Virginia Waters
| Virginia Waters | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Kingmambo |
| Grandsire | Mr. Prospector |
| Dam | Legend Maker |
| Damsire | Sadler's Wells |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 15 February 2002 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Barnett Enterprises |
| Owner | Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor |
| Trainer | Aidan O'Brien |
| Record | 12: 3-1-2 |
| Earnings | £311,746 |
| Major wins | |
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Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes (2005) 1000 Guineas (2005) |
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Virginia Waters (foaled 15 February 2002) is an American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career which lasted from September 2004 to October 2005 she ran twelve times and won three races. After winning once from four starts as a two-year-old, she won the Group Three Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes on her first appearance of 2005. She then recorded her most important success when winning the Classic 1000 Guineas two of her six races including an upset win in the Group Two Rockfel Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse. Virginia Waters failed to win her remaining six races, her best results coming when she finished fourth in the Epsom Oaks and second in the Matron Stakes. At the end of her three-year-old season she was retired from racing to become a broodmare.
Virginia Waters, a bay horse with a broad white blaze and three white socks, was bred in Kentucky by Barnett Enterprises, a breeding company associated with the Coolmore Stud. Her dam Legend Maker, won the Group Three Prix de Royaumont for Michael Tabor in 1997. Apart from Virginia Waters, her foals include Alexander of Hales a colt who won the Gallinule Stakes and finished second in the Irish Derby. As a descendant of the broodmare Sunbittern, Virginia Waters was also related to the Epsom Derby winner High-Rise and the Breeders' Cup Turf winner In The Wings. Virginia Waters' sire, Kingmambo was a highly successful breeding stallion. His progeny included the British Classic winners Russian Rhythm, Light Shift, King's Best, Henrythenavigator and Rule of Law as well as major winners in Japan (El Condor Pasa), France (Divine Proportions) and the United States (Lemon Drop Kid).
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