Oh So Sharp

Oh So Sharp
Racing colours of Sheikh Mohammed
Sire	Kris
Grandsire	Sharpen Up
Dam	Oh So Fair
Damsire	Graustark
Sex	Mare
Foaled	30 March 1982
Country	Ireland
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Sheikh Mohammed
Owner	Sheikh Mohammed
Trainer	Henry Cecil
Record	9: 7-2-0
Major wins
Solario Stakes (1984) Fillies' Mile (1984) Nell Gwyn Stakes (1985) 1,000 Guineas (1985) Epsom Oaks (1985) St. Leger Stakes (1985)
Awards
Top-rated European three-year-old filly (1985) Timeform top-rated three-year-old filly (1985) Timeform rating 131
Honours
Oh So Sharp Stakes at Newmarket

Oh So Sharp (1982–2001) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Fillies' Triple Crown in 1985. In a racing career which lasted from August 1984 until September 1985 she won seven of her nine races, starting favourite on each occasion, and never at odds of more than 2/1. She was one of the leading two-year-old fillies of 1984 when she as unbeaten in three races including the Fillies' Mile. In the following year Oh So Sharp won the 1000 Guineas in record time and then took the Epsom Oaks by six lengths before being narrowly beaten in her next two starts in major weight-for-age races. She completed the Triple Crown in the St Leger Stakes, despite failing to reproduce her best form. She was retired at the end of the season and became a successful broodmare. Oh So Sharp died in 2001 at the age of nineteen.

Oh So Sharp, described by Timeform as "a big, lengthy filly and a grand mover with a raking stride" was bred in Ireland by her owner Sheikh Mohammed. She was one of two classic winners sired by Kris the leading British miler of 1979: the chestnut Oh So Sharp came from his first crop of foals. Her dam was the American-bred mare Oh So Fair, making her a half-sister to Roussalka a filly which won the Coronation Stakes and two runnings of the Nassau Stakes when trained by Henry Cecil in the mid-1970s. She later became a successful broodmare, whose descendants include Collier Hill and Ameerat. Oh So Fair was carrying the unborn Oh So Sharp in October 1981 when she was included in the deal in which Sheikh acquired the Dalham Hall stud.