Midday (horse)

Midday (foaled 2006) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She won nine of her 23 starts, including the Group 1 Nassau Stakes three times (unequalled), the Yorkshire Oaks, Prix Vermeille and the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. She ran finished second in the 2009 Epsom Oaks and in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf in 2010.

Midday
Racing colours of Khalid Abdullah
SireOasis Dream
GrandsireGreen Desert
DamMidsummer
DamsireKingmambo
Sexmare
Foaled2006
CountryUnited Kingdom
ColourBay
BreederKhalid Abdullah
OwnerKhalid Abdullah
TrainerHenry Cecil
Record23: 9-7-3
Earnings£2,239,007
Major wins
Lingfield Oaks Trial (2009)
Nassau Stakes (2009, 2010, 2011)
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2009)
Yorkshire Oaks (2010)
Prix Vermeille (2010)
Middleton Stakes (2011)
Timeform rating: 126
Last updated on 2 August 2023

Background

Midday is a bay mare bred and owned by Khalid Abdullah. She was trained throughout her racing career by Henry Cecil at his Warren Place stable in Newmarket, Suffolk

She was sired by the top-class 2-year-old and sprinter Oasis Dream and is out of the Kingmambo mare Midsummer.

Racing career

Midday ran four times as a juvenile in 2008, recording her only success in a maiden race over one mile at Newmarket Racecourse on 19 September.[1]

In 2010 Midday won the Lingfield Oaks Trial and was placed behind Sariska in both the Epsom Oaks and the Irish Oaks before taking the Nassau Stakes.[2] In autumn she ran third in the Prix Vermeille before being shipped to California, where she won the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.[3]

As a four-year-old Midday was beaten by Saiska in the Middleton Stakes but then reeled off a hat-trick of Group 1 wins in the Nassau Stakes, Yorkshire Oaks and Prix Vermeille.[4]

Midday remained in training in 2011 when she won the Middleton Stakes as well as a third Nassau Stakes.[5]

Stud record

Midday has produced three foals to date;

References
  1. "Full Result 2.30 Newmarket - 19 September 2008 - Racing Post". Racing Post.
  2. "Full Result 3.05 Goodwood - 1 August 2009 - Racing Post". Racing Post.
  3. "Full Result 10.23 Santa Anita (USA) - 6 November 2009 - Racing Post". Racing Post.
  4. "Full Result 2.40 Longchamp (FR) - 12 September 2010 - Racing Post". Racing Post.
  5. "Full Result 3.10 Goodwood - 30 July 2011 - Racing Post". Racing Post.
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