Nezwaah
| Nezwaah | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Dubawi |
| Grandsire | Dubai Millennium |
| Dam | Ferdoos |
| Damsire | Dansili |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 25 February 2013[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Darley Stud |
| Owner | Ahmed Al Maktoum |
| Trainer | Roger Varian |
| Record | 12: 5-1-1 |
| Earnings | £220,877 |
| Major wins | |
| Hoppings Stakes (2016) Rothesay Stakes (2017) Pretty Polly Stakes (2017) | |
Nezwaah (foaled 25 February 2013) is a British
Listed Hoppings Stakes. She reached her peak in the first half of the 2017 season when she won the Rothesay Stakes before recording her biggest victory in the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes
. She raced in five countries, namely England, Ireland, France, Canada and the United States.
Background
Nezwaah is a bay mare with white
socks on her front and back left legs bred in the United Kingdom by Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud. She entered the ownership of Sheikh Mohammed's brother Ahmed Al Maktoum and was sent into training with Roger Varian at Newmarket, Suffolk
.
She was from the seventh crop of foals sired by
Pinnacle Stakes.[3] She was descended from the American broodmare Gay Hostess (foaled 1957) making her a relative of Caracolero, Real Quiet, Majestic Prince and Secreto.[4]
Racing career
2016: three-year-old season
On her racecourse debut Nezwaah started the
Listed Fillies' Trial Stakes over ten furlongs at Newbury Racecourse
on 14 May.
Yarmouth Racecourse with Arabian Queen in third. For her final run of the year Nezwaah was sent to Canada to contest the Grade I E. P. Taylor Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack in October and although she never looked likely to win she kept on well in the closing stages to finish seventh, only two lengths behind the winner Al's Gal
.
2017: four-year-old season
Nezwaah was scheduled to begin her second campaign in the
starting stalls in what Roger Varian described as "a freak occurrence".[8] Seventeen days later at Ayr Racecourse the filly started the 1/2 favourite for the Rothesay Stakes in which she faced four opponents including the 2016 winner Maleficent Queen. After tracking the leaders she switched right to obtain a clear run approaching the final furlong, quickly went to the front and pulled clear to win by three and three quarter lengths.[9] After the race Atzeni said "She was the class filly in the race. She settled nicely, which was great, and she picked up well. She's good-minded and hopefully we'll have a lot of fun with her this year".[10]
On 2 July Nezwaah was sent to Ireland to contest the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the
Lanwades Stud Stakes) and Turret Rocks (May Hill Stakes). Nezwaah was held up by Atzeni in the early stages as Creggs Pipes set the pace, but began to make strong progress in the last quarter mile and after taking the lead a furlong out she accelerated away from her rivals and won by more than three lengths from Rain Goddess.[11] Atzeni commented: "She was very impressive and travelled beautifully. She was a little bit slow into her stride... but she picked up really well. I got quite a smooth run and just had to wait to get a gap. Two days ago we didn't know if she was going to run or not because of the weather, but Roger felt the ground was going to be fine for her and she's proved him right."[12]
For her next appearance Nezwaah was stepped up in distance for the
Del Mar Racetrack on 4 November, in which she started at odds of 20/1 and came home tenth of the fourteen runners behind Wuheida.[13]
Breeding record
Nezwaah was retired from racing to become a broodmare for her owner's stud.
Pedigree
| Sire Dubawi (IRE) 2002 |
Dubai Millennium (GB) 1996 |
Seeking the Gold (USA)
|
Mr. Prospector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Con Game | |||
| Colorado Dancer (IRE) | Shareef Dancer (USA) | ||
| Fall Aspen (USA) | |||
| Zomaradah (GB) 1995 |
Deploy | Shirley Heights | |
| Slightly Dangerous (USA) | |||
| Jawaher (IRE) | Dancing Brave (USA) | ||
| High Tern | |||
| Dam Ferdoos (GB) 2007 |
Dansili (GB) 1996 |
Danehill (USA) | Danzig |
| Razyana | |||
| Hasili (IRE) | Kahyasi | ||
| Kerali (GB) | |||
| Blaze of Colour (GB) 2001 |
Rainbow Quest (USA) | Blushing Groom (FR) | |
| I Will Follow | |||
| Hawait Al Barr | Green Desert (USA) | ||
| Allegedly Blue (Family: 4-d)[4] |
References
- ^ a b "Nezwaah pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ "Dubawi Stud Record". Racing Post.
- ^ "Ferdoos race record". Racing Post.
- ^ a b "Manganese – Family 4-d". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
- ^ "toteswinger Maiden Fillies' Stakes result". Racing Post. 6 January 2016.
- ^ "32Red Casino Handicap result". Racing Post. 1 February 2016.
- ^ "Hoppings Stakes result". Racing Post. 24 June 2016.
- ^ King, Andrew (23 May 2017). "Varian confident Nezwaah can come good after stalls hiccup". Racing Post.
- ^ "Rothesay Stakes result". Racing Post. 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Roger Varian Executes Perfect Ayr Raid With Classy Nezwaah". www.racingandsports.com. 25 May 2017.
- ^ "Pretty Polly Stakes result". Racing Post. 2 July 2017.
- ^ "British raider Nezwaah lands the Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh". Irish Independent. 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf result". Racing Post. 4 November 2017.