Powerscourt (horse)

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Powerscourt
Sire
Juddmonte Farms
OwnerTürkiye Jokey kulübü
TrainerAidan O'Brien
Record£842,831
Earnings21: 5-6-3
Major wins
Great Voltigeur Stakes (2003)
Tattersalls Gold Cup (2004)
Arlington Million (2005)

Powerscourt (1 April 2000 – 17 July 2021) was a British-bred Irish-trained

sire, best known for his two runs in the Arlington Million
: he was disqualified after finishing first in 2004 but returned to win the race in the following year.

He raced in Ireland, Britain, Germany, the United States, Japan, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates in four seasons of racing, winning five of his twenty-one starts. His other major wins came in the

Racing Post Trophy, Irish St. Leger, Prince of Wales's Stakes, Bayerisches Zuchtrennen, Irish Champion Stakes and Breeders' Cup Turf
.

After his retirement from racing he stood as a breeding stallion in the United States and Turkey.

Background

Powerscourt was a bay horse with a white

Juddmonte Farms. Before the start of his racing career the colt passed into the ownership of John Magnier's Coolmore Stud organisation and was sent into training with Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle
. He raced in the ownership of Magnier's wife Susan.

He was from the fifteenth crop of foals sired by Sadler's Wells, who won the Irish 2,000 Guineas, Eclipse Stakes and Irish Champion Stakes in 1984 and went on to be the Champion sire on fourteen occasions.[2] Powerscourt's dam Rainbow Lake was a high-class racehorse who won three of her six races including the Lancashire Oaks.[3] As a broodmare she produced Riposte (Sheepshead Bay Stakes) and Last Train (Prix de Barbeville) but had her biggest success with Kind the dam of Frankel and Noble Mission.[4]

Racing career

2002: two-year-old season

On his racecourse debut Powerscourt started

Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster. After racing in second place he took the lead in the straight but was overtaken inside the final furlong and finished second to his stablemate Brian Boru
.

2003: three-year-old season

Powerscourt had training problems and did not reappear until 29 June, when he started at odds of 12/1 for the

Mick Kinane, he tracked the leaders before taking the lead in the straight and then rallied after being headed by Brian Boru to regain the advantage in the final strides and prevail by a neck.[7]

Powerscourt bypassed the St Leger on the 13 September (which was won by Brian Boru) and was aimed instead at the Irish equivalent which was run on the same day at the Curragh Racecourse. Racing against older horses for the first time he stayed on well in the straight to finish third behind Vinnie Roe and Gamut, with Bollin Eric back in fourth.

2004: four-year-old season

Jamie Spencer took over from Kinane as Powerscourt's regular jockey for the 2004 season. The colt began his campaign in the Tattersalls Gold Cup over ten and a half furlongs at the Curragh on 23 May and started second favourite behind Nysaean (twice winner of the Mooresbridge Stakes). The field was not a strong one by Group 1 standards with only four other runners headed by the Winter Hill Stakes winner Naheef. Powerscourt went to the front from the start, accelerated away from his rivals in the straight and won "easily" by six lengths from the outsider Livadiya.[8]

Powerscourt continued to race in European Group 1 class in his next three races. He finished second to

Irish Times stated that Powerscourt had appeared to have won the race on merit and he might well have kept the race under European rules.[11] Desormeaux, however, insisted that Kicken Kris would have won "really, really easily" without the interference.[12]

Powerscourt had four more races in the autumn of 2004 and ran well in three of them. He finished a close third to Azamour in the Irish Champion Stakes (with Grey Swallow, Rakti and Doyen behind), and then went back to the United States and finished third behind Better Talk Now and Kitten's Joy in the Breeders' Cup Turf. For his last two races of the year he competed in Asia, finishing unplaced in the Japan Cup and fourth in the Hong Kong Cup.

2005: five-year-old season

On 26 March 2005, Powerscourt began his fourth season in

Scottish Classic at Ayr Racecourse
in July.

On 13 August Powerscourt, with

Eddie Read Handicap), Good Reward (Manhattan Handicap) and France's Touch of Land (Prix Dollar). As in the previous year he turned into the straight in fourth before launching a strong late run. On this occasion however he maintained a straight course, took the lead inside the final furlong, and drew away to win by three lengths from Kitten's Joy.[13] Coolmore's American stud manager Charles O'Connor commented "This makes up for last year. We knew he was a serious horse all along, and it's great for him to come back and prove it. He did just what he did last year. This is vindication to us".[9] Kieren Fallon said "I thought this was one of the best Arlington Million fields I've seen over the years. I respect Kitten's Joy. I've seen all his wins and I know he's a very good horse. I was expecting him to come home and catch me today, but my lad was at his peak today"[9] and added "this little horse deserved this win, he was unlucky last year to be taken down. I think it was a great training performance by Mr. O'Brien. The horse was in great condition today and he was an impressive winner... He did everything so easy for me today".[14]

Breeding record

At the end of his racing career Powerscourt became a breeding stallion at Coolmore's

Ashford Stud in Kentucky. He briefly returned to Ireland before being bought by the Turkish Jockey Club and moving to Turkey in 2010.[15]
Died on 17 July 2021 from a heart attack in Turkey

His offspring have included Finnegans Wake (Turf Classic Stakes), Termagant, Court of the Realm (King Edward Stakes) and Kraftig.[16]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Powerscourt (GB), bay stallion, 2000[1]
Sire
Sadler's Wells (USA)
1981 		Northern Dancer (CAN)
1961 		Nearctic Nearco
Lady Angela
Natalma Native Dancer
Almahmoud
Fairy Bridge (USA)
1975　 		Bold Reason Hail To Reason
Lalun
Special Forli
Thong
Dam
Rainbow Lake (GB)
1990 		Rainbow Quest (USA)
1981　 		Blushing Groom Red God
Runaway Bride
I Will Follow Herbager
Where You Lead
Rockfest (USA)
1979 		Stage Door Johnny Prince John
Peroxide Blonde
Rock Garden Roan Rocket
Nasira (Family: 1-k)[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Powerscourt pedigree". Equineline.
  2. ^ "Leading Sires of Great Britain and Ireland". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  3. ^ "Rainbow Lake – Race Record & Form". Racing Post.
  4. ^ a b "Rouge Rose – Family 1-k". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  5. ^ "www.punchestown.com EBF Maiden result". Racing Post. 17 October 2002.
  6. ^ "Seapoint Race result". Racing Post. 16 July 2003.
  7. ^ "Great Voltigeur Stakes result". Racing Post. 19 August 2003.
  8. ^ "Tattersalls Gold Cup result". Racing Post. 23 May 2004.
  9. ^
    New York Times
    .
  10. ^ "Arlington Million XXII result". Racing Post. 14 August 2004.
  11. ^ Brian O'Connor (16 August 2004). "Ballydoyle stung by Powerscourt fiasco". The Irish Times.
  12. ^ Marty McGee (14 August 2004). "Kicken Kris wins Million after Powerscourt disqualified". ESPN.
  13. ^ "Arlington Million result". Racing Post. 13 August 2005.
  14. ^ Jack Shinar (13 August 2005). "Sweet Redemption for Powerscourt in Million". The Blood-Horse.
  15. ^ Nancy Sexton (19 January 2010). "Powerscourt among five stallions sold to Turkey". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Powerscourt – Stud Record". Racing Post.

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