Reams of Verse | |
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Sire | Nureyev |
Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
Dam | Modena |
Damsire | Roberto |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 23 April 1994 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | Juddmonte Farms |
Owner | Khalid Abdulla |
Trainer | Henry Cecil |
Record | 9: 5-1-1 |
Earnings | £335,782 |
Major wins | |
May Hill Stakes (1996) Fillies' Mile (1996) Musidora Stakes (1997) Epsom Oaks (1997) | |
Honours | |
Timeform rating 121 |
Reams of Verse (23 April 1994 – 2009) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for winning The Oaks in 1997. In a racing career which lasted from July 1996 to October 1997 the filly ran nine times and won five races. Reams of Verse was one of the leading European two-year-old fillies of 1996 when she won three of her four races, including the May Hill Stakes at Doncaster and the Fillies' Mile at Ascot. She was unplaced in the 1000 Guineas the following spring but then won the Musidora Stakes at York and the Classic Oaks over one and a half miles at Epsom. She was beaten in her two remaining races, finishing fourth in the Yorkshire Oaks and third in the Sun Chariot Stakes.