Red Evie | |
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Sire | Intikhab |
Grandsire | Red Ransom |
Dam | Malafemmena |
Damsire | Nordico |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 1 March 2003 |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Dermot Cantillon & Forenaghts |
Owner | Terry Neill & Georgina Bell |
Trainer | Michael Bell |
Record | 15: 9-1-0 |
Earnings | £398,671 |
Major wins | |
Sandringham Handicap (2006) Oak Tree Stakes (2006) Matron Stakes (2006) Lockinge Stakes (2007) Hungerford Stakes (2007) |
Red Evie (foaled 4 March 2003) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. After finishing unplaced in her only start as a two-year-old in 2005 she improved to become a top class miler in the following year, when she won seven consecutive races including the Sandringham Handicap, Oak Tree Stakes and Matron Stakes. She defeated male opposition to win the Lockinge Stakes in 2007 and added a win in the Hungerford Stakes later that year before being retired from racing. As a broodmare for the Coolmore Stud she has made a considerable impact, producing several winners including the outstanding racemare Found.
Red Evie is a bay mare with no white markings bred by Dermot Cantillon & Forenaghts at Tinnakill House in County Laois, Ireland. She was sired by Intikhab, a miler best known for his wide-margin victories in the Diomed Stakes and Queen Anne Stakes in as a four-year-old in 1998. His other offspring have included the outstanding middle-distance filly Snow Fairy. Red Evie's dam Malafemmena showed some ability as a racehorse, winning the Listed Premio Vittorio Crespi in Italy as a two-year-old in 1994. She was a granddaughter of Pavlova a half-sister to the Ascot Gold Cup winner Random Shot. Malafemmena died foaling Red Evie and the filly was raised by a foster mare. Remembering Red Evie's early days Dermot Cantillon described her as "a lovely foal, but independent. Impossible to catch in the field".
As a foal in November 2003, Red Evie was consigned to the Goffs sale in Ireland and was bought for €50,000 by Camas Park Stud. In October 2004 the filly was offered for sale as a yearling at Tattersalls in England and was sold for 58,000 guineas by the bloodstock agents Kern, Lillingston Association. She entered the ownership of Terry Neil and was sent into training with Michael Bell at Newmarket, Suffolk. Bell's wife Georgina also owned a share in the filly and regularly rode her in training gallops.