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Sanedtki
Sire
Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap
(1979)
Awards
Timeform top-rated older female (1978)
Top-rated older female in Europe (1978)
Timeform rating 115 (1976), 126 (1977), 129 (1978)
Last updated on 9 August 2022

Sanedtki (1974 – after 1993) was an Irish-bred, French-trained

broodmare
. She was trained in France for most of her career before moving to the United States for her last two races. Although she was capable of competing at the highest level against specialist sprinters, she showed her best form over middle distances.

Having been bought cheaply as a yearling, she showed promise as a two-year-old in 1976 before emerging as a top-class performer in the following year. As a three-year-old she won the

Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap
. In all she recorded ten wins, seven seconds and five third places in twenty-five races.

After her retirement from racing she became a broodmare, first in the United States and then in Ireland, but was not particularly successful, producing only two minor winners from five recorded foals.

Background

Sanedtki was a bay mare with a narrow white

2000 Guineas. Sanedtki's dam, Fortlin, and grand-dam Creepy Crawley were moderate racehorses, but the latter was a half-sister of the July Cup winner Vilmoray.[3]

As a yearling she was offered for sale and bought for 1,050 guineas by a partnership headed by G. Samana.[4] She was sent into training with Olivier Douieb in France. The filly was named by combining the names of her owners, Samana, Nedjar and Tkiar (the partners had another horse named Nedsatki).[5]

Racing career

1976: two-year-old season

Sanedtki began her racing career by finishing third to Assez Cuite in the

Deauville Racecourse in August. After finishing unplaced on her next appearance she won an eight-runner maiden race over 1700 m at Longchamp Racecourse in September. She was then moved up in class for the Group Three Prix des Réservoirs over 1600 m at Longchamp a month later and finished second, a length behind the 20/1 outsider Edinburgh.[4]

1977: three-year-old season

In April 1977, Sanedtki was sent to England and was matched against Cloonlara, the leading Irish filly of the previous season, in the 1000 Guineas Trial at

in season at the time of the race.[5]

On 7 August, Sanedtki started the 6.3/1 fourth choice in the betting for the

Prix du Moulin at Longchamp on 25 September, he finished third to Pharly and Monseigneur, with Flying Water in fifth.[5]

In October, Sanedtki was offered for sale at the Polo Club Sale and was bought for

Prix de l'Abbaye. Sanedtki recorded her first Group One success, beating Pharly by two lengths.[5]

1978: four-year-old season

Sandetki began her third season on 9 March in the Prix Edmond Blanc over 1550 m at Saint-Cloud Racecourse and won by three lengths from Beaune at odds of 1.3/1. Eighteen day later, she started odds-on favourite for the Prix de Ris-Orangis at Évry and won by half a length from Steel Band. On 1 May she was beaten into second place when attempting to concede ten pounds to the four-year-old colt Faraway Times in the Prix du Muguet at Saint-Cloud. She was then sent to the United States to contest the Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park. Racing on dirt for the first time she appeared unsuited by the surface and finished sixth behind Cox's Ridge.[6]

On her return to Europe, Sanedtki, now racing in the colours of Serge Fradkoff, was moved down to sprint distances for the

Prix du Rond Point over 1600 metres at Longchamp but was beaten into second place by the British colt Homing to whom she was conceding six pounds. Sanedtki clashed with Homing again in the Prix du Moulin at Longchamp three weeks later, when the other runner included Nishapour (Poule d'Essai des Poulains), Kenmare, Carwhite (Prix d'Ispahan) and Dom Racine (Prix Jean Prat). The filly was held up by Lequeux at the rear of the field as Homing set a strong pace. In the straight, Sanedtki produced what Timeform described as a "breathtaking turn of speed"[6]
overtaking the whole field and winning by two lengths from Homing, with a gap of five lengths back to Nishapour in third.

On 22 October, Sanedtki attempted to become the first horse in twenty-four years to win consecutive runnings of the

Vernons Sprint Cup over six furlongs at Haydock Park Racecourse and started favourite ahead of the Ayr Gold Cup winner Vaigly Great. She looked likely to win entering the last quarter mile[6] but was unable to sustain her challenge and was beaten three-quarters of a length by the 20/1[7]
outsider Absalom.

1979: five-year-old season

Sanedtki was belatedly sent to the United States in 1979 and was trained in California by Charles Whittingham. Racing at Santa Anita Park she won the Sierra Madre Handicap over six and a half furlongs before ending her career with a victory in the Grade I Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap over nine furlongs.

Assessment

There was no International Classification of European two-year-olds in 1976: the official handicappers of Britain, Ireland and France compiled separate rankings for horses which competed in those countries. The French handicapper awarded her a weight of 121 pounds, five below the top filly

Cloonlara and sixteen below Blushing Groom.[4] In the following year, she was rated 126 by Timeform, seven pounds behind their best three-year-old filly Dunfermline. In the official International Classification for three-year-olds she was rated seven pounds inferior to Dunfermline and Madelia, the top-rated fillies.[5] Sanedtki achieved her best Timeform rating of 129 in 1978, making her the highest-rated older female racehorse of the year, alongside Trillion. Her rating placed her a pound behind Timeform's best sprinter Solinus, and a pound behind their best miler Homing. In their annual Racehorses of 1978, Timeform described her as "admirably genuinely and consistent".[6] In the Gilbey Champion Racehorse awards, based on points awarded for performances in major races, Sanedtki was named Champion Racehorse of Europe (jointly with Trillion). In the International Classification for 1978, Sanedtki again tied with Trillion as the best older female racehorse in Europe and the fifth best horse of any age or sex.[8]

Breeding record

Sanedtki was retired from racing to become a broodmare in the United States. She was auctioned three times, being sold for $250,000 in November 1986, for $275,000 in January 1988 (at the sale of Nelson Bunker Hunt's horses) and for $75,000 in November 1989, after which she was sent to continue her breeding career in Ireland.[9] She produced at least five foals between 1982 and 1993:

  • Metropolitan Star (bay filly, foaled 1982, sired by Lyphard), won one race[10]
  • Blushing Lass (chestnut filly, 1985, by Blushing Groom), unraced
  • Skidmore Girl (brown filly, 1988, by Vaguely Noble), failed to win in five races[11]
  • Sirsan (bay colt, 1990, by Sir Ivor) won one race, ran in the Irish Derby[12]
  • First One Up (colt 1993, by Fairy King), unraced

Pedigree

Pedigree of Sanedtki (IRE), bay mare, 1974[1]
Sire
Sallust (GB)
1969 		Pall Mall (IRE)
1955 		Palestine Fair Trial
Una
Malapert Portlaw
Malatesta
Bandarilla (GB)
1960 		Matador Golden Cloud
Spanish Galantry
Interval Jamaica Inn
Second Act
Dam
Fortlin (GB)
1966 		Fortino (FR)
1959 		Grey Sovereign Nasrullah
Kong
Ranavalo Relic
Navarra
Creepy Crawley (IRE)
1956 		The Bug Signal Light
Flying Meteor
Iverley Way Apron
Smoke Alley (Family: 22-a)[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sanedtki pedigree". Equineline. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  2. ^ John Randall (2 January 2013). "John Randall takes a look at the racing figures who departed last year". Racing Post. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Stella – Family 22-a". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  4. ^
    ISBN 0-900599-22-7
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  5. ^
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  6. ^
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  7. ISBN 978-1-873626-15-3
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  8. ISBN 0-85112-902-1
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  9. ^ "Sanedtki Auction Results". Equineline. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  10. ISBN 0-900599-42-1
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  11. ^ "Skidmore Girl Statistics". Equibase. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Sirsan Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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