Ethereal (horse)
Ethereal | |
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Sire | The BMW Stakes (2002) |
Awards | |
Waikato Horse of the Year Award (2002) Australian Champion Stayer (2002) | |
Honours | |
New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame | |
Last updated on 8 September 2007 |
Ethereal (foaled 16 November 1997)
Background
Ethereal is a bay mare owned and bred by brothers Peter and Phillip Vela, who own Pencarrow Stud and New Zealand Bloodstock. Ethereal was sired by the
Racing career
Ethereal won four
She was named Australian Champion Stayer, but was beaten to the title of New Zealand & Australian Horse of the Year by the champion mare Sunline.
Stud record
Immediately following her win in the 2002 BMW Stakes, Ethereal was retired from racing to serve as a
At stud, Ethereal has produced a Giant's Causeway filly named Uberalles who was third in the Group 2 Great Northern Guineas and was third in the Group 1 New Zealand Derby. In 2007 Ethereal's colt by Stravinsky, sold for NZ$1,300,000 at the Karaka Premier sale in 2007.[3]
See also
- Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand
- Thoroughbred racing in Australia
- List of millionaire racehorses in Australia
References
- ^ "Ethereal (NZ) 1997". NZRacing. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Inc. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ^ 2001 Melbourne Cup result
- ^ Pencarrow Stud Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 28 May 2009
- Ethereal's racing record
- Pencarrow Stud website Archived 16 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine