Sweet Solera | |
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Sire | Solonaway |
Grandsire | Solferino |
Dam | Miss Gammon |
Damsire | Grandmaster |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 1958 |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | Mrs D. M. Walker |
Owner | Mrs Magnus Castello |
Trainer | Reginald Day |
Record | 8: 6-1-1 |
Earnings | £40,165 |
Major wins | |
Cherry Hinton Stakes (1960) 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes (1961) Thirsk Classic Trial (1961) 1000 Guineas (1961) Epsom Oaks (1961) | |
Honours | |
Timeform top-rated European three-year-old filly (1961)[1] Timeform rating: 129 Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket |
Sweet Solera (1958–1978) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career lasting from June 1960 until June 1961, the unfashionably-bred filly ran eight times and won six races. As a two-year-old she was beaten in her first two races, but her five-lengths win in the Cherry Hinton Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse was enough to see her rated among the best juveniles of the year. Sweet Solera was unbeaten in four races including the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket and Oaks at Epsom. She was then retired to stud, and had some success as a broodmare.