Alborada (horse)

Alborada
Sire	Alzao
Grandsire	Lyphard
Dam	Alouette
Damsire	Darshaan
Sex	Mare
Foaled	8 March 1995
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Grey
Breeder	Kirsten Rausing
Owner	Kirsten Rausing
Trainer	Mark Prescott
Record	10:6-1-2
Earnings	£590,079
Major wins
C. L. Weld Park Stakes (1997) Pretty Polly Stakes (1998) Nassau Stakes (1998) Champion Stakes (1998, 1999)

Alborada (8 March 1995 – February 2012) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for winning consecutive runnings of the Group One Champion Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse. In a racing career which lasted from July 1997 until October 1999 she won six of her ten races. In addition to her wins in the Champion Stakes she also won the C. L. Weld Park Stakes in 1997 and the Pretty Polly Stakes and the Nassau Stakes in 1998. Following her retirement from racing she had some success as a dam of winners.

Alborada was a grey mare bred by her owner Kirsten Rausing at the Lanwades Stud at Moulton near Newmarket. She was sired by Alzao, a son of Lyphard who never won above Group Three level, but became a successful breeding stallion, with his progeny including Maraahel (Hardwicke Stakes), Winona, Second Set and Shahtoush. Alborada's dam Alouette, from whom she inherited her grey colour, won three races including the Listed Oyster Stakes at Galway Racecourse in 1993 and was a half-sister of the Doncaster Cup-winning filly Alleluia and Last Second, the winner of the Nassau Stakes and Sun Chariot Stakes. After her retirement from racing, Alouette became a successful broodmare: in addition to Alborada, she produced Albanova, a German-trained filly who won the Grosser Preis von Berlin Rheinland-Pokal, Preis von Europa in 2004.

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