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Tempera (horse)

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Sire
  
Dam
  
Colour Chart

Foaled
  
1999

Species
  
Equus caballus

Trainer
  
Sex
  
Grandsire
  
Damsire
  
Country
  
Owner
  
Godolphin Racing

Parents
  
A.P. Indy

Earnings
  
770,240 USD

Tempera (March 12, 1999 – April 28, 2002) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Background

She was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee and two-time leading sire in North America A.P. Indy who was a son of the 1977 United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing champion, Seattle Slew. Tempera's American-bred dam, Colour Chart, a daughter of the outstanding sire Mr. Prospector, was raced in France by Sheikh Mohammed where she won the 1990 Prix de l'Opéra and Prix de la Nonette.

2001: two-year-old season

In 2001 Tempera Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and was voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.

2002: three-year-old season

At age three, Tempera made two starts at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai. She ran second in the March 14, 2002 UAE 1000 Guineas then finished second again in the April 13 UAE Oaks.

Sent to Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 26 Tempera developed a fever and was sent to Hagyard-Davidson-McGee veterinary clinic near Lexington, Kentucky where her condition deteriorated as she developed colitis and laminitis. She was humanely euthanized during the evening of April 28, 2002.

*race in meters, approx in furlongs

References

Tempera (horse) Wikipedia


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