Warrsan | |
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Sire | Caerleon |
Grandsire | Nijinsky |
Dam | Lucayan Princess |
Damsire | High Line |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1998 |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Saeed Manana |
Owner | Saeed Manana |
Trainer | Clive Brittain |
Record | 43: 9-9-4 |
Earnings | £1,654,749 |
Major wins | |
John Porter Stakes (2003) Jockey Club Stakes (2003) Coronation Cup (2003, 2004) Grosser Preis von Baden (2004, 2005) |
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Last updated on May 11, 2007 |
Warrsan (February 28, 1998 – June 19, 2006) was a thoroughbred racehorse foaled in Ireland who competed in Europe and Asia. He notably won two successive runnings of the Coronation Cup at Epsom.
Owned and bred by Saeed Manana of the United Arab Emirates, he was sired by Caerleon, a son of Nijinsky, and out of the mare, Lucayan Princess.
Conditioned by veteran trainer Clive Brittain, throughout his life Warrsan was a difficult horse to handle.
His best racing results came late, beginning at age four in 2002 when he had two second-place finishes in the Group 3 Cumberland Lodge Stakes and St. Simon Stakes. The following year, the five-year-old horse began to blossom as a solid competitor, winning the 2003 Group 3 John Porter Stakes in April then a few weeks later the Group 2 Jockey Club Stakes. However, his most important win of the year came at Epsom Downs in June's Coronation Cup, a Group 1 race that attracts the best older horses in the country. Much traveled that year, Warrsan raced in Italy in the 2003 Group I Gran Premio di Milano where he ran second to Leadership. He had third-place finishes in the Gran Premio del Jockey Club in Italy, the Rheinland-Pokal in Germany and in the Hong Kong Vase at Sha Tin Racecourse.