Ribchester | |
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Sire | Iffraaj |
Grandsire | Zafonic |
Dam | Mujarah |
Damsire | Marju |
Sex | Colt |
Foaled | 25 March 2013[1] |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Audrey Thompson & M O'Brien |
Owner | David W Armstrong Godolphin |
Trainer | Richard Fahey |
Record | 14: 6-4-3 |
Earnings | £2,356,168 |
Major wins | |
Mill Reef Stakes (2015) Jersey Stakes (2016) Prix Jacques Le Marois (2016) Lockinge Stakes (2017) Queen Anne Stakes (2017) Prix du Moulin (2017) | |
Awards | |
Top-rated British-trained three-year-old (2016) |
Ribchester (foaled 25 March 2013) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2015 he finished second in the Gimcrack Stakes on his second racecourse appearance and then won the Group Two Mill Reef Stakes. In 2016 he was rated the best British-trained colt of his generation and was one of the top milers in Europe, winning the Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Prix Jacques Le Marois in France as well as being placed in the 2000 Guineas, Sussex Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. In 2017 he added further major victories in the Lockinge Stakes, Queen Anne Stakes and Prix du Moulin