Equiano (horse)
| Equiano | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Acclamation |
| Grandsire | Royal Applause |
| Dam | Entente Cordiale |
| Damsire | Ela-Mana-Mou |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 27 February 2005 |
| Country | France |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Ecurie Skymarc Farm |
| Owner | Felix Sanchez Blanco James Acheson |
| Trainer | Mauricio Delcher Sanchez Barry Hills |
| Record | 27: 7-6-2 |
| Earnings | £571,273 |
| Major wins | |
|
Prix des Sorbiers (2008) King's Stand Stakes (2008, 2010) Abernant Stakes (2010) Palace House Stakes (2010) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 127 | |
Equiano (foaled 27 February 2005) is a French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. A specialist sprinter, he began his racing career in Spain where he won two races as a two-year-old in 2007. He began his second season in France, winning the Listed Prix des Sorbiers before being sent to England where he recorded an upset victory in the Group One King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot. He was then relocated to England but failed to win in 2009 before returning to his best form as a five-year-old in 2010. In that year he won the Abernant Stakes and the Palace House Stakes before winning the King's Stand Stakes for a second time. After his retirement from racing he became a breeding stallion and had had some success as a sire of winners.
Equiano was a bay horse with no white socks on his hind legs bred in France by Ecurie Skymarc Farm. He was from the first crop of foals sired by Acclamation, a high-class sprinter who won the Diadem Stakes in 2003. The best of his other progeny was Dark Angel, who won the Middle Park Stakes before becoming a successful breeding stallion. Equiano's dam Entente Cordiale showed little ability as a racehorse, producing her best effort in three races when finishing third in a maiden race at Cork Racecourse in March 2002. She was a descendant of the American broodmare Mock Orange, the ancestor of several good winners including , Devil May Care and Regal Ransom (UAE Derby).
As a foal in December 2005 Equiano was offered for sale at Deauville and was bought for €26,000 by Cuadra Madronos SL. He entered the ownership of Felix Sanchez Blanco and was sent to race in Spain where he was sent into training with Mauricio Delcher Sanchez near Madrid.
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