Imagine (horse)

Imagine
Racing colours of Susan Magnier
Sire	Sadler's Wells
Grandsire	Northern Dancer
Dam	Doff the Derby
Damsire	Master Derby
Sex	Mare
Foaled	20 February 1998
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Barronstown Stud and Orpendale
Owner	Susan Magnier & Diane Nagle
Trainer	Aidan O'Brien
Record	10: 4-2-2
Earnings	£382,032
Major wins
C. L. Weld Park Stakes (2000) Irish 1000 Guineas (2001) Epsom Oaks (2001)
Honours
Timeform rating 119

Imagine (foaled 20 February 1998) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for winning the Irish 1000 Guineas and the Epsom Oaks in 2001. In a racing career which lasted from August 2000 to June 2001 the filly ran ten times and won four races. As a two-year-old, Imagine ran six times, winning the Group Three C. L. Weld Park Stakes at the Curragh and finishing second in the Group Two Rockfel Stakes at Newmarket. The following spring, the filly was beaten in her first two races before winning the Irish 1000 Guineas at the Curragh. Imagine recorded her most valuable success on her final appearance, winning the Classic Oaks over one and a half miles at Epsom. She never raced again, but proved to be a successful broodmare.

Imagine is a dark-coated bay mare sired by the thirteen time Champion sire Sadler's Wells. She was the last foal of her dam, the American bred mare Doff the Derby, who had become famous a decade earlier as the dam of the Epsom Derby winner Generous. Doff the Derby was a half-sister of the leading racemare Trillion, who in turn produced the multiple Group One winner Triptych. Imagine was bred by a partnership between Barronstown Stud, who owned Doff the Derby, and Orpendale, a breeding company associated with the Coolmore organisation. Like many Coolmore horses, Imagine was trained by Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle. The filly usually raced in the colours of Susan Magnier, the wife of John Magnier although she was partly owned by Diane Nagle one of the owners of Barronstown.