Tapestry (horse)

Tapestry
Racing colours of Susan Magnier
Sire	Galileo
Grandsire	Sadlers Wells
Dam	Rumplestiltskin
Damsire	Danehill
Sex	Filly
Foaled	18th of January 2011
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Orpendale And Niarchos Family
Owner	Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor, Niarchos Family
Trainer	Aidan O'Brien
Record	9:3-2-0
Earnings	£353,238
Major wins
Debutante Stakes (2013) Yorkshire Oaks (2014)

Tapestry foaled 18 January 2011 is an Irish breed Thoroughbred racehorse. She ran three times as a two-year-old, winning on her first two starts including the Debutante Stakes. Her greatest success came in 2014 when she won the 2014 Yorkshire Oaks ending the Oaks and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Taghrooda's unbeaten record. She will stay in training as a 4 year old in 2015.

Tapestry is a bay filly, she is her dam Rumplestiltskin's 3rd foal. Her sire is Galileo meaning she is breed on the same Danehill Galileo cross that has produced leading horses like Frankel, Teofilo and Roderic O'Connor. She is a full sister to John F Kennedy. She is trained by Aidan O'Brien and owned by John Magnier's wife Sue and running in her famous navy blue silks.

Tapestry's career began in July 2013 in a maiden race at the Curragh. She was trainer Aidan O'Brien's second string with his son Joseph O'Brien riding the 6/4 joint favourite Snow. With 1 furlong to travel tapestry was 5th but quickened to win by half a length under a ride by Seamie Heffernan.
She returned to the Curragh in August to contest the Group 2 Debutante Stakes. She was one of 6 fillies in the race, 3 of them trained by Aidan O'Brien. The 4/5 favourite was asked to quicken by Joseph O'Brien in the closing stages overtaking stablemate Perhaps to win by 1 and 3/4 lengths. The win caused some bookmakers to cut their ante post odds on her winning the 1000 Guineas. Aidan O'Brien said after the race she could be aimed at the Moyglare Stud Stakes.
For her final start of 2013 Tapestry ran in the Molyglare stud stakes, one of the leading races for 2 year old fillies with many past winners going on to win the 1000 Guineas. She was supplemented late for the race at a cost of €22,500. This race matched her against Kiyoshi who had won the Albany Stakes, Kiyoshi started 13/8 favourite with Tapestry at 2/1. The race was won by the Queen Anne Stakes winner Rizeena at a price of 9/2. Tapestry passed the winning post in the third place but a stewards enquiry found Jamie Spencer's filly Kiyoshi, who finished 2nd, to have interfered with her run and reversed the placings. After the race Aidan O'Brien praised her performance "She ran very well, As for the rest of this year, she has the option of going for the Fillies' Mile at Newmarket or we might just leave her off for the rest of the season."