Teona
| Teona | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Sea The Stars |
| Grandsire | Cape Cross |
| Dam | Ambivalent |
| Damsire | Authorized |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 13 March 2018[1] |
| Country | Ireland |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | Rabbah Bloodstock |
| Owner | Ali Saeed |
| Trainer | Roger Varian |
| Record | 6: 3-1-1 |
| Earnings | £341,291 |
| Major wins | |
| August Stakes (2021) Prix Vermeille (2021) | |
Teona (foaled 13 March 2018) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. She showed promise as a two-year-old in 2020 when she won the second of her two races by nine lengths. In the following spring she ran disappointingly in the Musidora Stakes and the Epsom Oaks but developed into a top-class middle distance performer, winning the August Stakes and the Prix Vermeille.
Background
Teona is a bay filly with a white
She was from the eighth crop of foals sired by
Racing career
2020: two-year-old season
Teona made her track debut in a one-mile
2021: three-year-old season
For her first appearance as a three-year-old, Teona was stepped up in class to contest the
After a break of fourteen weeks, Teona returned to the track on 28 August, when she was matched against colts and older horses in the
Two weeks after her win at Windsor, Teona returned to Group 1 class when she was sent to France to contest the Prix Vermeille over 2400 metres at Longchamp Racecourse and started a 17.9/1 outsider in a seven-runner field. Snowfall started the 1/5 favourite while the other contenders included Incarville, Joan of Arc and Philomene (Prix Penelope). Ridden by Olivier Peslier, Teona tracked the front-running La Joconde before gaining the advantage 200 metres from the finish and stayed on well to win beat Snowfall by 1+1⁄2 lengths.[11] Varian commented "I think she's very good, I don't think it's a fluke result. Whether Snowfall ran up to her very best, you could argue that she didn't. But the Oaks was not our race, she couldn't handle the conditions and ours is a very good filly. I've always said that and that's why it's so satisfying that it's come through today."[12]
Teona was expected to run in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe but was withdrawn on account of the soft ground.[13]
Pedigree
| Sire Sea the Stars (IRE) 2006 |
Cape Cross (IRE) 1994 |
Green Desert (USA) | Danzig |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign Courier | |||
| Park Appeal | Ahonoora (GB) | ||
| Balidaress | |||
| Urban Sea (USA) 1989 |
Miswaki | Mr Prospector
| |
| Hopespringseternal | |||
| Allegretta (GB) | Lombard (GER) | ||
| Anatevka (GER) | |||
| Dam Ambivalent (IRE) 2009 |
Authorized (IRE) 2004 |
Montjeu | Sadler's Wells (USA) |
| Floripedes (FR) | |||
| Funsie (FR) | Saumarez (GB) | ||
| Vallee Dansante (USA) | |||
| Darrery (GB) 1990 |
Darshaan | Shirley Heights
| |
| Delsy (FR) | |||
| Flamenco (USA) | Dance Spell | ||
| Santiago Sweetie (Family: 1-j)[5] |
References
- ^ a b "Teona pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ "Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 1, Lot 158". Tattersalls.
- ^ "Sea the Stars – Stud Record". Racing Post.
- ^ "Ambivalent Race Record & Form". Racing Post.
- ^ a b "Ellen Horne – Family 1-j". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Play Ladbrokes 5-A-Side On Football EBF Maiden Stakes result". Racing Post. 19 November 2020.
- ^ "Musidora Stakes result". Racing Post. 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Epsom Oaks result". Racing Post. 4 June 2021.
- ^ "August Stakes result". Racing Post. 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Solid Stone shines in Winter Hill Stakes at Windsor". Racing TV. 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Prix Vermeille result". Racing Post. 12 September 2021.
- ^ Burton, Scott (12 September 2021). "Teona Upsets Snowfall in Prix Vermeille". Racing TV.
- ^ "Teona out as final Arc field named". 30 September 2021 – via BBC.