Darara
| Darara | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Top Ville |
| Grandsire | High Top |
| Dam | Delsy |
| Damsire | Abdos |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 11 May 1983 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Aga Khan IV |
| Owner | Aga Khan IV |
| Trainer | Alain de Royer-Dupre |
| Record | 6:3-1-0 |
| Major wins | |
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Prix de Psyche (1986) Prix Vermeille (1986) |
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| Awards | |
| Top-rated European three-year-old filly, 11 furlongs plus (1986) Timeform top-rated three-year-old filly (1986) Timeform rating: 129 in 1986 |
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Darara (11 May 1983 – June 2012) was an Irish-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Her racing career was restricted to six races between June and November 1983 and included three wins including the Prix Vermeille and Prix de Psyche. She went on to finish sixth behind Dancing Brave in France's most important race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and was one of the highest-rated fillies of her generation in Europe. She was then retired to stud and became a highly successful producer of winners.
Darara was a small, lightly built bay mare with a faint white star and a white sock on her left hind leg bred in Ireland by his owner Aga Khan IV. Her sire Top Ville was an Irish-bred, French-trained horse which won the Prix du Jockey Club in 1979. At stud he also sired Toulon, winner of the St Leger Stakes, Pistolet Bleu (Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud), Saint Estephe (Coronation Cup) and Shardari. Her dam Delsy also produced Darshaan, who won the 1984 Prix du Jockey Club and went on to become a leading sire. The filly was sent into training with Alain de Royer-Dupre at Chantilly and usually raced in a sheepskin noseband.
Darara's small size and delicate constitution made her difficult to train and she did not appear on a racecourse until June 1986, when she won the Prix Albaraelle, a maiden race over 2000 metres at Saint-Cloud Racecourse. She then finished second in a Listed race at Evry Racecourse before being moved up in class to contest the Group Three Prix de Psyche at Deauville in August. Ridden by Yves Saint-Martin, she won by one and a half lengths from the British-trained Cocotte.
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