Maids Causeway | |
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Sire | Giant's Causeway |
Grandsire | Storm Cat |
Dam | Valee des Reves |
Damsire | Kingmambo |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 11 March 2002 |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | Vallee Des Reves Syndicate |
Owner |
Lady Richard Wellesley Martin S. Schwartz |
Trainer | Barry Hills |
Record | 11: 4-4-1 |
Earnings | £350,996 |
Major wins | |
Sweet Solera Stakes (2004) Rockfel Stakes (2004) Coronation Stakes (2005) |
Maids Causeway (foaled 11 March 2002) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. As a two-year-old in 2004 she won three of her seven races including the Sweet Solera Stakes and Rockfel Stakes as well as being placed in both the May Hill Stakes and the Fillies' Mile. As a three-year-old she finished second in the classic 1000 Guineas and then recorded her biggest win in the Coronation Stakes. At the end of the year he was bought by Sheikh Mohammed and retired from racing to become a broodmare. Her name has always been rendered without an apostrophe.
Maids Causeway is a chestnut mare with a narrow white stripe bred in Ireland by the Vallee des Reves Syndicate. She was from the first crop of foals sired by Giant's Causeway who was voted Cartier Horse of the Year in 2000, a year in which he won the St James's Palace Stakes, Eclipse Stakes, Sussex Stakes, International Stakes, Irish Champion Stakes. He later became a very successful breeding stallion in the United States, siring major winners including Footstepsinthesand, Ghanaati, Shamardal and Rite of Passage. Her dam, Valee des Reves was a unraced daughter of Kingmambo. She was a granddaughter of Virunga who won the Prix de Malleret and was a half-sister to Vitiges.