Goldikova
| Goldikova | |
|---|---|
 Goldikova, by Dorset-based equine artist Charles Church | |
| Sire | Anabaa(US) |
| Grandsire | Danzig |
| Dam | Born Gold (US) |
| Damsire | Blushing Groom |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 15 March 2005 |
| Died | 5 January 2021(aged 15) |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Wertheimer et Frère |
| Owner | Wertheimer et Frère |
| Trainer | Freddy Head |
| Record | 27: 17–6–3 |
| Earnings | €5,201,564 ($7,176,551) |
| Major wins | |
| Prix Chloé(2008) Prix Rothschild(2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) Prix du Moulin(2008) Falmouth Stakes(2009) Prix Jacques Le Marois(2009) Prix d'Ispahan(2010, 2011) Queen Anne Stakes(2010) Prix de la Forêt(2010)
Breeders' Cupwins: | |
| Awards | |
| European Horse of the year(2010) European Champion Older Horse(2009, 2010) American Champion Female Turf Horse (2009, 2010) | |
| Honours | |
| United States Racing Hall of Fameinductee (2017) | |
Goldikova(15 March 2005 – 5 January 2021[1]) was achampionFrenchThoroughbredracehorsewho won theBreeders' Cup Milethree times and was the 2010European Horse of the Year.
She was based in France, although she also raced in the United States and England. She won 14Group Oneraces, with nine victories over colts andgeldings,putting her aboveMiesqueas the only European-trained horse to have won more than 10 Group I races since their introduction in the 1970s. Goldikova is the only horse to have won three (2008,[2]2009,[3]2010[4])Breeders' Cup Mileraces. She was ridden byOlivier Peslier[5]in all of her race starts.
Background[edit]
Goldikova was bred byAlainandGérard Wertheimerand sired byJuly CupwinnerAnabaa.Her dam, Born Gold, is also the dam ofPrix Vermeillewinner Galikova, who was sired by champion sireGalileo.
Goldikova was put into training withFreddy Head,[6]former six-times Champion Jockey in France.
Racing career[edit]
2007: two-year-old season[edit]
Goldikova won both of her starts at age two, capturing the Prix de Toutevoie and the Prix de la Lorie atChantilly Racecourse.
2008: three-year-old season[edit]
At age three, Goldikova began the 2008 season in April, running monthly thereafter. She started with two seconds and a third and loss toZarkava(in thePoule d'Essai des Poulichesand thePrix de Diane), then had three consecutive wins. The first one came in thePrix Chloé,followed by thePrix Rothschild,in which she defeated both theFrench Classicwinner,Darjina,and theBritish Classicwinner,Natagora.[7]
Goldikova's third straight victory of the year came in September atLongchamp Racecoursein theGroup 1Prix du Moulinin which she defeated Darjina and Natagora again as well as top Irish coltHenrythenavigator.She again defeated the males in winning the 2008Breeders' Cup MileatSanta Anita ParkinCaliforniaand was a finalist for theEclipse Award'sAmerican Champion Female Turf Horsefor 2008.
2009: four-year-old season[edit]
Racing at age four, Goldikova made her first start in May'sPrix d'Ispahan,finishing seventh on a soft course. In July, she won England'sFalmouth StakesatNewmarket Racecourse.[8]On 2 August, she won her second consecutivePrix RothschildatDeauville-La Touques Racecourse.At the same Deauville course on 16 August, Goldikova won her sixth group one race, easily defeating her male counterparts in thePrix Jacques Le MaroisatDeauville-La Touques Racecourse.[9]Goldikova then returned toSanta Anita Parkto win her second Breeders' Cup Mile, with a different racing style. She was second last for much of the race and at the top of the stretch went five horses wide. Then she changed leads again and surged past Courageous Cat to win in 1:32.26.[10]
2010: five-year-old season[edit]
Following her 2009 Breeders' Cup win at Santa Anita Park, Goldikova was rested at the Head family'sHaras du QuesnayinNormandyuntil mid February, when she was put back in training at Freddy Head's base atChantilly Racecourse.On 23 May, she won her 2010 debut atLongchampin thePrix d'Ispahan,completing the 1,850 metres (1.15 miles) in 1:49.4 while holding off Byword (who subsequently won thePrince of Wales's StakesatRoyal Ascot) and setting a new stakes record in the process.[11]
In her second start of 2010, on 15 June, Goldikova won theQueen Anne StakesatRoyal Ascot,defeating the 2009 winner Paco Boy by a neck in 1:37.74, taking 0.5 seconds off of the stakes record. It was her ninth group 1 victory, and sixth victory against males. On 1 August, Goldikova competed a three-peat[12]of wins in thePrix Rothschild.After she settled in third throughout the race, Oliver Peslier barely had to ask an effort of her before she raced away from the rest of the field. On 15 August in thePrix Jacques Le Marois,two weeks after thePrix Rothschildwin, Goldikova suffered her first defeat of the year, second toMakfi.[13]Her connections believed that it was largely because of the very soft ground, which she has shown her extreme dislike for in the past. However, she beat Paco Boy again for the second time.
