Audarya
| Audarya | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Haras d'Ecouves |
| Owner | Alison Swinburn |
| Trainer | James Fanshawe |
| Record | 13: 5-4-1 |
| Earnings | £921,596 |
| Major wins | |
| Prix Jean Romanet (2020) Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2020) | |
Audarya (foaled 21 April 2016) is a French-bred British-trained
Prix de l'Opera and win the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf
.
Background
Audarya is a bay mare with no white
Francois Doumen. As a yearling in 2017 the filly was consigned to the Arqana Deauville October Yearlings Sale and was bought for €125,000 by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock.[2] She entered the ownership of Alison Swinburn, and was sent into training with James Fanshawe at the Pegasus Stable in Newmarket, Suffolk
.
She was from the fourth crop of foals sired by
Jim And Tonic and a distant, female-line relative of the Irish Derby winner Prince Regent.[6]
Racing career
2018: two-year-old season
On her racecourse debut Audarya started a
Polytrack surface at Kempton Park Racecourse on 16 November 2018. Ridden by George Wood she raced in mid-division before producing a strong late run but narrowly failed to catch the favourite Lady Adelaide finishing second by a nose.[7]
2019: three-year-old season
Audarya finished second in a
Listed Prix Coronation over 1600 metres at Saint-Cloud Racecourse
on 18 September and finished second of the twelve runners, beaten two lengths by the winner Alzire after staying on well in the closing stages.
2020: four-year-old season
The flat racing season in Britain and Ireland was restructured as a result of the
Deauville Racecourse in which she was ridden by Ioritz Mendizabal. She started a 48/1 outsider in an eleven-runner field which included Nazeef (the odds-on favourite), Ambition (Prix Corrida), Soudania (Prix du Prince d'Orange), Nausha (Musidora Stakes), Bolleville (Silver Stakes) and Dariyma (Prix de la Pepiniere). Audaya raced close behind the leaders before moving up to take the lead 200 metres from the finish and held off a sustained challenge from Ambition to win by a neck with the pair finishing four lengths clear of the rest.[11] After the race Fanshawe said "She's a filly I've always loved but we were going nowhere earlier this year. She was unlucky at Kempton and then I don't know what happened at Pontefract. It's a race we've always loved... but I must admit I've been walking my box the last two days wondering if I'd made a mistake."[12]
On 4 October Audarya returned to France for the Group 1
Prix de l'Opera over 2000 metres on heavy ground at Longchamp Racecourse. Ridden by Mendizabal she made steady progress in the straight to finish third, beaten a short neck and three quarters of a length by Tarnawa and Alpine Star.[13] For her final run of the season the filly was sent to the United States and started at odds of 12/1 for the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf over 9+1⁄2 furlongs at Keeneland on 7 November. Mendizabal was scheduled to take the ride but tested positive for COVID and was replaced by Pierre-Charles Boudot. The Diana Stakes winner Rushing Fall went off favourite, while the other contenders included Sistercharlie, Peaceful, Starship Jubilee, Mean Mary (New York Stakes), Terebellum (Dahlia Stakes), Cayenne Pepper (Blandford Stakes) and Harveys Lil Goil (Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes). Audarya tracked left soon after the start to settle on the inside rail as Cayenne Pepper set the early pace from Mean Mary. Rushing Fall took the lead in the straight but Audarya, having been switched to the outsite by Boudot, produced a sustained run, overtook the favourite in the final strides and won by a neck.[14] Her winning time of 1:52.72 was a new track record. Fanshawe commented "She's a very good mover, and I think she goes on any ground... She is not an easy filly. She's a big filly, but she does hang on... she's very special and we're very happy to have her".[15]
Pedigree
| Sire Wootton Bassett (GB) 2008 |
Iffraaj (GB) 2001 |
Zafonic (USA) | Gone West
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Zaizafon | |||
| Pastorale | Nureyev (USA) | ||
| Park Appeal (IRE) | |||
| Balladonia (GB) 1996 |
Primo Dominie | Dominion | |
| Swan Ann | |||
| Susquehanna Days (USA) | Chief's Crown | ||
| Gliding By | |||
| Dam Green Bananas (FR) 2006 |
Green Tune (USA) 1991 |
Green Dancer | Nijinsky (CAN) |
| Green Valley (FR) | |||
| Soundings | Mr Prospector
| ||
| Ocean's Answer (CAN) | |||
| Anabaa Republic (FR) 2001 |
Anabaa (USA) | Danzig | |
| Balbonella (FR) | |||
| Gigawatt | Double Bed | ||
| Jimka (Family: 1-l)[6] |
References
- ^ a b "Audarya pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ "ARQANA - Vente de Yearlings d'Octobre - Lot 216 - AUDARYA". ARQANA.
- ^ "Wootton Bassett – Record By Race Type". Racing Post.
- ^ "Wootton Bassett – Progeny". Racing Post.
- ^ "Green Bananas – Race Record". Racing Post.
- ^ a b "Paraffin – Family 1-l". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
- ^ "32Red Casino EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes result". Racing Post. 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Trial Racing TV For Free Now Novice Stakes result". Racing Post. 21 June 2019.
- ^ "British European Breeders Fund Supports Racing Welfare EBF Fillies' Handicap result". Racing Post. 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap result". Racing Post. 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Prix Jean Romanet result". Racing Post. 23 August 2020.
- ^ Burton, Scott (23 August 2020). "Audarya Claims First Group 1 in Prix Jean Romanet". The Blood-Horse.
- ^ "Prix de l'Opera result". Racing Post. 4 October 2020.
- ^ "Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf result". Racing Post. 7 November 2020.
- ^ Oser, Christine (7 November 2020). "Audarya Runs Down Rushing Fall in BC Filly & Mare Tur". The Blood-Horse.