Golden Lilac
| Golden Lilac | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Galileo |
| Grandsire | Sadler's Wells |
| Dam | Grey Lilas |
| Damsire | Danehill |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 25 April 2008 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Ammerland Verwaltung Gmbh |
| Owner | Gestut Ammerland |
| Trainer | Andre Fabre |
| Record | 10: 6-1-1 |
| Major wins | |
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Prix de la Grotte (2011) Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (2011) Prix de Diane (2011) Prix d'Ispahan (2012) |
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| Awards | |
| Champion French three-year-old filly | |
Golden Lilac is an Irish-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. She won her first six races including the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and the Prix de Diane as a three-year-old in 2011. In May 2012 she defeated Cirrus des Aigles to win the Prix d'Ispahan.
Golden Lilac is a bay filly with a narrow white blaze. She was bred in Ireland by the German based Ammerland Stud. Golden Lilac was sent into training with Andre Fabre and has been ridden in most of her races by Maxime Guyon. She was sired by the Epsom Derby winner Galileo out of Grey Lilas, a mare who won the Prix du Moulin in 2004.
Golden Lilac made her first appearance in a maiden race at Saint-Cloud on 8 September. She started favourite and won by a neck from Elusive Eria. She returned to the same track in October to win a minor stakes race by two lengths from Rosehill Dew.
Golden Lilac made her three-year-old debut in the Group Three Prix de la Grotte at Longchamp in April. She was settled in fourth place by Guyon before taking the lead in the closing stages and winning "comfortably" by one and a half lengths. In winning the Prix de la Grotte, she emulated her dam, Grey Lilas, who took the same race in 2004. Three weeks later, the filly returned to Longchamp for the Group One Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, the French euivalent of Britain's 1000 Guineas. Ridden by Olivier Peslier (Guyon was unavailable because of a suspension) she went clear in the straight and won by three lengths from Glorious Sight. Her performance was described as "dominating" by The Blood-Horse correspondent.
In June, Golden Lilac was matched against the highly regarded Galikova in the Prix de Diane over 2100m at Longchamp. As in some of earlier races, Golden Lilac pulled hard in the early stages before being settled by Guyon. She took the lead in the straight and held off the challenge of Galikova to win by a length. After a break of more than two months, Golden Lilac returned to the racecourse in the Prix Guillaume d'Ornano at Deauville. She started favourite, but lost her unbeaten record, finishing third to Galikova. Golden Lilac did run again in 2011.
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