Sophisticat | |
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Sire | Storm Cat |
Grandsire | Storm Bird |
Dam | Serena's Song |
Damsire | Rahy |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 25 January 1999[1] |
Country | United States |
Colour | Bay or Brown |
Breeder | Robert and Beverly Lewis |
Owner | Michael Tabor & Susan Magnier |
Trainer | Aidan O'Brien |
Record | 12: 3-5-2 |
Earnings | £301,556 |
Major wins | |
Prix de la Grotte (2002) Coronation Stakes (2002) |
Sophisticat (foaled 25 January 1999) was a Kentucky-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. A daughter of Storm Cat out of the champion filly Serena's Song she was sold for $3.7 million as a yearling and raced in Europe for the Coolmore Stud organization. Racing as a two-year-old, she won only one minor race but was placed in the Queen Mary Stakes, Silver Flash Stakes, Lowther Stakes, Moyglare Stud Stakes and Cheveley Park Stakes. In the following year she won the Prix de la Grotte and finished second in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches before recording her biggest success in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot. She was retired at the end of the year and had some success as a broodmare.