Lady Aurelia
Lady Aurelia | |
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King's Stand Stakes (2017) | |
Awards | |
Cartier Champion Two-year-old Filly (2016) Top rated European two-year-old filly (2016) Timeform rating: 135[3] |
Lady Aurelia (foaled 27 January 2014) is a retired American
Background
Lady Aurelia is a bay filly with a white
She was sired by Scat Daddy, who won the Champagne Stakes in 2006 and the Florida Derby in 2007 before his racing career was ended by injury. Scat Daddy's other offspring include No Nay Never, Daddy Long Legs and the American Oaks winner Lady of Shamrock.[6] Lady Aurelia's dam D' Wildcat Speed was a Kentucky-bred mare who had great success in Puerto Rico before returning to the United States as a five-year-old to win the Rampart Stakes.[7] She was a distant, female-line descendant of the influential British broodmare Affection, who was the ancestor of numerous major winners including Creme Fraiche, Coastal and Nathaniel.[8]
Racing career
2016: two-year-old season
Lady Aurelia made her track debut at Keeneland on 21 April when she was one of six juvenile fillies to contest a maiden race over four and a half furlongs on dirt. Starting the odds-on favourite, she led from the start and steadily increased her advantage to win "comfortably" by seven and a half lengths,[9] in a track record time of :50.85.[10]
The filly was then sent to England and had her first race on turf in the
For her next race, Lady Aurelia was sent to France for the Group One Prix Morny over 1200 metres at
On 24 September Lady Aurelia, with Dettori again in the saddle, started the 4/6 favourite for the Group One Cheveley Park Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse. The best-fancied of her five opponents were Queen Kindly (Lowther Stakes) and the Irish challenger Roly Poly (Duchess of Cambridge Stakes). Lady Aurelia went to the front from the start and went clear of the field but came under pressure approaching the final furlong. She was overtaken 50 yards from the finish and was beaten into third place by Brave Anna and Roly Poly.[17] Ward commented, "It's a humbling game, I expected her to win today... it just wasn't there in the last bit. She's had a tough campaign and she's a special filly."[18] A few days after the race, Ward explained to England's Press Association that "when we got back to the barn, the vet scoped her and she ended up having bled with a score of three out of five, which, in a group I, is enough to get you beat, probably."[19]
2017: three-year-old season
Lady Aurelia started her three-year-old season on 15 April as the even money favourite in the Listed Giant's Causeway Stakes at Keeneland, where she faced a full field of older fillies and mares. She tracked the rapid early pace in fifth place, then made a five-wide move around the final turn. Despite having lost a shoe, she pulled away with a "sublime kick" to win by 2+1⁄2 lengths.[20]
Lady Aurelia arrived safely in England on 6 June to prepare for the
Lady Aurelia made her next start on 25 August in the Nunthorpe Stakes at York. With Dettori back on board, she went to the front with Bataash, who gave way in the final half-furlong. Lady Aurelia seemed to have the race in hand but Marsha closed rapidly down the crown of the course and won by a nose. "I'm in shock", said Dettori. "I thought I'd won by a neck."[21]
Lady Aurelia returned to America for the
2018: four-year-old season
After a sort break, Lady Aurelia returned to the work tap with a 3 furlong breeze in :38.48 at the Stonestreet Training on February 3. She breezed seven more times before she was entered in the Giant's Causeway Stakes on April 14 at Keeneland, where she finished a solid 2nd beaten by 1+1⁄2 lengths by Triple Chelasea. She then started training for a return to
Retirement
On July 18, Wesley Ward said: "She's been retired. It was a hard decision for me, it probably wasn’t as hard for her owners, she's been feeling so good at home, she looks a million dollars, but we have to admit that her last three races haven’t been good. Admittedly she set very high standards, but she hasn’t been living up to those. It's best for her that she's retired, she's sound and healthy and she's done a tremendous amount for my career. I can’t thank connections enough for trusting me to train her. I’ve had Breeders’ Cup winners and champion sprinters in America, but she's accomplished more than any of them. To have a filly named Cartier Champion Two-Year-Old for Europe and be trained in America was an unbelievable effort on her part. I’ve got to try to find a replacement now, but horses like her are once-in-a-lifetime."
