Footstepsinthesand

Footstepsinthesand
Racing colourss of Michael Tabor
Sire	Giant's Causeway
Grandsire	Storm Cat
Dam	Glatisant
Damsire	Rainbow Quest
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	15 February 2002
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Hascombe and Valiant Stud
Owner	Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier
Trainer	Aidan O'Brien
Record	3: 3-0-0
Earnings	₤226,451
Major wins
Killavullan Stakes (2004) 2000 Guineas Stakes (2005)
Last updated on 21 June 2007

Footstepsinthesand (foaled 15 February 2002) is a retired, undefeated Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire who was bred in the United Kingdom but trained during his racing career in Ireland. He won both his races as a two-year-old in 2004 and won the 2000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket on his three-year-old debut in 2005. Footstepsinthesand sustained an injury during the race and never ran again, retiring to stud undefeated after a career of only three races.

Footstepsinthesand is a bay horse standing 16.1 hands high, bred at Cheveley, near Newmarket, Suffolk by Anthony Oppenheimer's Hascombe and Valiant Stud. He was one of the first foals sired by the European Horse of the Year Giant's Causeway out of the mare Glatisant.

Giant's Causeway has sired the winners of over 300 races, including the winners of 26 Group One/Grade I races. His most successful progeny include Aragorn, Shamardal and Eskendereya. Glatisant, who was bred and raced by Philip Oppenheimer was a successful racehorse who won the Prestige Stakes at Goodwood in 1993. Footstepsinthesand is inbred 3x4 to the stallion Blushing Groom. This means that Blushing Groom appears in both the third and fourth generations of his pedigree, see below