Vadeni (horse)
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| Vadeni | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Churchill |
| Grandsire | Galileo |
| Dam | Vaderana |
| Damsire | Monsun |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 26 March 2019[1] |
| Country | France |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | Aga Khan IV |
| Owner | Aga Khan IV |
| Trainer | Jean-Claude Rouget |
| Record | 7: 5-0-1 |
| Earnings | £1,282,376 |
| Major wins | |
| Criterium du Fonds Europeen de l'Elevage (2021) Prix de Guiche (2022) Prix du Jockey Club (2022) Eclipse Stakes (2022) Timeform rating: 130 | |
| Last updated on 12 October 2022 | |
Vadeni (foaled 26 March 2019) is a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He showed promise as a juvenile in 2021 when he won two of his three races, including the Listed Criterium du Fonds Europeen de l'Elevage. In the following spring he won the Prix de Guiche and then ran out a five-length winner of the Group One French Derby. In July, the horse won the Eclipse Stakes before being placed in the Irish Champion Stakes and finishing a close second in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Vadeni is a bay colt with a white star and two white socks bred in France by his owner Aga Khan IV. He was sent into training with Jean-Claude Rouget.
He was from the first crop of foals sired by Churchill who was the Cartier Champion Two-year-old Colt in 2016 and went on to win the 2000 Guineas and the Irish 2000 Guineas in the following year.[2] Vadeni's dam Vaderana won one minor race from five starts in France,[3] and was a half-sister to several winners including Vadamar (Prix du Conseil de Paris) and The Pentagon (Tyros Stakes). As a descendant of the broodmare Vadlava she was related to Val Royal, Valixir, Valyra and Vazira.[4]