Swain (horse)
Swain | |
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Sire | Key To The Mint |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 12 February 1992[1] |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Sheikh Mohammed |
Owner | Sheikh Mohammed Godolphin Stables (1997-) |
Trainer | André Fabre Saeed bin Suroor (1997-) |
Record | 22: 10-4-6 |
Earnings | $3,797,566 |
Major wins | |
Prix du Lys (1995) Prix de Reux (1995) Grand Prix de Deauville (1995) Coronation Cup (1996) Prix Foy (1996) K. George VI & Q. Elizabeth Stakes (1997, 1998) Irish Champion Stakes (1998) | |
Awards | |
European Top Older Horse (1998) | |
Last updated on May 9, 2012 |
Swain (12 February 1992 – 27 July 2022) was an Irish-bred
Background
Swain was a bay horse with a white
Racing career
Swain began his racing career in France in 1995 when he won his first five races including the Group Three Prix du Lys, the Listed Prix Reux and the Grand Prix de Deauville. On his final race of the season he started 11/5 second favourite as part of Sheikh Mohammed's entry for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He finished third of the sixteen runners, beaten three-quarters of a length and two lengths behind Lammtarra and Freedom Cry.
At four, he was finished third in the
At age five in 1997, Swain defeated both Pilsudski and Helissio to win the 1997 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He returned in 1998 to repeat as the winner, making him (at age six) the oldest horse to win the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the first back-to-back winner since Dahlia in 1973–74. He also won the 1998 Irish Champion Stakes, but finished second in that year's Coronation Cup and second to Silver Charm in the Dubai World Cup. Sent to Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky for the 1998 Breeders' Cup Classic, Swain wound up his racing career with a third-place finish to Awesome Again and Silver Charm.
After earning $3,797,566 in racing, Swain was retired to stud duty.
Progeny
Swain retired to stand stud at Shadwell's Kentucky farm in 1999 before being relocated to Ascot Stud, Ontario in 2013. Swain was not a success as a stallion: during his time at stud in Canada his stud fee fell from $35,000 to $4,000. He sired 13 stakes winners including:
- Dimitrova (Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes) Gr-1.
- Nasheej (May Hill Stakes) Gr-2.
- Muqbil (Greenham Stakes) Gr-3.
Swain was pensioned from stud duty in October 2011 and was returned to Shadwell in Kentucky.[3] Swain's last standing fee was CA$3,500. In 2022, he was relocated to Old Friends Equine as part of a downsizing program following the death of Shadwell owner Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
He was euthanized on 27 July 2022 due to the infirmities of old age.[4]
Pedigree
Sire Nashwan (USA) 1986 |
Blushing Groom (FR) 1974 |
Red God | Nasrullah |
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Spring Run | |||
Runaway Bride | Wild Risk | ||
Aimée | |||
Height of Fashion (GB) 1979 |
Bustino | Busted | |
Ship Yard | |||
Highclere | Queen's Hussar | ||
Highlight | |||
Dam Love Smitten (CAN) 1981 |
Key to the Mint (USA) 1969 |
Graustark | Ribot |
Flower Bowl | |||
Key Bridge | Princequillo | ||
Blue Banner | |||
Square Angel (CAN) 1970 |
Quadrangle | Cohoes | |
Tap Day | |||
Nangela | Nearctic | ||
Angela's Niece |
References
- ^ a b "Swain pedigree". Equineline. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ^ "Nashwan Stud Record". Racing Post. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ Swain Pensioned Retrieved 2012-09-05
- ^ "Swain, Dumaani Both Die Due to Infirmities of Old Age". The Blood-Horse. 28 July 2022. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
External links
- Swain at Shadwell Farm LLC
- Ascotstudfarm.com, where Swain is standing at stud