Lady Carla
Lady Carla | |
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Nijinsky | |
Dam | Shirley Superstar |
Damsire | Shirley Heights |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 8 March 1993 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Meon Valley Stud |
Owner | Wafic Saïd |
Trainer | Henry Cecil |
Record | 6: 3-0-0 |
Earnings | £225,191 |
Major wins | |
Oaks Trial Stakes (1996) Epsom Oaks (1996) | |
Honours | |
Timeform rating 122 |
Lady Carla (8 March 1993 – 2012) was a British
Background
Lady Carla was a bay mare with a white
As a yearling, Lady Carla was sent to the Tattersalls September sales at Newmarket, where she was bought for 220,000 guineas by Wafic Saïd's Addison Racing Ltd.[5] Lady Carla was sent into training with Henry Cecil at his Warren Place stables at Newmarket. She was ridden to all her wins by the veteran Irish jockey Pat Eddery.[6]
Racing career
Lady Carla did not appear on a racecourse in 1995 until late October, when she was sent to contest a £4,000
Six and a half months after her debut, Lady Carla made her first appearance as a three-year-old in the Oaks Trial Stakes over 11+1⁄2 furlongs at Lingfield Park. She started 4/11 favourite against three opponents and led from the start to win by 3+1⁄2 lengths from Flame Valley and Moody's Cat.[8]
The field for the 1996 Epsom Oaks was not a strong one, with the
Lady Carla returned as a four-year-old in 1997, and made her first appearance for eleven months in the
Assessment and honours
The independent Timeform organisation gave Lady Carla a rating of 122.[16]
In their book A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Lady Carla an "inferior" winner of the Oaks.[11]
Stud record
Lady Carla was retired to become a broodmare based at the Kiltinan Stud in County Tipperary.[17] In December 2003 at Tattersalls, the ten-year-old Lady Carla was auctioned at a dispersal of Wafic Saïd's bloodstock, after the Syrian businessman decided to give up his interest in horse racing.[18] She was bought for 1,050,000 guineas by the Irish breeder Timmy Hyde.[19]
Lady Carla's offspring have not been particularly successful. Her best runners have probably been Avalon, who won a minor race and finished third in the Great Voltigeur Stakes,[20] and High Ruler, who finished fourth in the Irish 2,000 Guineas.[21] Another of her sons, Indigo Magic, has become a successful breeding stallion in South Africa.[22] Lady Carla died in 2012.[23]
1999 Indigo Magic (GB) : Bay colt, foaled 26 January, by Gone West (USA) – placed once from 2 starts in Ireland 2002
2002 Avalon (GB) : Bay colt (gelded), foaled 7 March, by Kingmambo (USA) : won 1 race on the flat and placed twice including 3rd G2 Great Voltigeur S, York; 3rd LR Aston Park S, Newbury in Ireland and England 2005–6; placed 4 times from 7 starts over hurdles in England 2006-7
2005 Prairie Hawk (USA) : Bay colt (gelded), foaled 26 February, by Hawk Wing (USA) – won 3 races from 13 starts on the flat in Ireland and England 2007–12 and unplaced 5 starts over hurdles in England 2012–15
2008 High Ruler (USA) : Bay colt, foaled 30 March, by Mr Greeley (USA) – won 1 race and placed four times including 2nd G3 Tyros S, Leopardstown; 2nd G3 Diamond S, Dundalk; 4th G1 Irish 2000 Guineas, Curragh; 4th G2 Futurity S, Curragh from 9 starts in Ireland and Qatar 2010–13
Pedigree
Sire Caerleon (USA) 1980 |
Nijinsky 1967 |
Northern Dancer | Nearctic |
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Natalma | |||
Flaming Page | Bull Page | ||
Flaring Top | |||
Foreseer 1969 |
Round Table | Princequillo | |
Knight's Daughter | |||
Regal Gleam | Hail To Reason | ||
Miz Carol | |||
Dam Shirley Superstar (GB) 1985 |
Shirley Heights 1975 |
Mill Reef | Never Bend |
Milan Mill | |||
Hardiemma | Hardicanute | ||
Grand Cross | |||
Odeon 1976 |
Royal and Regal | Vaguely Noble | |
Native Street | |||
Cammina | Hornbeam | ||
Zanzara (Family: 6-b)[4] |
References
- ^ "Caerleon Stud Record". Racing Post. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
- ^ "Shirley Superstar". Meon Valley Stud. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ "Odeon". Meon Valley Stud. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ a b "Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Horatia – Family 6-b". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
- ^ "Tattersalls sales September 1994". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ "Lady Carla race record". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- ^ "EBF Hoby Maiden Stakes". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ "Oaks Trial Stakes". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ Thompson, Dan (1996-06-08). "Cecil's Lady takes revenge on Sheikh". The Independent. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Epsom Oaks". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ ISBN 1-901570-15-0.
- The People. 14 July 1996. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Irish Oaks". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ Thompson, Dan (1997-07-08). "Fallon's troubles grow as title odds drift". The Independent. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Princess of Wales's Stakes". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ "Timeform Oaks winners". Thoroughbredinternet.com. 2003-06-04. Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- ^ "Watership Down & Kiltinan Castle Stud Farm". Watership Down Stud. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ Horse Racing. "Wafic Said calls it a day". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Tattersalls December Mare Sale". Tattersalls. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ "Avalon". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ "High Ruler". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ "Indigo Magic". Oldlands.co.za. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ^ "Lady Carla". Equineline. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ "Lady Carla pedigree". Equineline. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-08-19.