Chriselliam
| Chriselliam | |
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| Sire | Iffraaj |
| Grandsire | Zafonic |
| Dam | Danielli |
| Damsire | Danehill |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 2 February 2011 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Ballylinch Stud |
| Owner | Willie Carson, Emily Asprey & Christopher Wright |
| Trainer | Charles Hills |
| Record | 6:3-1-0 |
| Major wins | |
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Fillies' Mile (2013) Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (2013) |
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| Awards | |
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Cartier Champion Two-year-old Filly (2013) Top-rated European two-year-old filly (2013) |
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Chriselliam (2 February 2011 – 7 February 2014) was an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2013 she won two of her five races in Europe, establishing herself as one of the leading British-trained fillies of her generation by winning the Fillies' Mile. She was then sent to the United States in November where she recorded a decisive win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. She was awarded the title of Cartier Champion Two-year-old Filly and was officially rated the best two-year-old filly in Europe. She died in February 2014 after contracting a bacterial infection.
Chriselliam was a bay filly with a white star and a white sock on her left hind leg bred by the Ballylinch Stud of County Kilkenny. She was one of the best horses sired by Iffraaj, a high-class sprinter whose wins included the Wokingham Stakes, Lennox Stakes and Park Stakes (twice). Chriselliam's dam Danielli failed to win a race but was a half-sister of the Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Priory Belle.
In 2012, Chriselliam was sent to the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale and was bought for 40,000 guineas by the bloodstock agent SackvilleDonald. The filly became the property of a partnership of Willie Carson, Emily Asprey and Christopher Wright and was sent into training with Charles Hills at Lambourn.
Chriselliam made no impact on her racecourse debut, finishing ninth of fourteen runners in a six furlong maiden race at Haydock Park in May. She reappeared in July for a seven furlong maiden race at Warwick Racecourse, and recorded her first success, winning by two and a half lengths at odds of 5/1. A month later the filly was sent to France and moved up sharply in class for the Group Three Prix du Calvados at Deauville Racecourse. Ridden by Olivier Peslier, she briefly challenged the leaders but faded in the closing stages to finish ninth of the eleven finishers behind Sandiva. In September Chriselliam was moved up in distance to one mile and matched against colts in the Ascendant Stakes at Haydock. Ridden by Gerald Mosse, she took the lead in the straight but was overtaken in the final strides and beaten a neck by the Richard Hannon, Sr.-trained colt Chief Barker.
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