Nicer
| Nicer | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Pennine Walk |
| Grandsire | Persian Bold |
| Dam | Everything Nice |
| Damsire | Sovereign Path |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 19 March 1990 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Grey |
| Breeder | Barronstown Bloodstock Ltd |
| Owner | Catherine Corbett Fahd Salman |
| Trainer |
Barry Hills Neil Drysdale |
| Record | 13: 3-1-1 |
| Earnings | £186,987 |
| Major wins | |
|
Masaka Stakes (1993) Irish 1000 Guineas (1993) |
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Nicer (19 March 1990 – after 2012) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She showed promise as a two-year-old in 1992 although she won only one minor race from five attempts. She reached her peak in the following spring when she won the Masaka Stakes before recording her biggest victory in the Irish 1000 Guineas. She was beaten in her next four races and was then exported to the United States where she failed to win. She was retired to become a broodmare but her foals made very little impact on the racecourse.
Nicer was a grey mare bred in Ireland by Barronstown Bloodstock Ltd. As a yearling in October 1991 Nicer was offered for sale at Tattersalls and was bought for 27,000 guineas by the bloodstock agent Charles Gordon-Watson. The filly entered the ownership of Catherine Corbett and was sent into training with Barry Hills at Lambourn in Berkshire.
Nicer was one of the best horses foaled by Pennine Walk, who won the Jersey Stakes in 1985 and the Queen Anne Stakes in 1986. Her dam Everything Nice was a high-class racemare who won the Cherry Hinton Stakes in 1975 and the Musidora Stakes in 1976. She was a distant female-line descendant of the British mare Cinna who won the 1000 Guineas in 1920 and was the ancestor of numerous major winners including Sunday Silence and Dulcify.
On her racecourse debut, Nicer started a 25/1 outsider in a maiden race over seven furlongs at Goodwood Racecourse on 28 July and finished fifth of the fourteen runners behind the favourite Magique Rond Point. In a similar event at Yarmouth on 19 August she took the lead approaching the final furlong but was caught on the finish line and beaten a short head by the Michael Stoute-trained Iviza. Despite her two defeats at maiden level the filly was then stepped up to Group One class when she was sent to Ireland for the Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh on 5 September and finished fifth behind Sayyedati. On 3 October was dropped in class and distance for a six-furlong maiden race at Newmarket Racecourse in which she was ridden as in two of her three previous starts by Darryll Holland. Starting the 11/4 second choice in the betting she took the lead in the last quarter mile and recorded her first victory as she won by one and a half lengths from Golden Guest. Just over two weeks later Nicer ended her season in the Listed Radley Stakes at Newbury Racecourse and led briefly in the last quarter mile before finishing fourth behind the favourite Criquette.
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