Mastery (horse)

Mastery
Mastery at 2009 Queen's Vase.
Sire	Sulamani
Grandsire	Hernando
Dam	Moyesii
Damsire	Diesis
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	25 February 2006
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Darley Stud
Owner	Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Godolphin Racing
Trainer	Mark Johnston Saeed Bin Suroor
Record	13: 5-1-5
Earnings	£1,654,848
Major wins
Derby Italiano (2009) St. Leger Stakes (2009) Hong Kong Vase (2010)

Mastery (foaled 25 February 2006) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career which lasted from October 2008 until 2010 he ran thirteen times and won five races. As a three-year-old in 2009 he won the Derby Italiano and the St Leger. In 2010 he won the Hong Kong Vase.

Mastery is a bay horse sired by Sulamani the winner of several major races including the Prix du Jockey Club and the International Stakes. His dam Moyesii won only one minor race but was a daughter of the Haydock Sprint Cup and Prix Maurice de Gheest winner Cherokee Rose.

Mastery made his debut in a maiden race at Nottingham in October 2008. Starting at odds of 15/2 he led from the start and won by four and a half lengths despite being eased in the closing stages. Nine days later he finished third to Chater Way in a minor stakes race at Newmarket. At the end of the season, Mastery was transferred to the ownership of Godolphin Racing and moved to the stable of Saeed Bin Suroor.

Mastery began his three-year-old season by finishing fourth to Mafaaz in a race on the all-weather surface at Kempton in March. He was then moved up in class to contest the Group Two Derby Italiano at Rome's Capannelle Racecourse in May. Ridden for the first time by Frankie Dettori he raced just behind the leaders before taking the lead 100m from the finish and winning by one and a half lengths from Turati and Jakkalberry. In summer, Mastery was placed in his next three races. He finished third to Holberg in the Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot, third to Cavalryman in the Grand Prix de Paris and second to the Irish-trained Monitor Closely in the Great Voltigeur Stakes.