Ensconse

Ensconse
Sire	Lyphard
Grandsire	Northern Dancer
Dam	Carefully Hidden
Damsire	Caro
Sex	Mare
Foaled	20 March 1986
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	King Ranch
Owner	Sheikh Mohammed
Trainer	Luca Cumani
Record	7: 4-2-1
Earnings	£158,070
Major wins
Nell Gwyn Stakes (1989) Irish 1000 Guineas (1989)

Ensconse (foaled 20 March 1986) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In 1988 she showed considerable promise as she won a twenty-five runner maiden race and the Blue Seal Stakes in her two racecourse appearances. In the following year she won the Nell Gwyn Stakes and finished fourth when favourite for the 1000 Guineas before recording her biggest success when winning the Irish 1000 Guineas. In her two remaining starts she was unlucky in running when sixth in the Prix de Diane and ran second in the Child Stakes. She was retired from racing at the end of the year to become a broodmare but produced only two foals, neither of whom had any success on the racecourse.

Ensconse was a bay mare with white socks on her front feet bred in Kentucky by King Ranch. As a yearling she was bought by Sheikh Mohammed and was sent to race in Europe. She was trained throughout her racing career by Luca Cumani at Newmarket, Suffolk and was ridden in all but one of her races by Ray Cochrane.

She was from the thirteenth crop of foals sired by Lyphard, an American-bred stallion who raced in France, winning the Prix Jacques le Marois and Prix de la Foret in 1972. Lyphard went on to become a very successful breeding stallion in both Europe and North America, siring Three Troikas, Dancing Brave and Manila. Her dam Carefully Hidden was a descendant of the influential American broodmare Iltis (foaled in 1947), the female-line ancestor of In Reality, Diamond Shoal, Glint of Gold and Tank's Prospect.

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