Grandera

Grandera
Racing colours of Godolphin
Sire	Grand Lodge
Grandsire	Chief's Crown
Dam	Bordighera
Damsire	Alysheba
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1998
Country	Ireland
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	J Stan Cosgrove
Owner	Mrs V Shelton Godolphin
Trainer	James Fanshawe Saeed Bin Suroor
Record	20: 5-5-2
Earnings	£1,888,833
Major wins
Arc Trial (2001) Singapore Airlines International Cup (2002) Prince of Wales's Stakes (2002) Irish Champion Stakes (2002) Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 3 (2003)
Awards
European Champion Older Horse 2002
Last updated on June 22, 2007

Grandera (foaled 21 April 1998) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire who was bred in Ireland and trained in the United Kingdom and Dubai during a racing career which lasted from 2000 to 2003. He is best known for his 2002 campaign, in which he won the World Series Racing Championship and the Cartier Racing Award for European Champion Older Horse.

Grandera, described by the New Zealand Herald as "a stunning individual", is a bright chestnut horse with a white blaze and white socks on his three of his feet.

He was bred in County Kildare, Ireland by Stan Cosgrove, the manager of the Moyglare Stud. Grandera was sired by Grand Lodge and was the second foal of the Alysheba mare Bordighera making him a half-brother to George Washington. Grand Lodge, a winner of the Dewhurst Stakes and St. James's Palace Stakes, sired the winners of almost seven hundred races before his death in 2003, including the Derby and Arc winner Sinndar.

Sold as a yearling to Roger Shelton for Ir£30,000, he was sent into training with James Fanshawe, but transferred to Saeed bin Suroor at the end of his three-year-old season, having been purchased by Godolphin.

Apart from his racing ability, Grandera was known for his difficult temperament, being described by Godolphin's racing manager Simon Crisford as "a thoroughly unpleasant beast" and "a bit nasty", whilst Frankie Dettori is reported to have referred to him as "a lunatic". and "a nightmare".