Miss Andretti
| Miss Andretti | |
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Miss Andretti in Hong Kong
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| Sire | Ihtiram (IRE) |
| Grandsire | Royal Academy (USA) |
| Dam | Peggie’s Bid |
| Damsire | Marooned (GB) |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 2001 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Bay or brown |
| Breeder | K. Beauglehole & Mrs. P. Beauglehole |
| Owner | Sean Buckley & D.B. Mueller & Ms G Guenzi |
| Trainer | 1. David Mueller 2. Lee Freedman |
| Record | 31: 19-3-2 |
| Earnings | A$2,848,991 |
| Major wins | |
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Winterbottom Stakes (G2) (2005) Prince of Wales Stakes (G3) (2005) Manikato Stakes (G1) (2006) Schillaci Stakes (G2) (2006) Ian McEwen Trophy (G3) (2006) The Age Classic (G1) (2007) Newmarket Handicap (G1) (2007) Australia Stakes (G1) (2007) Lightning Stakes (G1) (2007) Schweppes Stakes (G2) (2007) King's Stand Stakes(G2) (2007) |
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| Awards | |
| 2007 Australian Horse of the Year Williams Inglis & Son Champion Sprinter Sky Channel Most Popular Racehorse |
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| Last updated on 4 September 2010 | |
Miss Andretti was the 2007 Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year and is the only Thoroughbred in racing history to simultaneously hold a total of five track records in Australia and England.
She is a bay or brown mare that was foaled on 12 August 2001 in Western Australia. Miss Andretti was by Ihtiram (IRE) (he had 58 starts for 9 wins, 10 seconds, 5 thirds and $257,379) from Peggie’s Bid by the imported Sydney Cup winner Marooned (GB). Peggie’s Bid has produced seven named foals, but her only other stakes-winner was Danny Beau, by Zedrich who has had 14 starts for 9 wins, 1 second and $436,075. In 2010 Peggie's Bid foaled an unnamed bay or brown half sister to Miss Andretti by the Australian sire, Oratorio.
David Mueller selected Miss Andretti from a group of seven weanlings at Ray Cochrane's property. Miss Andretti was originally trained in Western Australia (WA) by David Mueller who had her win nine races in WA, including the G2 WATC Winterbottom Stakes, WATC Prince of Wales Stakes and the WATC Ruabon Stakes, while under his care. Mueller, sold a 75 per cent share in Miss Andretti to Melbourne businessman, Sean Buckley and partner Gabriella Guenzi before she was transferred to trainer Lee Freedman. Her former trainer still continued attending her races, including the trip to England, and collected a percentage of prize money. In Melbourne she won in top company in 10 of her first 13 starts for trainer Lee Freedman.
Amongst her major wins are the following G1 races:
Miss Andretti’s other group wins were the 2006 G2 MRC Schillaci Stakes over 1,000 metres, G3 MVRC Ian McEwen Trophy and 2007 G2 Schweppes Stakes over 1,200 m.
On 30 May 2007 Miss Andretti travelled to the United Kingdom winning, and smashing the course record in the 2007 King's Stand Stakes during the Royal Ascot meeting. The winner of the previous year, an Australian horse, Takeover Target finished fourth. After this record win American and European syndicates made offers of up to $10 million for Miss Andretti, but they were rejected.
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