Blue Wind
Blue Wind | |
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Oaks Stakes (1981) Irish Oaks (1981) | |
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Timeform rating: 110 (1980), 127 (1981) | |
Honours | |
Blue Wind Stakes at Naas Racecourse |
Blue Wind (3 May 1978 – 21 June 1996) was an Irish
Background
Blue Wind was a dark chestnut mare with a white
As a yearling the filly was sold for 5,600 guineas and sent into training with Paddy Prendergast.[3]
Racing career
1980: two-year-old season
Blue Wind finished unplaced over six
1981: three-year-old season
Blue Wind made her first appearance as a three-year-old at
On 6 June, Blue Wind was one of twelve fillies to contest the 203rd running of the Oaks over 1+1⁄2 miles at
Blue Wind was rested for two months before returning in the
1982: four-year-old season
In 1982, Blue Wind's owners brought her to race in the United States, where she was trained by Stanley M. Hough. She did not reproduce her European form, failing to win in seven races. Her best placings came when she finished third in
Assessment
In 1980, the independent Timeform origination gave Blue Wind a rating of 110, fourteen pounds below their top-rated two-year-old filly Marwell.[3] In the following year she was given a peak annual timeform rating of 127, six pounds behind Marwell. In the official International Classification she was rated the third-best three-year-old filly in Europe behind Marwell and April Run.[4] In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Blue Wind an "average" winner of the Oaks.[8]
Stud career
Blue Wind was retired from racing to become a broodmare for her owner's stud in Virginia but her record was very disappointing.[9] She was exported to Japan in 1991 and died at the Taiki Farm in Hokkaido on 21 June 1996.[10] She produced eight foals between 1984 and 1996, three that won minor races:[10]
- Legal Circles (bay colt, foaled in 1984, sired by Alleged) was unraced
- Carefree Dancer (chestnut colt, foaled in 1987, sired by Nijinsky), won four races in Ireland[11]
- Sapphire Breeze (bay filly, foaled in 1988, sired by Lyphard) failed to win in three races
- Coast Wind (brown filly, foaled in 1989, sired by Chief's Crown) third in only race
- Shinko Easter (chestnut colt, foaled in 1992, sired by Tony Bin) won one race in Japan
- Taiki Mistral (bay colt, foaled in 1995, sired by Dancing Brave) raced in Japan and won one race
Pedigree
Sire Lord Gayle (USA) 1965 |
Sir Gaylord (USA) 1959 |
Turn-To | Royal Charger |
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Source Sucree | |||
Somethingroyal | Princequillo | ||
Imperatrice | |||
Sticky Case (GB) 1958 |
Court Martial | Fair Trial | |
Instantaneous | |||
Run Honey | Hyperion | ||
Honey Buzzard | |||
Dam Azurine (IRE) 1957 |
Chamossaire (GB) 1942 |
Precipitation | Hurry On |
Double Life | |||
Snowberry | Cameronian | ||
Myrobella | |||
Blue Dun (GB) 1950 |
Blue Train | Blue Peter | |
Sun Chariot | |||
Dunure | Umidwar | ||
Carrick Shore (Family:4-d)[2] |
References
- ^ a b "Blue Wind pedigree". Equineline. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Manganese – Family 4-d". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ ISBN 0-900599-31-6.
- ^ ISBN 0-900599-33-2.
- Daytona Beach Morning Journal. 6 June 1981. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- Evening Times. 2 September 1981. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ "Blue Wind Statistics". Equibase. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ISBN 978-1-901570-15-1.
- ^ "English Oaks winners at stud". Sportingpost.co.za. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ^ a b Staff. "Blue Wind (IRE)". Studbook Database. Japan Association for International Racing and Stud Book. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- ^ "Carefree Dancer Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 25 October 2013.