Roussalka (horse)

Roussalka
Sire	Habitat
Grandsire	Sir Gaylord
Dam	Oh So Fair
Damsire	Graustark
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1972
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Dalham Hall Stud Farms Ltd
Owner	Nicky Phillips
Trainer	Henry Cecil
Record	17:7-3-1
Major wins
Cherry Hinton Stakes (1974) Princess Margaret Stakes (1974) Coronation Stakes (1975) Nassau Stakes (1975, 1976)
Awards
Timeform rating 116 (1974), 123 (1975), 123 (1976)

Roussalka (1972 – after 1995) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In a racing career which lasted from May 1974 until July 1976 she won seven of her seventeen races and was placed on four occasions. As a two-year-old in 1974 she won four races including the Cherry Hinton Stakes and the Princess Margaret Stakes. In the following year, she showed her best form in summer, winning the Coronation Stakes and the Nassau Stakes. In 1976 she ran only three times, but became the first filly to win the Nassau Stakes for a second time. She was then retired from racing and became a very successful broodmare.

Roussalka was a "strong, robust" mare with a white star and snip and white socks on her hind legs bred by the Newmarket-based Dalham Hall Stud. Although she was bred in the United Kingdom, her immediate antecedents were all bred in the United States. She was sired by Habitat, an American-bred, British-raced miler who became one of the leading European stallions of the 1970s and 1980s. His other progeny included Habibti, Flying Water, Marwell, Rose Bowl and Steinlen and he was the British Champion broodmare sire on three occasions. Roussalka was first foal of the American-bred mare Oh So Fair who went on to produce Our Home (winner of the Child Stakes and runner-up in the 1000 Guineas), Etienne Gerard (Jersey Stakes) and the Fillies' Triple Crown winner Oh So Sharp.

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