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Grandsire
  
Damascus

Country
  
United States

Breeder
  
Flaxman Holdings Ltd.

Species
  
Equus caballus

Trainer
  
François Boutin

Sex
  
Filly

Foaled
  
March 25, 1991

Colour
  
Dark Bay

Record
  
8: 4-2-0

Owner
  
Stavros Niarchos

Parents
  
Private Account

Damsire
  
Nureyev

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East of the Moon (March 25, 1991 – 2006) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse. She was bred in the United States by Flaxman Holdings Ltd., the breeding arm of the racing stables of shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos. She was sired by multiple American Grade 1 winner Private Account, a son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Damascus. Her dam was Niarchos's French star and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Miesque who twice won the Breeders' Cup Mile.

Trained by Francois Boutin, in 1994 East of the Moon won three Group One races: the Prix Jacques Le Marois, Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and the most prestigious race for Three-Year-Old fillies, the Classic Prix de Diane. She was third in both the Prix de la Grotte and the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp. Her performances earned her Champion Three-Year-Old Miler honors in France.

Retired to Stavros Niarchos's Oak Tree Farm near Lexington, Kentucky, East of the Moon had the first of her nine foals in 1996, none of which were able to match her success on the track.

East of the Moon died at Oak Tree Farm in 2006 after being struck by lightning.

Stud Record

2000 CANDA (USA) : Bay filly by Storm Cat (USA) - dam of winners

References

East of the Moon Wikipedia