Kooyonga
| Kooyonga | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Persian Bold |
| Grandsire | Bold Lad (IRE) |
| Dam | Anjuli |
| Damsire | Northfields |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 12 May 1988 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Ovidstown Stud Stud |
| Owner | Mitsuo Haga |
| Trainer | Michael Kauntze |
| Record | 18: 9-4-1 |
| Earnings | £858,536 |
| Major wins | |
|
Leopardstown Stakes (1990) Leopardstown 1000 Guineas Trial (1991) Irish 1000 Guineas (1991) Coronation Stakes (1991) Matron Stakes (1991) Eclipse Stakes (1992) Bayerisches Zuchtrennen (1992) |
|
| Awards | |
| European Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1991) | |
| Last updated on August 25, 2007 | |
Kooyonga was an Irish champion Thoroughbred racehorse who raced from 1990 to 1992. After showing good form as a juvenile, she had a highly successful three-year-old campaign, winning the Group One Irish 1000 Guineas and the Coronation Stakes and being named European Champion Three-Year-Old Filly at the Cartier Racing Awards. She stayed in training as a four-year-old and became the second filly (after Pebbles) to win the Eclipse Stakes.
Kooyonga was bred in Ireland by Sean Collins at the Ovidstown Stud, near Maynooth, County Kildare. Her sire, Persian Bold was a successful racehorse who won the Richmond Stakes in 1977. He went on to be a “good” stallion, getting important winners such as Falcon Flight (Prix Hocquart), Persian Heights (St. James's Palace Stakes) and Bold Russian (Celebration Mile). Kooyonga’s dam, Anjuli, was an unraced half sister of the 2000 Guineas winner Roland Gardens.
Kooyonga was trained throughout her career by Michael Kauntze at Ashbourne, County Meath and ridden in all but three of her races by Warren O'Connor. Her name was derived from that of a Golf Club in South Australia.
Kooyonga first appeared on a racecourse in August when she won a maiden race at Gowran Park by three lengths. Four weeks later she was moved up to Listed class and won the Silver Flash Stakes at Phoenix Park by a head from the odds-on favourite African Dance. In October, she returned to Phoenix Park for the Cartier Million, a valuable sales race, in which she finished second to Rinka Das. On her final start she successfully moved to Group Three class to record a four length win in the Leopardstown Stakes.
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