Madam Gay
| Madam Gay | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Star Appeal |
| Grandsire | Appiani |
| Dam | Saucy Flirt |
| Damsire | King's Troop |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 25 February 1978 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Worksop Manor Stud |
| Owner | Geoffrey Kaye Daniel Wildenstein |
| Trainer | Paul Kelleway |
| Record | 13: 1-4-3 |
| Major wins | |
| Prix de Diane (1981) | |
Madam Gay (25 February 1978 – 1983) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. She showed some promise as a two-year-old in 1980 before developing into a top-class middle distance performer in the following year. Her only victory in a thirteen race career came when she won the Prix de Diane in 1981, but she was placed in many important races including the Oaks Stakes, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Arlington Million and Prix Vermeille. Having been originally bought for 8,000 guineas she was eventually sold for a reported $1.4 million.
Madam Gay was a dark-coated bay mare with a small white star and a white sock on her left hind leg, bred by the Worksop Manor Stud in Nottinghamshire. She was one of the best horses sired by Star Appeal, an Irish-bred, German-trained horse who won the Eclipse Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1975. Madam Gay's dam Saucy Flirt was a sprinter who won handicap races at York and Leicester.
As a yearling, the filly was sent to the Tattersalls sales at Newmarket in October and was bought for 8,000 guineas by Geoffrey Kaye. She was sent into training with Paul Kelleway a former National Hunt jockey at his Shalfleet stables on the Bury Road in Newmarket, Suffolk.
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