Fard (horse)
| Fard | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Reprimand |
| Grandsire | Mummy's Pet |
| Dam | Anneli Rose |
| Damsire | Superlative |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 17 February 1992[1] |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Grey |
| Breeder | N Abbott |
| Owner | Hamdan Al Maktoum |
| Trainer | David Morley |
| Record | 12: 4-2-1 |
| Earnings | £122,911 |
| Major wins | |
| Middle Park Stakes(1994) | |
Fard(February 1992 – 2003) was an Irish-bred, British-trainedThoroughbredracehorse andsirebest known for his upset win in the 1994Middle Park Stakes.As a two-year-old in 1994 the colt showed promise by winning three of his first six races, but also showed a marked tendency to veer left or right under pressure. In the Middle Park Stakes the application ofblinkersappeared to solve his problems and he recorded a decisive victory at odds of33/1.In the following year he was campaigned over sprint distances and failed to win in four starts. He then became a breeding stallion in South Africa where he had some success as a sire of winners.
Background
[edit]Fard was a grey horse bred in Ireland by N Abbott. On 30 September 1993, theyearlingcolt was offered for sale atTattersallsand was bought for 52,000guineasbyHamdan Al Maktoum's Shadwell Estate Company.[2]He was sent into training with David Morley at his High Haven stable inNewmarket, Suffolk.[3]
Fard was sired by Reprimand, a top-class racehorse whose wins included theGimcrack Stakes,[4]Earl of Sefton StakesandSandown Mile.[5]The best of his other progeny was probably Suggestive who won theCriterion Stakesin 2006.[6]Fard's dam Anneli Rose showed very modest racing ability, winning one small race atLingfield Park Racecoursein 1990 from seven lifetime starts.[7]She was descended from Gallissa, who was a half-sister ofLorenzaccioand a distant relative ofThatching.[8]
Racing career
[edit]1994: two-year-old season
[edit]Fard began his racing career in a six furlongmaiden raceatDoncaster Racecourseon 28 May in which he started a20/1outsider and finished third behind his owner's more fancied runner Al Nufooth. By the end of September the race appeared a very strong maiden as the runner-up Raah Alghaarb won theFlying Childers Stakesand the fourth-placed Chilly Billy won theGimcrack Stakes.Willie Carson,who became the colt's regular jockey, took the ride when Fard started favourite for a five-runner maiden over the same distance atYork Racecoursetwo weeks later. The grey recorded his first success as he won by one and a halflengthsdespite hanging badly left approaching the last quarter mile.[9]
On 1 July Fard was dropped in distance but moved up in class for a minor stakes race over five furlongs atBeverley Racecourse.His task was made easier when the favourite Tanami slipped and fell exiting the stalls and he won by one and a half lengths from Sound The Trumpet although he hung to the right in the closing stages.[10]At the end of the month Fard was assigned a weight of 127 pounds for a nursery (ahandicap racefor two-year-olds) over six furlongs atNewmarket Racecoursein which he was ridden byRichard Hillsand started at odds of 7/1 in field of thirteen juveniles. He tracked the leaders before going to the front approaching the final furlongs and winning by one and a half lengths from theRichard Hannon Sr.-trained Dimes. As in his two previous wins he failed to keep a straight course, edging to the right near the finish.[11]
The Gimcrack Stakes at York on 17 August saw Fard moved up toGroup Twoclass and starting at odds of 10/1 in an eleven-runner field. With Carson opting to ride Al Nufooth, the colt was ridden byMick Kinane.After hanging left a furlong from the finish he finished fourth behind Chilly Billy, theJuly Stakeswinner Fallow and Moon King, with Al Nufooth in fifth, and Mind Games (Norfolk Stakes) in seventh. Twelve days later Fard started favourite for theTwo-Year-Old TrophyatRipon Racecoursebut was beaten two lengths into second by thefillyLimerick Belle.
