Sariska (horse)

Sariska
Sariska: 2009 Epsom Oaks winner and European Champion Three-year-old filly, painting by Charles Church
Sire	Pivotal
Grandsire	Polar Falcon
Dam	Maycocks Bay
Damsire	Muhtarram
Sex	Filly
Foaled	2006
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Carole, Lady Bamford
Owner	Carole, Lady Bamford
Trainer	Michael Bell
Record	11: 5-2-1
Earnings	£728724
Major wins
Musidora Stakes (2009) Epsom Oaks (2009) Irish Oaks (2009) Middleton Stakes (2010)
Awards
European Champion 3-Y-O Filly (2009)

Sariska (foaled 14 February 2006 in England) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. She is best known for her win in the Epsom Oaks in 2009, a year in which she was named European Champion 3-Y-O Filly.

Bred and raced by Lady Bamford, she was named for the Sariska Tiger Reserve in the Alwar district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. She was trained by Michael Bell.

Sariska made her racing debut on 1 November 2008, winning a maiden race for fillies at Newmarket Racecourse. She did not return to the track until 18 April 2009, when she ran fourth to winner Lahaleeb in the Fred Darling Stakes at Newbury Racecourse. In her next start, Sariska won the Musidora Stakes at York Racecourse. Made the betting favorite for the Epsom Oaks, under jockey Jamie Spencer, who had ridden her in all of her previous starts, Sariska outfought Midday down the stretch to win the Classic by a small head.

She followed that up with another victory in the Irish Oaks. Her next start was her first against older horses in the Yorkshire Oaks where she went off a short priced favourite only to be out battled by the four-year-old Dar Re Mi, who prevailed by a short head. She then finished third behind Twice Over in her first race against the colts in the Champion Stakes at Newmarket.