Goldikova | |
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Sire | Anabaa (US) |
Grandsire | Danzig |
Dam | Born Gold (US) |
Damsire | Blushing Groom |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 15 March 2005 |
Died | 5 January 2021 | (aged 15)
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Wertheimer et Frère |
Owner | Wertheimer et Frère |
Trainer | Freddy Head |
Record | 27: 17–6–3 |
Earnings | €5,201,564 ($7,176,551) |
Major wins | |
Prix Chloé (2008) Prix Rothschild (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) Prix du Moulin (2008) Falmouth Stakes (2009) Prix Jacques Le Marois (2009) Prix d'Ispahan (2010, 2011) Queen Anne Stakes (2010) Prix de la Forêt (2010)
Breeders' Cup wins: | |
Awards | |
European Horse of the year (2010) European Champion Older Horse (2009, 2010) American Champion Female Turf Horse (2009, 2010) | |
Honours | |
United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee (2017) |
Goldikova (15 March 2005 – 5 January 2021[1]) was a champion French Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Mile three times and was the 2010 European Horse of the Year.
She was based in France, although she also raced in the United States and England. She won 14 Group One races, with nine victories over colts and geldings, putting her above Miesque as the only European-trained horse to have won more than 10 Group I races since their introduction in the 1970s. Goldikova is the only horse to have won three (2008,[2] 2009,[3] 2010[4]) Breeders' Cup Mile races. She was ridden by Olivier Peslier[5] in all of her race starts.