Amazing Maria

Amazing Maria
Racing silks of Robert Ogden
Sire	Mastercraftsman
Grandsire	Danehill Dancer
Dam	Messias da Silva
Damsire	Tale of the Cat
Sex	Mare
Foaled	28 January 2011
Country	Ireland
Colour	Grey
Breeder	Robert Ogden
Owner	Robert Ogden
Trainer	Ed Dunlop David O'Meara
Record	18: 5-0-4
Earnings	£405,274
Major wins
Prestige Stakes (2013) Duke of Cambridge Stakes (2015) Falmouth Stakes (2015) Prix Rothschild (2015)

Amazing Maria (foaled 28 January 2011) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. She showed great promise as a two-year-old when winning the Prestige Stakes but failed to win or place in the following season when she made only three appearances. After a change of training stable she returned as a four-year-old ad reached her peak in the summer of 2015. She won the Duke of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot and then recorded Group One victories in the Falmouth Stakes and the Prix Rothschild. She remained in training in 2016 but failed to win in five races and was retired at the end of the season.

Amazing Maria is a grey mare bred in Ireland by her owner Sir Robert Ogden. Ogden is best known as an owner of National Hunt horses including See More Business, Voy Por Ustedes and Exotic Dancer. The filly was initially sent into training with Ed Dunlop at Newmarket, Suffolk.

She was one of the first crop of foals of Mastercraftsman, which also included The Grey Gatsby and Kingston Hill. As a two-year-old Mastercraftsman won the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes and National Stakes and was crowned Cartier Champion Two-year-old Colt in 2008. As a three-year-old he went on to record victories in the Irish 2000 Guineas and St. James's Palace Stakes before being retired to stud. Amazing Maria's dam Messias da Silva showed very modest racing ability, winning one minor race at Lingfield Park Racecourse in 2007 from six starts. She was descended from the American broodmare Wise Ally who was the ancestor of several other major winners including Alydeed and Fourstars Allstar.