Elusive Kate
| Elusive Kate | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Elusive Quality |
| Grandsire | Gone West |
| Dam | Gout de Terroir |
| Damsire | Lemon Drop Kid |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 10 February 2009 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Clovelly Farms |
| Owner | Teruya Yoshida |
| Trainer | John Gosden |
| Record | 16:7-2-2 |
| Earnings | £846,197 |
| Major wins | |
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Prix du Calvados (2011) Prix Marcel Boussac (2011) Prix Rothschild (2012, 2013) Falmouth Stakes (2013) |
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Elusive Kate (10 February 2009 – April 2015) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. She was one of the leading two-year-old fillies in Europe in 2011 when her wins included the Prix du Calvados and the Prix Marcel Boussac. In 2012 she won the Prix Rothschild and was placed in the Falmouth Stakes, Prix Jacques le Marois, Sun Chariot Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. In 2013 she won the Falmouth Stakes and a second Prix Rothschild.
Elusive Kate was a bay filly with a white stripe and a white sock on her right foreleg, bred in Kentucky by Clovelly Farms. She was sired by the leading American stallion Elusive Quality, whose other progeny have included Smarty Jones, Raven's Pass and Quality Road. Elusive Kate's dam, Gout de Terroir was a half-sister to the Breeders' Cup Classic winner Pleasantly Perfect.
As a yearling, Elusive Kate was sent to the Keeneland sales in September, where she was bought for $70,000 by Blandford Bloodstock. The filly was sent to the United Kingdom to be trained by John Gosden at Newmarket, Suffolk.
Elusive Kate made her racecourse debut on 4 June 2011 when she finished fourth of the eleven runners behind Falls of Lora in a maiden race at Doncaster Racecourse. Eleven days later she contested a similar event over seven furlongs at Kempton Park. Ridden by William Buick she started the 5/4 favourite, and won by a head from Kinetica.
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