Diamondsandrubies
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| Diamondsandrubies | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Fastnet Rock |
| Grandsire | Danehill |
| Dam | Quarter Moon |
| Damsire | Sadler's Wells |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 30 April 2012[1] |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Premier Bloodstock |
| Owner | Roisin Henry and Susan Magnier |
| Trainer | Aidan O'Brien |
| Record | 9: 3-0-1 |
| Earnings | £172,998 |
| Major wins | |
| Cheshire Oaks (2015) Pretty Polly Stakes (2015) | |
Diamondsandrubies (foaled 30 April 2012) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. After failing to win on her only start as a two-year-old in 2014 she improved to become a top-class performer in the following year. She won a minor race on her seasonal debut and went on to win the Cheshire Oaks before finishing an unlucky fourth in the Epsom Oaks. She recorded her biggest success on her next start when she took the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes, but failed to reproduce that form in three subsequent races and was retired from the track at the end of the year.
Diamondsandrubies is a bay mare with a white star bred in Ireland by Premier Bloodstock, a breeding company owned by John Magnier of the Coolmore Stud and Richard Henry.[2] During her racing career she was owned by Susan Magnier and Richard Henry's wife Roisin and was trained at Ballydoyle by Aidan O'Brien. She was ridden in six of her nine races by Seamie Heffernan.
Her sire, the Australian stallion Fastnet Rock, was a sprinter whose victories included the Lightning Stakes and the Oakleigh Plate. He sired many leading horses including Shoals and Atlantic Jewel in the Southern hemisphere before moving to the Coolmore Stud in Ireland. His European progeny have included Fascinating Rock and Qualify.[3] Diamondsandrubies' dam Quarter Moon was a top-class racemare who won the Moyglare Stud Stakes and finished second in the Irish 1000 Guineas, Epsom Oaks and Irish Oaks. Quarter Moon's dam Jude showed little ability as a racehorse, failing to win in four starts[4] before being sold to Premier Bloodstock for 92,000 guineas as a three-year-old. She made more impact as a broodmare, with her other foals including Yesterday and All My Loving (third in the Epsom Oaks). Jude's dam Alruccaba was an influential broodmare whose other descendants have included Alborada, Allegretto (Prix Royal Oak), Aussie Rules (Poule d'Essai des Poulains) and Albanova (Preis von Europa).[2][5]