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In the Wings (horse)

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Sire
  
Sadler's Wells

Dam
  
High Hawk

Foaled
  
1986

Species
  
Equus caballus

Sex
  
Stallion

Earnings
  
968,660 GBP

Grandsire
  
Northern Dancer

Damsire
  
Shirley Heights

Country
  
Great Britain

Parents
  
Sadler's Wells

Trainer
  
André Fabre

Owner
  
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

In The Wings (1986–2004) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who raced from a base in France. He was bred and raced by Sheikh Mohammed, and trained in France by André Fabre,

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Racing career

On June 17, 1988 at Chantilly Racecourse, In The Wings made a winning debut in the 1988 Prix de Vineuil under jockey Cash Asmussen. Rider and horse next won August's Prix du Haras de la Huderie at Deauville-La Touques Racecourse. The colt did not race again until September 1989 but the then three-year-old picked up where he left off, winning the Prix du Prince d'Orange at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris. In his next start, In The Wings suffered his first defeat, finishing eleventh in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe against some of the best older horses in Europe.

In The Wings returned to race in France as a four-year-old in 1990. On April 29, he finished second in the Prix Ganay at Longchamp before winning June's Group One Coronation Cup at England's Epsom Downs. He then returned to France where he won the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. After finishing fifth in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot Racecourse, In The Wings won the September Prix Foy at Longchamp. In his second Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, he finished fourth but then won the richest race of his career at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York on October 27, 1990. Ridden by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, In The Wings won the US$2 million Breeders' Cup Turf, defeating such notable runners as With Approval (2nd), Saumarez, (5th), Pleasant Tap (8th), and Sky Classic (11th).

Stud record

Following his win in the Breeders' Cup, In The Wings was retired to stud duty. A successful sire, among his notable offspring were:

  • Singspiel (b. 1992) - International superstar runner who won the Canadian International Stakes (1996), Japan Cup (1996), Dubai World Cup (1997), Coronation Cup (1997), International Stakes (1997)
  • Winged Love (b. 1992) - won Irish Derby Stakes
  • Central Park (b. 1995) - won Derby Italiano (1998), Premio Presidente della Repubblica (1999)
  • Mamool (b. 1999) - won 2003 Grosser Bugatti Preis & Preis von Europa (career earnings of £742,317
  • Inglis Drever (b. 1999) - won Long Distance Hurdle (2005, 2006, 2007), World Hurdle (2005, 2007, 2008), named 2007 ROA/Racing Post Outstanding Hurdler, 2007-2008 Anglo-Irish Jumps Champion
  • Soldier Hollow (b. 2000) - 2004 German Horse of the Year, career earnings of £836,728

    • Suffering from laminitis, at age eighteen In The Wings was humanely euthanized in 2004.

    References

    In the Wings (horse) Wikipedia
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