Eight Carat
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| Eight Carat | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Pieces of Eight |
| Grandsire | Relic |
| Dam | Klairessa |
| Damsire | Klairon |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1975 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Black |
| Awards | |
| International Broodmare of the Year (1996) New Zealand Broodmare of the Year (1995, 1996, 1997) | |
| Honours | |
| New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame | |
Eight Carat (GB) (1975–2000) was a British-bred Thoroughbred broodmare. in Australasia. She produced five individual Group One winners, including Octagonal, Mouawad, Kaapstad, Diamond Lover and (Our) Marquise who had 28 stakes wins between them.[1]
Eight Carat was a black or brown mare bred in Britain. She was sired by the Eclipse Stakes winner Pieces of Eight out of Klairessa. Klairessa had little success as a racehorse, but was a sister to both the King's Stand Stakes winner D'Urberville and the mare Lora who produced the 1000 Guineas winner On the House. In addition to Eight Carat, Klairessa also produced a colt by General Assembly named Knesset, who won the Ballyogan Stakes in 1988 and Habibti, the British champion sprinter and Horse of the Year in 1983.[2]
Racing career
Breeding record
During her career as a broodmare, Eight Carat produced five Group One winners:
- Diamond Lover (1982, by Sticks and Stones), won the 1987 Railway Stakes (New Zealand)
- Kaapstad (1984, by Sir Tristram), won the 1987 VRC Sires Produce Stakes
- Marquise (1991, by Gold and Ivory), won the 1996 Captain Cook Stakes
- Octagonal (1992, by Zabeel), won ten Group Ones including the 1995 Cox Plate and 1997 Chipping Norton Stakes
- Mouawad (1993, by Zabeel), won the 1997 George Ryder Stakes, Futurity Stakes (Australia), Australian Guineas
Daughters as broodmares
Her influence now extends to several generations and includes her daughters:
Diamond Lover (Aus, 1982 by Sticks and Stones)
Dam of:
- Tristalove (1990 by Sir Tristram): winner of 2 Group 1 races and Champion Race filly
- Don Eduardo (1998 by Zabeel): winner of the 2002 Group 1 AJC Derby
- Peruzzi (1992 by Zabeel): multiple Group winner
- Antwerp (1988 by Sir Tristram): multiple Listed winner.
Diamond Lover is the grand dam of:
- Viscount: Multiple Group 1 winner and Champion 2YO;
- Helsinborg: Listed winner;
- Viking Ruler: Group 1 winner;
- Kempinsky: Group 2 winner;
- Diamond Like: Listed winner.
She is also the great grand dam of:
- Lucida: Listed winner
- De Beers: Group 1 winner.
Marquise
Dam of Shower of Roses, Group 1 winner.
Cotehele House (GB, 1980 by My Swanee)
Dam of:
- Danewin (b. 1991), winner of 5 Group 1 races, and Champion 3 year old of his year. Stood at stud in Australia's Hunter Valley and sired Group 1 winners, including Elegant Fashion, Vitesse Dane, County Tyrone, Toulouse-Lautrec and Excites.
- Commands, the winner of a Group 3 race. Also stood at stud in Australia's Hunter Valley and sired Melody Belle, Epaulette, Undue and Paratroopers.
Cotehele House is the grand dam of:
- Emerald Dream (Aus, 1996 Danehill-Theme Sing): winner of the 2002 New Zealand International Stakes and dam of Zed
- Special Bond: Listed winner
- Taimana: Group 2 winner.
Cotehele House is the great grand dam of:
- Impaler: 2x Group 2 winner
- Listen Here: Listed winner.
Cotehele House is an ancestor of the horse Verry Elleegant, a winner of the Caulfield Cup and the Melbourne Cup. Verry Elleegant was inbred 4 × 4 to Cotehele House.
La Brillante
Born 1986 (by Sir Tristram): dam of Philidor, Listed winner.
Nine Carat
Born 1989 (by Sir Tristram): dam of Court of Jewels, Listed winner.
Sons as sires
Eight Carat's sons: Octagonal, Kaapstad, Colombia and Mouawad have all stood at stud.
Octagonal
Octagonal stood at Woodlands Stud, Cootamundra, New South Wales and was the sire of the two Group One winning brothers:
- Niello, winner of the 2003 Spring Champion Stakes and 2004 Canterbury Guineas and Rosehill Guineas
- Lonhro, world champion miler of 2004, who also stood at Woodlands Stud.
Kaapstad
Kaapstad stood at Windsor Park Stud in New Zealand and was a leading sire and broodmare sire. At stud Kaapstad sired 43 individual stakes winners.[4]
Colombia
Colombia stood at Newmarket Lodge in New Zealand.[5] He sired:
- Addictive Habit, winner of the 2015 Livamol Classic and Foxbridge Plate.
- Chocolate Fish, the winner of the 2018 Great Northern Steeplechase (6300m).
Mouawad
Mouawad stood one season in Australia at Glenlogan Park Stud in Queensland, however due to fertility problems, he was re-sold again at public auction for A$525,000 to the former Domeland Syndicate and shipped to China. His fate is unknown following the collapse of the Chinese racing industry in 2005.