Forever Together (Irish horse)
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Oaks Stakes (2018) |
Forever Together (foaled 25 May 2015) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2018 Epsom Oaks.
Background
Forever Together is a bay mare with a white star and snip bred in Ireland by the entrepreneur Vimal Khosla and his wife Gillian. She was sired by Galileo, who won the Derby, Irish Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2001 before becoming one of the world's leading stallions.[2] Her dam Green Room an unraced daughter of the Breeders' Cup Turf winner Theatrical and had previously produced both Together Forever and Lord Shanakill, a horse whose wins included the Prix Jean Prat.[3] Green Room's dam Chain Fern was full-sister of the leading racehorse and broodmare Al Bahathri.[4]
As a
Racing career
2017: two-year-old season
Forever Together ran twice as a two-year-old in 2017, being ridden on both occasions by
2018: three-year-old season
For her first appearance as a three-year-old, Forever Together was sent to England and stepped up in class for the Listed Cheshire Oaks (a trial race for the Epsom Oaks) over one and a half miles at Chester Racecourse on 9 May. Ridden by her trainer's son Donnacha O'Brien she started the 11/2 third choice in the betting behind her stablemate Magic Wand and the Ralph Beckett-trained Kinaesthesia. After encountering considerable trouble in running and struggling to obtain a clear run she was eased down in the final strides and finished second, three and a half lengths behind Magic Wand.[8]
The 240th running of the Oaks Stakes, run on
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 Green Room (USA) 2002 |
Theatrical (IRE) 1982 |
Nureyev | Northern Dancer |
Special | |||
Tree of Knowledge | Sassafras | ||
Sensibility | |||
Chain Fern (USA) 1986 |
Blushing Groom | Red God | |
Runaway Bride | |||
Chain Store | Nodouble | ||
General Store (Family 9-e)[4] |
- Forever Together is inbred 3 × 4 to Northern Dancer meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of her pedigree.
References
- ^ a b "Forever Together pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ "Galileo stud record". Racing Post. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Lord Shanakill – Record By Race Type". Racing Post.
- ^ a b "Maid Of Masham – Family 9-e". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- ^ "Green Room – Progeny Sales". Racing Post.[dead link]
- ^ "Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden result". Racing Post. 4 October 2017.
- ^ "Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden result". Racing Post. 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Cheshire Oaks result". Racing Post. 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Investec Oaks result". Racing Post. 1 June 2018.
External links
- Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Forever Together