Notable Speech
British thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 2021)
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Notable Speech (foaled 10 March 2021)[1] is a Thoroughbred racehorse. He is trained in Great Britain by Charlie Appleby and owned by Godolphin. He gained major international success when winning the Breeders' Cup Mile in 2025, having earlier achieved his breakthrough victory in the 2000 Guineas Stakes in April 2024, ridden by William Buick. Notable Speech won the 2000 Guineas in his first race on turf, and became the first horse since 1938 to win the race without running as a two-year-old.[2]
| Notable Speech | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Dubawi |
| Grandsire | Dubai Millennium |
| Dam | Swift Rose |
| Damsire | Invincible Spirit |
| Sex | colt |
| Foaled | 10 March 2021 (age 5) |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Godolphin |
| Owner | Godolphin |
| Trainer | Charlie Appleby |
| Record | 13: 6–1–1 |
| Earnings | £1,657,650 |
| Major wins | |
| European Road to the Kentucky Derby Conditions Stakes (2024) 2000 Guineas Stakes (2024) Sussex Stakes (2024) Woodbine Mile (2025) Breeders' Cup Mile (2025) | |
| Awards | |
| American Champion Male Turf Horse (2025) | |
Background
Notable Speech was sired out of Dubawi, a champion racehorse who found several wins in his two years of racing including the 2005 Irish 2,000 Guineas and the Prix Jacques Le Marois. After retirement, Dubawi has seen much success as a sire, with 4 of the last 5 Breeders' Cup Mile winners having him as their sire.[3] Additionally, Dubawi has sired 63 Group 1 stakes winners, as well as over 200 group winners.[4] Notable Speech's grandsire, Dubai Millennium, was also a dominant racehorse, winning 9 out of his 10 races with his only loss coming at the Derby. For his performance, Dubai Millenium was awarded a Timeform rating of 140, one of the highest that the organization has given out.[5] Dubai Millenium only produced one crop of foals before contracting grass sickness, and was euthanized under anesthesia due to no prospect of recovery.[6]
Statistics
| Date | Distance | Race | Grade | Track | Field | Finish | Winning Time | Winning (Losing)
Margin |
Winner
(2nd Place) |
Jockey | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 – Three-year-old season | |||||||||||
| January 17 | 1600m | Maiden Race | Kempton Park | 7 | 1st | 1:40.31 | 1+1⁄4 lengths | (Parkland) | William Buick | [7] | |
| February 21 | 1600m | Condition Stakes | Kempton Park | 5 | 1st | 1:39.24 | 1 length | (Cuban Tiger) | William Buick | [8] | |
| April 6 | 1600m | Condition Stakes | Kempton Park | 5 | 1st | 1:40.25 | 2 lengths | (Valvano) | William Buick | [9] | |
| May 4 | 1600m | 2000 Guineas Stakes | G1 | Newmarket | 11 | 1st | 1:37.21 | 1+1⁄2 lengths | (Rosallion) | William Buick | [10] |
| June 18 | 1600m | St James's Palace Stakes | G1 | Ascot | 8 | 7th | 1:38.38 | (5+1⁄2 length) | Rosallion | William Buick | [11] |
| July 31 | 2000m | Sussex Stakes | G1 | Goodwood | 5 | 1st | 1:35.97 | 1+1⁄2 lengths | (Maljoom) | William Buick | [12] |
| September 9 | 1600m | Prix du Moulin de Longchamp | G1 | Longchamp | 7 | 5th | 1:38.75 | (6+1⁄2 lengths) | Tribalist | William Buick | [13] |
| November 2 | 1600m | Breeders' Cup Mile | G1 | Del Mar | 10 | 3rd | 1:32.65 | (1 length) | More Than Looks | William Buick | [14] |
| 2025 – Four-year-old season | |||||||||||
| May 17 | 1600m | Lockinge Stakes | G1 | Newbury | 8 | 4th | 1:35.06 | (2+1⁄4 lengths) | Lead Artist | William Buick | [15] |
| June 17 | 1600m | Queen Anne Stakes | G1 | Ascot | 7 | 4th | 2:36.13 | (2+1⁄4 lengths) | Docklands | William Buick | [16] |
| July 12 | 1200m | July Cup | G1 | Newmarket | 14 | 5th | 1:11.18 | (2 lengths) | No Half Measures | William Buick | [17] |
| August 17 | 1600m | Prix Jacques Le Marois | G1 | Deauville | 10 | 2nd | 1:34.23 | (head) | Diego Velaquez | William Buick | [18] |
| September 13 | 1600m | Woodbine Mile | G1 | Woodbine | 11 | 1st | 1:35.33 | 2 lengths | (My Boy Prince) | William Buick | [19] |
| November 1 | 1600m | Breeders' Cup Mile | G1 | Del Mar | 13 | 1st | 1:33.66 | 2 lengths | (Formidable Man) | William Buick | [20] |
Pedigree
| Sire Dubawi (IRE) |
Dubai Millennium (GB) | Seeking the Gold (USA) | Mr. Prospector (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Con Game (USA) | |||
| Colorado Dancer (IRE) | Shareef Dancer (USA) | ||
| Fall Aspen (USA) | |||
| Zomaradah (GB) | Deploy (GB) | Shirley Heights (GB) | |
| Slightly Dangerous (USA) | |||
| Jawaher (IRE) | Dancing Brave (USA) | ||
| High Tern (IRE) | |||
| Dam Swift Rose (IRE) |
Invincible Spirit (IRE) | Green Desert (USA) | Danzig (USA) |
| Foreign Courier (USA) | |||
| Rafha (GB) | Kris (GB) | ||
| Eljazzi (IRE) | |||
| Tulips (IRE) | Pivotal (GB) | Polar Falcon (USA) | |
| Fearless Revival (GB) | |||
| Hint of Spring (GB) | Seeking the Gold (USA) | ||
| Cherokee Rose (IRE) |
- Notable Speech is inbred 3s x 4d to Seeking the Gold, meaning that the stallion appears in the third generation on the sire side and fourth generation on the dam side in Notable Speech's pedigree.
