoyle and Minding.
On 13 September Alice Springs was moved up to Group One level for the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh and finished third beaten three quarters of a length and half a length by Minding and Ballydoyle. Two weeks later she was sent to England and dropped in distance to contest the Group One Cheveley Park Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse. Ridden by Ryan Moore she kept on well in the closing stages and finished fourth, one and a half lengths behind the winner Lumiere. Seven days later she returned to Newmarket for the Tattersalls Millions 2yo Fillies' Trophy, a race restricted to fillies sold at Tattersalls. Ridden by Moore she started 2/5 favourite with the best-fancied of her eleven opponents being her fellow Irish raider Clear Skies. After tracking the leaders she took the lead approaching the final furlong and drew away to win "comfortably" by four lengths.[8]
On her final appearance of the season Alice Springs was sent to the United States and started 7/4 favourite for the
2016: three-year-old season
Spring
On her three-year-old debut Alice Springs started favourite for the
Summer
On 17 June Alice Springs was back in England for the Group One
At the end of July Alice Springs returned to Deauville and started favourite for the Group One Prix Rothschild. Her second visit to France turned out to be another disappointment as she finished eight of the ten runners behind Qemah after being eased down by Moore the last 200 metres when her winning chance had gone.
Autumn
On 10 September she made her first appearance in her native country for five months when she met Qemah for the third time in the Group One Matron Stakes over a mile at Leopardstown. Qemah started favourite ahead of the undefeated British filly Persuasive with Alice Springs the 5/1 third choice in the betting in an eight-runner field which also included Jet Setting, Now Or Never and the German 1,000 Guineas winner Hawksmoor. Moore restrained the filly and was still in last place with two furlongs to run, but Alice Springs produced a strong run on the outside, took the lead 150 yards from the finish and drew clear to win by three and a quarter lengths from Persuasive.[12] After the race O'Brien said "It was a bit of a disaster in France. She went and it was shifty, patchy ground in Deauville. Ryan knew she wasn't going to be involved so he just minded her. She's a very good filly. You saw what she did in the Falmouth as well. She has a lot of speed. She quickened up very well. She's very pacey."[13]
Three weeks after her win at Leopardstown the filly was back in England for the Group One Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket and was made the 13/8 favourite in an eight-runner field. Always Smile and Irish Rookie were again in opposition whilst her other rivals included
Alice Springs did contest the Breeders' Cup Mile on 5 November and started the 4.2/1 fourth choice in the betting behind Limato, Tepin and Ironicus. She made little impact in the race and finished tenth of the fourteen runners behind Tourist.
2017: four-year-old season
On her first appearance of 2017, Alice Springs started 6/4 favourite for the Gladness Stakes over seven furlongs at Naas Racecourse on 9 April but after briefly taking the lead in the final furlong she was overtaken and beaten half a length by Diamond Fields, to whom she was conceding five pounds in weight.[16]
Pedigree
Sire Galileo (IRE) 1998 |
Sadler's Wells (USA) 1981 |
Northern Dancer | Nearctic |
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Natalma | |||
Fairy Bridge | Bold Reason | ||
Special | |||
Urban Sea (USA) 1989 |
Miswaki | Mr. Prospector | |
Hopespringseternal | |||
Allegretta | Lombard | ||
Anatevka | |||
Dam Aleagueoftheirown (IRE) 2004 |
Danehill Dancer (IRE) 1993 |
Danehill | Danzig |
Rayana | |||
Mira Adonde | Sharpen Up | ||
Lettre d'Amour | |||
Golden Coral (USA) 1997 |
Slew o' Gold | Seattle Slew | |
Alluvial | |||
Optimistic Lass | Mr. Prospector | ||
Loveliest (Family 2-f)[5] |
- Alice Springs is inbred 4 × 4 to Mr. Prospector, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of her pedigree.
References
- ^ a b "Alice Springs pedigree". Equineline. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ "Galileo stud record". Racing Post. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Aleagueoftheirown – Record By Race Type". Racing Post.
- ISBN 0-900599-40-5.
- ^ a b "Hyacinthus Mare – Family 2-f". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ "Tattersalls October Sale 2014". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016.
- ^ "When You Want It Done, DoneDeal EBF Fillies Maiden result". Racing Post. 26 June 2015.
- ^ "Tattersalls Millions 2yo Fillies' Trophy result". Racing Post. 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf result". Racing Post. 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Falmouth Stakes result". Racing Post. 8 July 2016.
- ^ Greg Wood (8 July 2016). "Alice Springs' Falmouth Stakes win nets Aidan O'Brien Newmarket double". The Guardian.
- ^ "Matron Stakes result". Racing Post. 10 September 2016.
- RTE Sport. 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Sun Chariot Stakes result". Racing Post. 1 October 2016.
- ^ Myra Lewyn (1 October 2016). "'Alice' Wins Sun Chariot, BC Might Be Next". The Blood-Horse.
- ^ "Gladness Stakes result". Racing Post. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
External links
- Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Alice Springs