Assessment and awards
On 8 November 2016, Lady Aurelia was named
In the official European Classification of two-year-olds for 2016, Lady Aurelia was given a rating of 121, making her the best juvenile filly of the season, one pound the top-rated colt Churchill .[25]
Following her King's Stand Stakes win, Timeform gave her a rating of 135, placing her just 1 lb below such successful female sprinters as Black Caviar and Habibti.[3]
Pedigree
Sire Scat Daddy (USA) 2004 |
Johannesburg (USA) 1999 |
Hennessy | Storm Cat |
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Island Kitty | |||
Myth | Ogygian | ||
Yarn | |||
Love Style (USA) 1999 |
Mr. Prospector | Raise a Native | |
Gold Digger | |||
Likeable Style | Nijinsky | ||
Personable Lady | |||
Dam D' Wildcat Speed (USA) 2000 |
Forest Wildcat (USA) 1991 |
Storm Cat | Storm Bird |
Terlingua | |||
Victoria Beauty | Bold Native | ||
Abifaith | |||
Velvet Panther (USA) 1991 |
Pentaquod | London Company | |
Enamor | |||
Blue Eyed Cat | Great Above | ||
Another Cat (Family:9-f)[8] |
- Lady Aurelia is inbred 3 × 4 to Storm Cat, meaning that this stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of her pedigree.
References
- ^ a b "Lady Aurelia pedigree". Equineline. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ "Lady Aurelia – Equibase Profile". Equibase. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ a b "Lady Aurelia's King's Stand win at Royal Ascot earns her a huge Timeform rating". royal-ascot.timeform.com. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
- ^ "Keeneland 2015 September Yearling Sale". Racing Post. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016.
- ^ Armytage, Marcus (June 15, 2017). "Wesley Ward leads American march at Royal Ascot". The Telegraph. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Scat Daddy Stud Record". Racing Post. February 15, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ^ "D' Wildcat Speed – Statistics". Equibase.
- ^ a b "Toxophilite Mare – Family 9-f". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
- ^ "Maiden Special Weight result". Racing Post. April 21, 2016.
- ^ a b Frank Angst (June 15, 2016). "Lady Aurelia Blowout Winner of Queen Mary". The Blood-Horse.
- ^ a b Sarah Troxell (June 15, 2016). "Stonestreet Thrilled by Lady Aurelia". The Blood-Horse.
- ^ "Queen Mary Stakes result". Racing Post. June 15, 2016.
- ^ David Milnes (June 15, 2016). "Royal Ascot Lady Aurelia stuns Ascot in Queen Mary". Racing Post. Archived from the original on June 19, 2016.
- ^ "Prix Morny result". Racing Post. August 21, 2016.
- ^ Alex Wiltshire (August 21, 2016). "France Lady Aurelia gets the job done in Prix Morny". Racing Post. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016.
- ^ Myra Lewyn (August 21, 2016). "KY-Bred Lady Aurelia Victorious in Prix Morny". The Blood-Horse.
- ^ "Cheveley Park Stakes results". Racing Post. September 24, 2016.
- ^ David Baxter (September 24, 2016). "Newmarket Lady defeated in 25 1 Cheveley Park shock". Racing Post. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016.
- ^ "Ward: Scope Shows Lady Aurelia Bled". Blood Horse. September 25, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ "Lady Aurelia All Class in Giant's Causeway". BloodHorse. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Marsha Catches Lady Aurelia in Nunthorpe Upset". BloodHorse. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Stormy Liberal Springs Turf Sprint Upset". BloodHorse. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Lady Aurelia 'Absolutely' Racing in 2018". BloodHorse. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Cartier Racing Awards 2016: Minding named Horse of the Year". BBC. November 8, 2016.
- ^ "European 2yo Classification 2016" (PDF). britishhorseracing.com. January 24, 2017.
External links
- Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Lady Aurelia