African Song

African Song
Sire	African Sky
Grandsire	Sing Sing
Dam	Goldwyn Princess
Damsire	Native Prince
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	19 March 1977
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	W Moloney
Owner	Geoffrey Kaye
Trainer	Paul Kelleway
Record	5: 2-0-2
Major wins
King's Stand Stakes (1980)
Awards
Timeform rating 121 (1980)

African Song (19 March 1977 – after 1993) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was inexpensively bought as a yearling and had a brief racing career which comprised only five races in a four-month period in the spring and summer of 1980. After finishing third on his debut he won a minor race at Sandown before finishing third in the Duke of York Stakes. At Royal Ascot in June he recorded an emphatic victory in the Group One King's Stand Stakes but his career was then interrupted by injury and he finished last in his only subsequent race. He made little impact as a breeding stallion.

African Song was a dark-coated bay horse with a white star bred in Ireland by W Moloney. As a yearling he was sent to the October sales at Newmarket and was bought for 7,400 guineas. He entered the ownership of Geoffrey Kaye and was sent into training with Paul Kelleway at his Shalfleet stables on the Bury Road in Newmarket. Kelleway was a former National Hunt jockey who had great success as a trainer with cheaply-bought horses including Swiss Maid and Madam Gay

African Song was sired by African Sky who won the Prix du Palais Royal, Prix Quincey and Prix de la Foret as a three-year-old in 1973. As a breeding stallion as the sire of the outstanding racemare Kilijaro. African Song's dam Goldwyn Princess was of little use as a racehorse, racing only as a two-year-old in 1972 and finishing well beaten in both of her races. She was a half-sister to Broadway Melody, the dam of the Prix Morny winner Broadway Dancer and a distant relative of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Marienbard.

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