Santiago (horse)
Santiago | |
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Susan Magnier & Derrick Smith | |
Trainer | Aidan O'Brien |
Record | 5: 3-2-0 |
Earnings | £444,235 |
Major wins | |
Queen's Vase (2020) Irish Derby (2020) |
Santiago (foaled 11 March 2017) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. He showed some promise as a two-year-old in 2019, running second on his first two starts before taking a maiden race on his final appearance of the year. In 2020 he improved when moving up in distance to win the Queen's Vase and the Irish Derby.
Background
Santiago is a bay horse with a white
He was sired by Authorized who won the Epsom Derby and International Stakes in 2007. Authorized's other offspring have included Nichols Canyon, Hartnell, Seal of Approval, Complacent (Spring Champion Stakes) and Ambivalent (Pretty Polly Stakes).[2] Santiago was the first foal of his dam Wadyhatta who showed modest form in France, winning two minor race in 2015.[3] She was a granddaughter of the Kentucky-bred broodmare Allez Les Trois, making her a close relative of Anabaa Blue, Tamayuz and Urban Sea.[4]
Racing career
2019: two-year-old season
Santiago was ridden in all three of his races as a two-year-old by his trainer's son
2020: three-year-old season
The 2020 flat racing season in England and Ireland was disrupted by the
Despite O'Brien's misgivings Santiago reappeared for the Irish Derby, which was run "behind closed doors" at the Curragh on 27 June when he was partnered by Seamie Heffernan and went off 2/1 favourite. His thirteen opponents included Crossfirehurricane (Gallinule Stakes), Arthur's Kingdom (second in the King Edward VII Stakes) and the filly New York Girl (winner of the Weld Park Stakes and fourth in the Irish 1,000 Guineas). With no overseas contenders and only three previous Group race winners in attendance the event appeared to be a substandard edition of the classic. In a race run in heavy rain, Santiago settled towards the rear before making progress and switching to the outside in the straight. He took the lead two furlongs out, opened up a clear advantage and kept on well to hold off the challenge of his stablemate Tiger Moth to win by a head.[10] O'Brien who was winning the race for a record fourteenth time and trained the first four finishers said "We're delighted with that. He's a lovely staying type of horse and they went an honest gallop. We thought he might be a St Leger horse and be one to look forward to as a Cup horse next year, and the horses behind him are still babies, so they're there to look forward to as well" while Heffernan commented "He's a tough horse to come back from a mile and six furlongs last week, but the Curragh suited him... This horse has guts, and, if you have guts, you don't always have to be on the best horse in the race".[11]
On 28 July Santiago was moved up in distance to take on top-class older stayers in the two-mile Goodwood Cup in which he was ridden by Moore and went off the 15/8 second choice in the betting. He tracked the front-running Nayef Road before disputing the lead in the straight but was unable to quicken in the closing stages and finished third, beaten a length and a length and a quarter by Stradivarius and Nayef Road.[12]
The 244th running of the St Leger took place
Pedigree
Sire Authorized (IRE) 2004 |
Montjeu (IRE) 1996 |
Sadler's Wells (USA) | Northern Dancer (CAN) |
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Fairy Bridge | |||
Floripedes (FR) | Top Ville (IRE) | ||
Toute Cy | |||
Funsie (FR) 1999 |
Saumarez (GB) | Rainbow Quest (USA) | |
Fiesta Fun | |||
Vallee Dansante (USA) | Lyphard | ||
Green Valley (FR) | |||
Dam Wadyhatta (GB) 2012 |
Cape Cross (IRE) 1994 |
Green Desert (USA) | Danzig |
Foreign Courier | |||
Park Appeal | Ahonoora (GB) | ||
Balidaress | |||
Thamarat (GB) 2003 |
Anabaa (USA) | Danzig | |
Balbonella (FR) | |||
Al Ishq (FR) | Nureyev (USA) | ||
Allez Les Trois (USA) (Family: 9-h)[4] |
- Santiago was inbred 4 × 4 to Danzig, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.
References
- ^ a b "Santiago pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ "Authorized – Stud Record". Racing Post.
- ^ "Wadyhatta – Race Record". Racing Post.
- ^ a b "Adelaide – Family 9-h". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ "Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden result". Racing Post. 18 July 2019.
- ^ "James's Gate Irish EBF Median Auction Maiden result". Racing Post. 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Tote Ireland Irish EBF Median Auction Maiden result". Racing Post. 12 September 2019.
- ^ "Queen's Vase result". Racing Post. 19 June 2020.
- ^ "Santiago with an emphatic win in the Queen's Vase". ITV Racing. 19 June 2020.
- ^ "Irish Derby result". Racing Post. 27 June 2020.
- ^ Forristal, Richard (27 June 2020). "Santiago Tops O'Brien Quartet in Irish Derby". The Blood-Horse.
- ^ "Goodwood Cup result". Racing Post. 28 July 2020.
- ^ "St Leger result". Racing Post. 12 September 2020.
External links
- Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Santiago