One So Wonderful
| One So Wonderful | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Nashwan |
| Grandsire | Blushing Groom |
| Dam | Someone Special |
| Damsire | Habitat |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 4 May 1994 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Meon Valley Stud |
| Owner | Helena Springfield Ltd |
| Trainer | Luca Cumani |
| Record | 8: 5-0-0 |
| Earnings | £262,647 |
| Major wins | |
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Atalanta Stakes (1997) Sun Chariot Stakes (1997) Golden Daffodil Stakes (1998) International Stakes (1998) |
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One So Wonderful (4 May 1994 – February 2012) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. A temperamental filly who was sometimes difficult to train, she is best known for winning the International Stakes in 1998. After winning on her only appearance as a two-year-old she won both her races in 1997 including the Sun Chariot Stakes. She was beaten on her debut as a four-year-old but then won the Golden Daffodil Stakes before defeating male opposition in the International Stakes. She was beaten in her two remaining races and was retired to stud where she had modest success as a broodmare.
One So Wonderful was a bay filly with a small white star bred by Egon Weinfeld's Meon Valley Stud in Hampshire. She was one of the best horses sired by Nashwan, the 1989 Epsom Derby winner. Her dam Something Special won once from five races and finished third in the Coronation Stakes. Her other foals included the Dante Stakes winner Alnasr Alwasheek and the Rockfel Stakes winner Relatively Special. Something Special was a daughter of the 1000 Guineas winner One in a Million and a close relative of the classic winners Full Dress and Commanche Run.
Like the other horses raced by the Meon Valley Stud, One So Wonderful competed in the black and white colours of Helena Springfield Ltd a company owned by Egon Weinfeld. She was trained by Luca Cumani at his Bedford Lodge stables in Newmarket, Suffolk.
One So Wonderful never contested a maiden race, beginning her racing career in the Milcar's Fillies' Conditions Stakes over seven furlongs at Kempton Park Racecourse in September. Starting at odds of 5/1 she took the lead approaching the final furlong and won "comfortably" by three and a half lengths from ten opponents. Following the race she was made favourite for the following season's 1000 Guineas.
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