Immortal Verse
| Immortal Verse | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Pivotal |
| Grandsire | Polar Falcon |
| Dam | Side of Paradise |
| Damsire | Sadler's Wells |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1 May 2008 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Kilfrush Stud |
| Owner | Richard C Strauss |
| Trainer | Robert Collet |
| Record | 11: 4-1-1 |
| Earnings | £648,241 |
| Major wins | |
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Prix de Sandringham (2011) Coronation Stakes (2011) Prix Jacques le Marois (2011) |
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| Awards | |
| Top-rated French-trained three-year-old filly (2011) | |
Immortal Verse (foaled 1 May 2008) is an Irish-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. As a two-year-old she showed promise by winning on her debut and finishing second in the Prix d'Aumale. Her early form in 2011 was disappointing as she was beaten in her first two races and refused to enter the starting stalls in the 1000 Guineas. She then made rapid improvement, winning the Prix de Sandringham and the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot before defeating a strong international field in the Prix Jacques le Marois. She went on to finish third to Frankel in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes but failed to reproduce her best form in two races as a four-year-old. After her retirement from racing she was sold at auction for 4.7 million guineas setting a European record price for a broodmare.
Immortal Verse is a bay filly with no white markings bred by her owner Richard C Strauss's County Limerick-based Kilfrush Stud. Her sire Pivotal was a top class sprinter who won the King's Stand Stakes and the Nunthorpe Stakes in 1996. He went on to become an “excellent” sire, getting the winners of more than a thousand races across a range of distances including Sariska, Somnus, Farhh, Kyllachy (Nunthorpe Stakes) and Excellent Art (St. James's Palace Stakes). Her dam Side of Paradise won the listed Prix La Camargo at Saint-Cloud Racecourse in 2001, and was a half-sister to Last Tycoon and the Goldene Peitsche winner Astronef. She was a granddaughter of the influential broodmare Irish Lass, whose other descendants have included Assert, Bikala, Irish Ball (Irish Derby), Tie Black (Poule d'Essai des Pouliches), Eurobird (Irish St Leger) and Valentine Waltz (Poule d'Essai des Pouliches). The filly was sent into training with Robert Collet at Chantilly.
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