On 3 October, Goldikova made her final start before theBreeders' Cup Mile,defeating a field of 16 males in thePrix de la Forêtat Longchamp, includingDick Turpin,Paco Boy,and 1,000 Guineas winnerSpecial Duty.[14]By winning, she broke the record set byMiesquefor the most Group/Grade I wins ever by a European mare.
She made history on 6 November 2010 when she became the first horse to win a Breeders' Cup race three times by winning the Breeders' Cup Mile at Churchill Downs, defeatingChampion Turf HorseGio Pontiby 1 3/4 lengths.[15]On 16 November Goldikova was awarded with twoCartier Racing Awards,Horse of the YearandChampion Older Horse.She became the only horse to win theChampion Older Horseaward twice.[16]
2011: six-year-old season[edit]
Goldikova made her six-year-old debut on 22 May by winning thePrix d'Ispahanfor the second time, beatingChampion StakeswinnerCirrus des Aigles.[17]
On 14 June Goldikova finished second by ¾ length toCanford Cliffsin theQueen Anne Stakes.Jockey Olivier Peslier was fined for being two pounds overweight when he weighed in. Goldikova won her 14th Group/Grade 1, a European record, when winning her fourth consecutivePrix RothschildatDeauville.[18]On 15 August, Goldikova attempted to extend her record of Group/Grade I wins to 15 in the Prix Jacques Le Marois at Deauville, France. She did not take to the soft ground, which was the case for this year's Prix Jacques Le Marois. Goldikova ran second, beaten a length, to Group I winner Immortal Verse.[19]
Goldikova prepped for theBreeders' Cup Milein the Group 1Prix de la Forêton thePrix de l'Arc de Triompheundercard at Longchamp. She was beaten a head by five time Group 1 winnerDream Ahead.[20]This was Goldikova's final race in France before she headed to her career finale in the US. On November 4, 2011, Goldikova finished third in theBreeders' Cup Mile,one length behind longshot Court Vision, who edged out Turallure by a nose. Goldikova was attempting to win an unprecedented fourth straight Breeders' Cup Mile. The final time was 1:37.05 over good ground.[21]
Assessment and honours[edit]
Goldikova was officially rated the joint 6th best horse in the world in 2008 on a rating of 125.[22]The only filly rated higher than her wasPrix de l'Arc de TriomphewinnerZarkava.[23]In 2009, with a rating of 130, she was rated the second best horse in the world, behind only2000 Guineas,Epsom Derbyand Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winnerSea the Stars.[24]Goldikova achieved a rating of 125 in 2010, the joint 11th best in the world and the top rated mare.[25]At the end of the 2011 season she was officially rated as the joint 14th best horse in the world and the 3rd best filly or mare on a rating of 124.[26]
In 2017, Goldikova was inducted into theAmerican Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.[27]
Retirement[edit]
Goldikova was retired from racing immediately after her third-place finish in theBreeders' Cup Mile.[28]In early 2012, she was covered by champion sireGalileoatCoolmore Studin Ireland. On Sunday 3 February 2013, Goldikova gave birth to her first foal, a colt.[29]She returned to Galileo for the 2013 covering season. Goldikova died on 5 January 2021.[30]
Foaling record
2013 Goldikovic (IRE), bay colt, foaled 3 February, by Galileo (IRE) – unraced to date (9/11/16)
2014 Terrakova (IRE), bay filly, foaled 4 February, by Galileo (IRE) – winner ofPrix Cléopâtre(Gr.3), and 3rdPrix de Diane(French Oaks, Gr.1).
