Prize Lady | |
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Sire | Prized |
Grandsire | Kris S |
Dam | Bal Lady |
Damsire | Mummy's Game |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 14 October 2001 |
Country | New Zealand |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | D.G. & R.B. McLaren Ltd |
Owner | J.C. Wallis |
Trainer | Graeme Sanders |
Record | 26: 4-4-3 |
Earnings | NZ$ 964,875 |
Major wins | |
Auckland Cup (2007, 2008) |
Prize Lady is a top New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse.
Prize Lady is a bay mare bred in New Zealand by D.G. & R.B. McLaren Ltd. She was sired by the American stallion Prized who won the Breeders' Cup Turf in 1989.
As a three-year-old Prize Lady showed very promising form as she finished second in both the Travis Stakes and the New Zealand Oaks.
When moved up in distance she showed improved form and won the Auckland Cup in 2007. She repeated her Auckland Cup victory in 2008 becoming the first horse to achieve this feat since Il Tempo in 1970. She attempted to win her third Auckland Cup in 2009, but finished 8th in what proved to be her last ever race.