Minding (horse)

Minding
Racing silks of Derrick Smith
Sire	Galileo
Grandsire	Sadler's Wells
Dam	Lillie Langtry
Damsire	Danehill Dancer
Sex	Filly
Foaled	10 February 2013
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt
Owner	Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor
Trainer	Aidan O'Brien
Record	13: 9-3-1
Earnings	£2,344,930
Major wins
Moyglare Stud Stakes (2015) Fillies' Mile (2015) 1000 Guineas (2016) Epsom Oaks (2016) Pretty Polly Stakes (2016) Nassau Stakes (2016) Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2016) Mooresbridge Stakes (2017)
Awards
Cartier Champion Two-year-old Filly (2015) Top-rated European two-year-old filly (2015) Cartier Champion Three-year-old Filly (2016) Cartier Horse of the Year (2016) Irish Horse of the Year (2016) World top-rated three-year-old filly (2016)

Minding (foaled 10 February 2013) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. She was among the leading two-year-old fillies of her generation in Europe in 2015 when she won three of her five races including the Moyglare Stud Stakes in Ireland and the Fillies' Mile in England. On her first appearance of 2016 the filly posted a decisive victory in the classic 1000 Guineas but was subsequently beaten when favourite for the Irish 1,000 Guineas. She went on to win a second classic in the Epsom Oaks in June, the first filly to complete the Guineas-Oaks double since Kazzia in 2002. She went on to take her fifth and sixth Group One races with wins in the Pretty Polly Stakes and the Nassau Stakes. She then defeated male opposition to take the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. At the end of the year she was named Cartier Horse of the Year and the world's best three-year-old filly. She won on her reappearance in 2017 but subsequently suffered an injury which led to her retirement later that year without racing again.

Minding is a bay filly with a white blaze and four white socks bred in Ireland by Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt, a breeding company associated with the Coolmore Stud. She was sired by Galileo, who won the Derby, Irish Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2001. Galileo is now one of the world's leading stallions and has been champion sire of Great Britain and Ireland five times. His other progeny include Cape Blanco, Frankel, Golden Lilac, Nathaniel, New Approach, Rip Van Winkle and Ruler of the World. She was the second foal produced by Lillie Langtry, a top-class racemare who won the Coronation Stakes and the Matron Stakes in 2010. She was a fifth-generation descendant of Noble Lassie, the dam of Vaguely Noble.