Solow (horse)
Solow | |
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Grey | |
Breeder | Wertheimer et Frère |
Owner | Wertheimer et Frère |
Trainer | Freddy Head |
Record | 18: 13-2-1 |
Earnings | £4,049,721 |
Major wins | |
Prix Quincey (2014) Prix Daniel Wildenstein (2014) Dubai Turf (2015) Prix d'Ispahan (2015) Queen Anne Stakes (2015) Sussex Stakes (2015) Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2015) | |
Awards | |
Cartier Champion Older Horse (2015) |
Solow (foaled 24 January 2010) is a British-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. After showing moderate form in his first two seasons, he won five of his six races as a four-year-old in 2014 including the Prix Quincey and the Prix Daniel Wildenstein. In 2015, he emerged as one of the best racehorses in the world with a win in the Dubai Turf and followed up with victories in the Prix d'Ispahan, Queen Anne Stakes, Sussex Stakes, and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.
Background
Solow is a grey gelding bred in the United Kingdom by his owners Wertheimer et Frère. He is from the last crop of foals sired by Singspiel, an international campaigner whose wins included the Canadian International Stakes, Japan Cup, Dubai World Cup, Coronation Cup, and International Stakes. The best of his other progeny include Moon Ballad and Dar Re Mi.[2] Solow was the first foal of his dam, High Maintenance, a stayer who won two races and finished third in the Prix Gladiateur.[3] Her dam Fabulous Hostess was a high-class racemare who won the Prix Fille de l'Air, Prix Corrida and Prix de Royallieu.[4]
Solow was sent into training with Freddy Head at Chantilly. He was ridden in most of his early races by Olivier Peslier.
Racing career
2012 & 2013: early career
Solow began his racing career in a
As a three-year-old, Solow finished second when odds-on favourite for a minor stakes race at
2014: four-year-old season
After a break of almost ten months, Solow returned in the Prix de la Savonnerie over 2000 metres at Longchamp on 6 April and won by three lengths from nine opponents. A month later, he won the Prix Phil Drake at Saint-Cloud, beating Mortga by a neck. The gelding was then stepped up in class and distance for the Group Two Prix Vicomtesse Vigier over 3100 metres at Longchamp on 25 May and finished sixth of the eight runners behind Fly With Me.[6]
On 11 August, after an eleven-week break, Solow returned to win a minor stakes race over 1800 metres at
2015: five-year-old season
On his return to France, Solow was pitted against the veteran
Solow made his third consecutive appearance in England when he started the 11/10 favourite for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot on 17 October a race which saw him belatedly matched against Gleneagles. The other seven runners were Integral, Belardo, Elm Park, Kodi Bear (Celebration Mile), Territories (Prix Jean Prat) Gabrial (Lincoln Handicap) and Top Notch Tonto. Guyon settled the gelding in third as Elm Park set a strong pace from Kodi Bear. As the early leaders weakened Solow went to the front approaching the final furlong and held off a late challenge from Belardo to win by three quarters of a length. Gabrial took third ahead Integral and Elm Park with Gleneagles in sixth place. Freddy Head commented "He's very special. To be able to keep his form like that all through the year with all the travelling he has done makes him a very good, very special horse".[14]
On 10 November 2015, Solow was named
2016: six-year-old season
As in 2015, Solow made his seasonal debut in the Prix Montjeu in early March and won easily by one and a half lengths from Vadamos at odds of 1/5.
Pedigree
Sire Singspiel (IRE) 1992 |
In the Wings (GB) 1986 |
Sadler's Wells | Northern Dancer |
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Fairy Bridge | |||
High Hawk | Shirley Heights
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Sunbittern | |||
Glorious Song (CAN) 1976 |
Halo | Hail To Reason | |
Cosmah | |||
Ballade | Herbager | ||
Miss Swapsco | |||
Dam High Maintenance (FR) 2004 |
Highest Honor (FR) 1983 |
Kenmare | Kalamoun |
Belle of Ireland | |||
High River | Riverman | ||
Hairbrush | |||
Fabulous Hostess (USA) 1988 |
Fabulous Dancer | Northern Dancer | |
Last of the Line | |||
Young Hostess | Arctic Tern | ||
Yeovil (Family: 1-p)[16] |
- Solow is inbred 4 x 4 to Northern Dancer, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree, and 5 x 5 to Sir Gaylord, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fifth generation of his pedigree.
References
- ^ a b "Solow pedigree". equineline.com.
- ^ "Singspiel - Stud Record". Racing Post. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ "High Maintenance - Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ "Fabulous Hostess Record By Race Type". Racing Post. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ "Prix de Clichy result". Racing Post. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ "Prix Vicomtesse Vigier result". Racing Post. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ "Prix Quincey result". Racing Post. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ "Prix Daniel Wildenstein result". Racing Post. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ "Prix Montjeu result". Racing Post. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ "Dubai Turf result". Racing Post. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ "Solow All Alone in Dubai Turf | BloodHorse.com". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ "World's Best Racehorse Rankings April 2015". horseracingintfed.com. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ "Sussex Stakes result". Racing Post. 29 July 2015.
- ^ Stuart Riley (17 October 2015). "Solow routs QEII field as Gleneagles flops". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015.
- Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Hilarity - Family 1-p". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
External links
- Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Solow