Stunning Beauty (IRE)

1st - Novice Stakes - Leicester, UK - 10th August 2020
Age
6Foal date
25/04/2017Gender
MareColour
ChesnutSire
Shamardal (USA)
Dam
Short Skirt (GB)
Trainer
Saeed bin Suroor Breeder
Godolphin
Career earnings
$49,907.46Results
Pedigree
Comments
Starts19Wins3Placed4
Stunning Beauty (IRE) | Shamardal (USA) | Giant's Causeway (USA) | Storm Cat (USA) |
1983 | |||
1997 | Mariah's Storm (USA) | ||
1991 | |||
2002 | Helsinki (GB) | Machiavellian (USA) | |
1987 | |||
1993 | Helen Street (GB) | ||
1982 | |||
2017 | Short Skirt (GB) | Diktat (GB) | Warning (GB) |
1985 | |||
1995 | Arvola (GB) | ||
1990 | |||
2003 | Much Too Risky (GB) | Bustino (GB) | |
1971 | |||
1982 | Short Rations (GB) | ||
1975 |
9th foal; half-sister to 4 winners inc Minidress (7f 2yo; RPR 101), Movie Set (1m2f; 94) and Volcanic Sky (1m4f turf/1m5f AW; 98); dam 7f-1m4f winner (inc at 2/Gr 3; 115), half-sister to 13.5f Group 2 winner Whitewater Affair (dam of Victoire Pisa); impressive on belated debut when winning a 1m novice event at Newmarket in July 2020 and followed up by a wide margin under a penalty in Leicester novice stakes (1m) in August; disappointing last of nine in Group 2 Cape Verdi at Meydan (1m) in January 2021 (keen / chased fast pace) and disappointing again the following month in 9f handicap, beating just one rival; not seen until June after that but returned to Britain with a win at Doncaster; pulled up in Kensington Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot next time after issue with blindfold in stalls; solid third in 1m handicap at Newmarket in July and third again at Goodwood over 1m in August; bit below that level at Meydan in January (1m) and well held in Group 2 over 1m1f and a handicap over 6f in February; much better on UK return when third in a 1m fillies' handicap at Ascot in May and built on that by finishing close-up second over 7 at Newmarket in June; disappointing fourth at Newbury in July, however, and never dangerous when seventh over same trip at Goodwood in July and disappointing at York (7f) in August; better at Ascot (1m) in September without looking like winner waiting to happen and 1m1f stretched her stamina at Hamilton later that month; disappointing at Meydan (6f) on next start in January 2023.