Fard was equipped withblinkersfor the first time (on Morley's recommendation)[12]when he started a 33/1 outsider for the Group One Middle Park Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket on 29 September in which Fallow, Raah Alghaarb, Mind Games and Moon King were again in opposition. TheSirenia Stakeswinner Art of War started favourite ahead of Bin Nashwan (third in thePrix de la Salamandre) whilst the other three runners were Green Perfume (Moët & Chandon Rennen), Alami (third in theChampagne Stakes) and the outsider Che Sera Sera. Fard raced up the stands-side of the wide straight (the left-hand side from the jockey's viewpoint) and tracked the leaders before accelerating past his rivals in the final furlong. He quickly established a clear advantage and won in "impressive" style by three and a half lengths and a neck from Green Perfume and Fallow.[13]At the next Newmarket meeting, Fard was moved up to seven furlongs for theDewhurst Stakesand started 7/2 third favourite. He pulled hard against Carson's early attempts to restrain him and never looked likely to win, eventually finishing sixth of the seven runners behindPennekamp.
1995: three-year-old season
[edit]In all of his starts as a three-year-old, Fard was matched against older horses in major sprint races and was ridden throughout the year by Carson. On his seasonal debut in theLeisure Stakesat Lingfield on 3 June he finished second to the five-year-old Roger the Butler when attempting to concede weight to his older rival. Less than three weeks later he was sent toRoyal Ascotfor theKing's Stand Stakes(then a Group Two race) over five furlongs and finished fifth of the ten runners behindPiccolo.In theJuly Cupat Newmarket he finished fifth again, beaten more than seven lengths by the winnerLake Coniston.In August he was sent to France for thePrix Maurice de Gheestover 1300 metres atDeauville Racecourse.He was never in contention and finished eighth of the ten runners behindCherokee Rose.[14]
Stud record
[edit]At the end of his racing career, Fard was exported to become a breeding stallion at the Summerhill Stud inKwaZulu-Natal,South Africa.[15]The best of his offspring was probably Far De Vie who won the Grade 1 South African Fillies Sprint in 2005.[16]
Pedigree
[edit]| Sire Reprimand(GB) 1985 |
Mummy's Pet(GB) 1968 |
Sing Sing | Tudor Minstrel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agin the Law | |||
| Money For Nothing | Grey Sovereign | ||
| Sweet Nothings | |||
| Just You Wait (GB) 1980 |
Nonoalco | Nearctic | |
| Seximee | |||
| Sleat | Santa Claus | ||
| Belle of Athens | |||
| Dam Anneli Rose (GB) 1987 |
Superlative(IRE) 1981 |
Nebbiolo | Yellow God |
| Novara | |||
| Clariden | Hook Money | ||
| Matterhorn | |||
| Red Rose Bowl (IRE) 1980 |
Dragonara Palace | Young Emperor | |
| Ruby's Princess | |||
| Loren | Crocket | ||
| Gallissa (Family: 5-h)[8] |
References
[edit]- ^ab"Fard pedigree".Equineline.
- ^"Tattersalls sale".Racing Post.Archived fromthe originalon 20 December 2016.
- ^"Obituary: David Morley".The Independent.7 January 1998.
- ^Timeform staff (1988).Racehorses of 1987.Timeform.ISBN0-900599-46-4.
- ^"Reprimand – Record By Race Type".Racing Post.
- ^"Reprimand – Stud Record".Racing Post.
- ^"Anneli Rose – Record By Race Type".Racing Post.
- ^ab"Ann of the Forest – Family 5-h".Thoroughbred Bloodlines.Retrieved12 January2013.
- ^"EBF Riding For Disabled Stakes result".Racing Post. 11 June 1994.
- ^"Wellbeing Conditions Stakes result".Racing Post. 1 July 1994.
- ^"Colman's Of Norwich Nursery result".Racing Post. 30 July 1994.
- ^"Racing mourns death of Morley".Birmingham Post.6 January 1998.
- ^"Middle Park Stakes result".Racing Post. 29 September 1994.
- ^"Prix Maurice de Gheest result".Racing Post. 6 August 1995.
- ^Julian Wilson(6 February 2003)."Gold watches his namesake scoop J & B Met honours".Racing Post.
- ^"Cataloochee in a thriller".South African Horseracing and Betting. 29 May 2005.