Tapestry | |
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![]() Racing colours of Susan Magnier | |
Sire | Galileo |
Grandsire | Sadlers Wells |
Dam | Rumplestiltskin |
Damsire | Danehill |
Sex | Filly |
Foaled | 18th of January 2011 |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Orpendale And Niarchos Family |
Owner | Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor, Niarchos Family |
Trainer | Aidan O'Brien |
Record | 9:3-2-0 |
Earnings | £353,238 |
Major wins | |
Debutante Stakes (2013) Yorkshire Oaks (2014) |
Tapestry foaled 18 January 2011 is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. She ran three times as a two-year-old, winning on her first two starts including the Debutante Stakes. Her greatest success came in 2014 when she won the 2014 Yorkshire Oaks ending the Oaks and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Taghrooda's unbeaten record. She will stay in training as a 4 year old in 2015.[ needs update]
Tapestry is a bay filly, she is her dam Rumplestiltskin's 3rd foal. Her sire is Galileo meaning she is breed on the same Danehill Galileo cross that has produced leading horses like Frankel, Teofilo and Roderic O'Connor. She is a full sister to John F Kennedy. She is trained by Aidan O'Brien and owned by John Magnier's wife Sue and running in her famous navy blue silks. [1]
Tapestry's career began in July 2013 in a maiden race at the
Curragh. She was trainer Aidan O'Brien's second string with his son
Joseph O'Brien riding the 6/4 joint favourite Snow. With 1 furlong to travel tapestry was 5th but quickened to win by half a length under a ride by
Seamie Heffernan.
[2]
She returned to the
Curragh in August to contest the Group 2
Debutante Stakes. She was one of 6 fillies in the race, 3 of them trained by Aidan O'Brien. The 4/5 favourite was asked to quicken by
Joseph O'Brien in the closing stages overtaking stablemate Perhaps to win by 1 and 3/4 lengths. The win caused some bookmakers to cut their ante post odds on her winning the
1000 Guineas. Aidan O'Brien said after the race she could be aimed at the
Moyglare Stud Stakes.
[3]
For her final start of 2013 Tapestry ran in the Molyglare stud stakes, one of the leading races for 2 year old fillies with many past winners going on to win the
1000 Guineas. She was supplemented late for the race at a cost of €22,500.
[4] This race matched her against Kiyoshi who had won the
Albany Stakes, Kiyoshi started 13/8 favourite with Tapestry at 2/1. The race was won by the
Queen Anne Stakes winner
Rizeena at a price of 9/2.
[5] Tapestry passed the winning post in the third place but a stewards enquiry found
Jamie Spencer's filly Kiyoshi, who finished 2nd, to have interfered with her run and reversed the placings.
[6] After the race Aidan O'Brien praised her performance "She ran very well, As for the rest of this year, she has the option of going for the
Fillies' Mile at Newmarket or we might just leave her off for the rest of the season."
[7]
During a stable tour in early 2014 Aidan O'Brien revealed Tapestry would be sent straight to the
1000 Guineas without a prep run.
[8] She and
Rizeena dominated the Ante post betting for the Guineas but mid April bookmakers began to lengthen their prices on tapestry due to the amount of bets on her rival.
[9]
Tapestry was joined in the
Guineas by fellow Aidan O'Brien filly Bracelet, who had won the
1000 Guineas Trial Stakes and was ridden by
Ryan Moore. On the day of the race a large number of bets before the off saw Tapestry's price shorten from 6/1 to 4/1 making her favourite for the race. She raced competitively for the first few furlongs but as the leaders began to quicken she had nothing to give with
Joseph O'Brien pulling her up to finish in last place behind winner
Miss France. Later Aidan O'Brien blamed himself for the flop as he knew she wasn't 100% fit for the race and should never have run her. He also ruled her out of running in the
Irish 1000 Guineas.
[10]
Despite at one stage being the Ante post favourite Tapestry was scratched from
The Oaks and instead was entered in the
Coronation Stakes at
Royal Ascot 2 weeks later. She never looked to threaten and finished 6th behind
Rizeena.
[11]
Her first Irish appearance of 2014 was in the
Irish Oaks.
Joseph O'Brien chose to ride her over his
Epsom Oaks ride
Marvellous. She finished 2nd to Bracelet, ridden by
Colm O'Donoghue, despite stumbling out of the starting stalls and knocking her saddle to her rump.
[12]
A month later Tapestry was entered in the
Yorkshire Oaks to face
John Gosden's star filly
Taghrooda who had made history becoming the first oaks winner to win the
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
Ryan Moore was enlisted to ride her with
Joseph O'Brien riding last years runner up Venus de Milo. Connections of Taghrooda were confident in the filly and unsurprisingly bookies made her 1/5 to win.
[13] In the race Volume made the running with Taghrooda taking over in the home straight,
Paul Hanagan pushed her along however Moore was able to get Tapestry ahead of her to win by a length ending her unbeaten run. Aidan O'Brien said "She went weak from halfway in the Guineas, which was probably down to pushing her in the spring, She had a break after that and the lads have done an unbelievable job to get her back. What she did in the [Irish] Oaks was extraordinary and Ryan produced her unbelievably today."
[14]
It was reported Tapestry's need start would be back over a mile in the
Matron Stakes, billed as a rematch with
Rizeena.
[15]
Joseph O'Brien was back in the saddle having ridden Tapestry's younger brother
John F Kennedy to victory in the
Juvenile Turf Stakes earlier in the day. Despite starting second favourite at 9/4 Tapestry finished 9th of the 10 runners.
[16]
Despite an entry in the
Prix de l'Opéra at
Longchamp Racecourse Tapestry was supplemented for the
2014 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at a cost of €120,000.
[17] Ridden by
Ryan Moore she finished 13th behind
Trévé.
[18]
Sire Galileo (IRE) 1998 |
Sadler's Wells (USA) 1981 |
Northern Dancer | Nearctic |
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Natalma | |||
Fairy Bridge | Bold Reason | ||
Special | |||
Urban Sea (USA) ch. 1989 |
Miswaki | Mr Prospector | |
Hopespringseternal | |||
Allegretta | Lombard | ||
Anatevka | |||
Dam Rumplestiltskin (IRE) 2005 |
Danehill (USA) 1986 |
Danzig | Northern Dancer |
Pas de Nom | |||
Rayzana | His Majesty | ||
Spring Adieu | |||
Monevassia (USA) 1994 |
Mr Prospector | Raise A Native | |
Gold Digger | |||
Miesque | Nureyev | ||
Pasadoble |