Ouija Board (horse)

Ouija Board
Oujia Board starts at 2005 Hong Kong Vase
Sire	Cape Cross
Grandsire	Green Desert
Dam	Selection Board
Damsire	Welsh Pageant
Sex	Mare
Foaled	2001
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Stanley Estate & Stud Co.
Owner	Lord Derby
Trainer	Ed Dunlop
Record	22:10-3-5
Earnings	$6,312,552
Major wins
Epsom Oaks (2004) Irish Oaks (2004) Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2004 & 2006) Princess Royal Stakes (2005) Hong Kong Vase (2005) Prince of Wales's Stakes (2006) Nassau Stakes (2006)
Awards
European Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (2004) Eclipse Award for Outstanding Female Turf Horse (2004 & 2006) European Horse of the Year (2004 & 2006) European Champion Older Horse (2006)
Honours
Ouija Board Handicap at Lone Star Park
Last updated on 26 January 2007

Ouija Board (foaled 3 March 2001) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse (named after the ouija board spiritualism device) owned by Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby and trained by Ed Dunlop. In a career spanning four seasons, she won 10 of her 22 races, 7 of them Group 1s, including the Epsom Oaks in 2004 and the Hong Kong Vase in 2005. In 2004, she won the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf and came 2nd to Intercontinental the following year in the same race. In 2006, the Dunlop team took her back to the USA, where she regained her crown in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. Ouija Board has amassed over £3 million in prize money. Also, she is only the second horse ever to win Breeders' Cup races in non-consecutive years, along with Da Hoss, who won the Breeders' Cup Mile in 1996 and 1998.

Her silks were black, sporting a white cap, and a single white button below the collar. She had seven different jockeys, with Olivier Peslier, Kieren Fallon, Frankie Dettori and Jamie Spencer all victorious. As a broodmare she produced Australia the winner of the 2014 Epsom Derby.

Ouija Board's debut came at Newmarket Racecourse over seven furlongs, when finishing third, a length behind the winner. She was turned out 18 days later at Great Yarmouth Racecourse running over the same distance, although she was victorious this time. 11 days later, she made her third start of the season, again at Newmarket, over a furlong extra in a Listed event, and again finished third. It was her final start of the 2003 season.