Shawanda

Shawanda
Sire	Sinndar
Grandsire	Grand Lodge
Dam	Shamawna
Damsire	Darshaan
Sex	Mare
Foaled	3 March 2002
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Aga Khan IV
Owner	Aga Khan IV
Trainer	Alain de Royer-Dupre
Record	7: 5-1-0
Earnings	£153,466
Major wins
Prix de la Seine (2005) Prix de Royaumont (2005) Irish Oaks (2005) Prix Vermeille (2005)

Shawanda (foaled 3 March 2002) is an Irish-bred, French-trained. Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She was unraced as a two-year-old and finished second on her racecourse debut in April 2005. She then established herself as one of the best fillies of her generation in Europe with five consecutive win including the Prix de Royaumont, Irish Oaks and the Prix Vermeille. After finishing sixth in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe she was bought by Godolphin and retired from racing in 2006. She made an immediate impact as a broodmare, with her second foal being the St Leger winner Encke.

Shawanda is a bay mare with a narrow white blaze bred in Ireland by her owner the Aga Khan at his Gilltown Stud in County Kildare. The Aga Khan's racing manager remembered her as "a most attractive yearling and as much as we could tell about her as a young horse, she was very athletic". Shawanda was sent into training with Alain de Royer-Dupre in France and was ridden in all of her races by Christophe Soumillon.

She was sired by Sinndar, who won The Derby, Irish Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 2000. The best of his other progeny were probably Youmzain and Shareta. Her dam Shamawna won two minor races and finished third in the Group 3 Prix du Royaumont, and also produced Shareta's dam Shawara. She was descended from the British broodmare Aimee (foaled in 1957) whose other descendants have included Blushing Groom and King Kamehameha.

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