Love Divine
| Love Divine | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Diesis |
| Grandsire | Sharpen Up |
| Dam | La Sky |
| Damsire | Law Society |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 12 February 1997 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Trevor Harris |
| Owner | Lordship Stud |
| Trainer | Henry Cecil |
| Record | 6: 2-2-0 |
| Earnings | £287,995 |
| Major wins | |
|
Lupe Stakes (2000) Epsom Oaks (2000) |
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| Honours | |
| Timeform rating 120 | |
Love Divine (foaled 12 February 1997) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for winning The Oaks in 2000. In a racing career which lasted from August 2000 to June 2001 the filly ran six times and won two races. After being beaten in her only race as a two-year-old, Love Divine won the Listed Lupe Stakes on her three-year-old debut and then won the Classic Oaks over one and a half miles at Epsom. She was beaten in her three remaining races, finishing second in the Yorkshire Oaks and fourth in both the Prix Vermeille and the Champion Stakes.
Love Divine is a bay mare owned and bred by Trevor Harris's Lordship Stud in Newmarket, Suffolk. Her sire Diesis won the rare double of the Middle Park Stakes and the Dewhurst Stakes in 1982, before becoming an “excellent” breeding stallion, producing the winners of at least 25 Group One races including Halling, Diminuendo and Elmaamul. Love Divine's dam, La Sky finished second in the Lancashire Oaks and was a half-sister of the Champion Stakes winner Legal Case.
The filly, who was named after the popular hymn by Charles Wesley, was sent into training with Henry Cecil at his Warren Place stable in Newmarket and was ridden in five of her six races by Richard Quinn.
Love Divine made only one appearance as a two-year-old, starting 6/5 favourite for a seven furlong maiden race at Doncaster Racecourse in November. Ridden by the veteran jockey Pat Eddery, she led briefly in the straight before finishing second, two and a half lengths behind the winner Hopeful Light.
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