2016 Filly by Intello (GER)
Pedigree[edit]
| Sire Anabaa(US) 1992 |
Danzig | Northern Dancer | Nearctic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natalma | |||
| Pas De Nom | Admiral's Voyage | ||
| Petitioner | |||
| Balbonella | Gay Mecene | Vaguely Noble | |
| Gay Missile | |||
| Bamieres | Riverman | ||
| Bergamasque | |||
| Dam Born Gold (US) 1991 |
Blushing Groom | Red God | Nasrullah |
| Spring Run | |||
| Runaway Bride | Wild Risk | ||
| Aimee | |||
| Riviere d'Or | Lyphard | Northern Dancer | |
| Goofed | |||
| Gold River | Riverman | ||
| Glaneuse |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'I was Valentino Rossi when I rode her' – Prolific Group 1 winner Goldikova dies
- ^"2008 Breeders' Cup Mile | Breeders' Cup".www.breederscup.com.Retrieved18 November2018.
- ^"2009 | Breeders' Cup".www.breederscup.com.Retrieved18 November2018.
- ^"2010 Breeders' Cup Mile Results".www.horse-races.net.Retrieved18 November2018.
- ^"Team Goldikova".ESPN.Retrieved18 November2018.
- ^"Trainer Freddy Head: Goldikova as good as last year – Horse Racing News | Paulick Report".www.paulickreport.com.4 November 2011.Retrieved18 November2018.
- ^"Goldikova | National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame".www.racingmuseum.org.Retrieved18 November2018.
- ^"The Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes – QIPCO British Champions Series".QIPCO British Champions Series.Retrieved18 November2018.
- ^3.29PM 16 AUG 2009 (16 August 2009)."FRANCE Runaway Marois victory for mighty Goldikova – Horse Racing News".Racing Post.Archived fromthe originalon 26 October 2012.Retrieved11 November2010.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^"Goldikova joins elite after Mile repeat".ESPN. 7 November 2009.Retrieved18 November2018.
- ^"Brilliant Goldikova Triumphs at Longchamp".BloodHorse.com.Retrieved22 June2016.
- ^Hayler, Will (1 August 2010)."Goldikova completes hat-trick of Prix Rothschild successes at Deauville".The Guardian.London.
- ^James Burn (15 August 2010)."FRANCE Makfi upstages Goldikova in Jacques le Marois".Racing Post.Archived fromthe originalon 19 April 2013.Retrieved7 September2013.
- ^"Goldikova holds off Paco Boy in Prix de la Forêt".Daily Racing Form.Retrieved7 September2013.
- ^Horse Racing (7 November 2010)."Breeders' Cup 2010: Goldikova lands record".Telegraph.London.Retrieved7 September2013.
- ^Cartier Awards (17 November 2010)."Cartier Awards 2010: Goldikova named Horse of the Year: Horse Racing".Daily Telegraph.London.Retrieved7 September2013.
- ^"Goldikova begins season with neck victory".22 May 2011.
- ^Schweitzer, Mary."Goldikova Makes History in Prix Rothschild".BloodHorse.Retrieved7 September2013.
- ^"Immortal Verse upsets Goldikova in Prix Jacques Le Marois".Daily Racing Form.26 September 2012.Retrieved7 September2013.
- ^Nicholas Godfrey (2 October 2011)."FORET Dream Ahead downs Goldikova in thriller".Racing Post.Archived fromthe originalon 11 April 2013.Retrieved7 September2013.
- ^"TVG Breeders' Cup Mile".BloodHorse.Retrieved7 September2013.
- ^"Goldikova".American Classic Pedigrees.Retrieved18 November2018.
- ^"The 2008 World Thoroughbred Rankings".International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities.Retrieved9 September2012.
- ^"The 2009 World Thoroughbred Rankings".International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities. Archived fromthe originalon 20 October 2013.Retrieved9 September2012.
- ^"The 2010 World Thoroughbred Rankings".International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities. Archived fromthe originalon 19 April 2012.Retrieved9 September2012.
- ^"The 2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings".International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities. Archived fromthe originalon 18 August 2012.Retrieved9 September2012.
- ^Wincze Hughes, Alicia."Goldikova Enriches Hall of Fame".BloodHorse.com.Retrieved4 August2017.
- ^Greg Wood at Churchill Downs (6 November 2011)."Goldikova bows out with third in rough race for Breeders' Cup Mile".The Observer.London.Retrieved7 September2013.
- ^Katherine Fidler (6 February 2013)."Goldikova foals colt by champion sire Galileo".Racing Post.Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved7 September2013.
- ^"Breeders' Cup Heroine Goldikova Dead at 16".Thoroughbred Daily News. 6 January 2021.Retrieved7 January2021.