Persuasive (horse)
Persuasive | |
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Grey | |
Breeder | John Tuthill |
Owner | Cheveley Park Stud |
Trainer | John Gosden |
Record | 10: 6-2-1 |
Earnings | £866,052 |
Major wins | |
Sandringham Handicap (2016) Atalanta Stakes (2016) Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2017) |
Persuasive (foaled 16 March 2013) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. After winning her only race as a juvenile she ran up four consecutive wins in the following season including the Sandringham Handicap and the Atalanta Stakes before her winning streak was ended by Alice Springs in the Matron Stakes. In 2017 she was placed in both the Matron Stakes and the Sun Chariot Stakes before recording her most significant victory when she became the first horse of her age and sex in more than 40 years to take the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.
Background
Persuasive is a grey mare bred in County Kildare, Ireland by John Tuthill. As a yearling in September 2014 she was put up for sale at Goffs and was bought for €180,000 by the Cheveley Park Stud.[2] She was then sent to England and entered training with John Gosden at Newmarket, Suffolk. She was ridden in all but two of her races by Frankie Dettori.
Her sire Dark Angel won four races including the Mill Reef Stakes and the Middle Park Stakes as a two-year-old in 2007 before being retired to stud at the end of the year. Dark Angel's other offspring have included Lethal Force, Mecca's Angel and Harry Angel.[3] Persuasive's dam Choose Me was a durable racemare who won four of her 28 tart including a valuable sales race at the Curragh and the Listed Fairy Bridge Stakes at Tipperary Racecourse.[4] As a broodmare she has also produced the Coral Distaff winner Tisbutadream and the successful sprint handicapper Amazour. Choose Me was a great-granddaughter of the outstanding Irish racemare Cairn Rouge.[5]
Racing career
2015: two-year-old season
Persuasive made her debut in a
2016: three-year-old season
Persuasive began her second season in
On 20 August Persuasive was stepped up in class and started 6/4 favourite for the
The filly was undefeated in five races when she was sent to Ireland and moved up to Group 1 class for the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown Racecourse on 10 September. She briefly took the lead in the straight but was overtaken inside the final furlong and beaten into second place by Alice Springs. Qemah finished third while Jet Setting came home in sixth place.
2017: four-year-old season
After an absence of over ten months, Persuaive returned in the Group 1
Two weeks after her defeat in the Sun Chariot Stakes, Persuasive was matched against male opposition for the first time in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on soft ground at Ascot. Ribchester started favourite ahead of Churchill, Beat the Bank (Joel Stakes) and Al Wukair (Prix Jacques Le Marois) with Persuasive next in the betting at 8/1. The other ten runners included Thunder Snow, Here Comes When (Sussex Stakes), Lightning Spear (Celebration Mile), Breton Rock (Lennox Stakes) and Lancaster Bomber. Dettori positioned the filly towards the rear of the field before witching her to the outside to make a challenge in the straight. She took the lead a furlong from the finish and won by a length from Ribchester, with Churchill half a length away in third, becoming the first four-year-old filly to take the race since Rose Bowl in 1976.[14] Following the filly's win Gosden said "It never worries me taking the colts on late in the year with a filly. I think they go through hell through the spring into the summer, coming into season and out of season, and hormonally they are a bit like a boy growing up. Then when they come to late summer and autumn everything is settled and they can focus on racing... She's a very good filly and I'm thrilled with her. We've waited for this ground as she loves it. She deserves it."[15]
Pedigree
Sire Dark Angel (IRE) 2005 |
Acclamation (GB) 1999 |
Royal Applause | Waajib |
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Flying Melody | |||
Princess Athena | Ahonoora | ||
Shopping Wise | |||
Midnight Angel (GB) 1994 |
Machiavellian | Mr. Prospector | |
Coup de Folie | |||
Night at Sea | Night Shift | ||
Into Harbour | |||
Dam Choose Me (IRE) 2006 |
Choisir (AUS) 1999 |
Danehill Dancer | Danehill |
Mira Adonde | |||
Great Selection | Lunchtime | ||
Pensive Mood | |||
Hecuba (GB) 2000 |
Hector Protector | Woodman | |
Korveya | |||
Ajuga | The Minstrel | ||
Cairn Rouge (Family:1-l)[5] |
References
- ^ a b "Persuasive pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ "Choose Me – Progeny Sales". Racing Post.[dead link]
- ^ "Dark Angel Stud Record". Racing Post. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ "Choose Me – Race Record & Form". Racing Post.
- ^ a b "Paraffin – Family 1-l". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ^ "£10 Free Bet At 32RedSport.com Maiden Fillies' Stakes result". Racing Post. 4 November 2015.
- ^ "Goodwood Aero Club Fillies' Stakes result". Racing Post. 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Bet toteexacta At betfred.com Fillies' Handicap result". Racing Post. 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Sandringham Handicap result". Racing Post. 15 June 2016.
- ^ "Persuasive lands Sandringham Handicap and gives Frankie Dettori double". Sky Sports. 15 June 2016.
- ^ "Atalanta Stakes result". Racing Post. 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Dark Angel's Persuasive Stays Perfect in the Atalanta". Thoroughbred Daily News. 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Sun Chariot Stakes result". Racing Post. 7 October 2017.
- ^ "Queen Elizabeth II Stakes result". Racing Post. 21 October 2017.
- ^ Graham Dench (21 October 2017). "Persuasive grabs Group 1 glory for Gosden and Dettori". Racing Post.
External links
- Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Persuasive