Divine Proportions (born 13 March 2002 in
Kentucky
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) is a champion
Thoroughbred
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race horse and winner of two French classics.
Background
Divine Proportions was bred by the
Niarchos family. She was sired by the American-bred stallion
Kingmambo
Kingmambo (February 19, 1990 – January 20, 2016) was an American-bred, French-trained thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse and sire (horse), sire.
Background
He was sired by the leading stallion, Mr. Prospector, who in turn was a son of Raise ...
. Her dam Myth to Reality was a Group 3 winning daughter of
Sadler's Wells.
Racing career
During her racing career, ridden by
Christophe Lemaire and trained by
Pascal Bary, Divine Proportions was the winner of no fewer than five Group 1 races, including the
Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
The Poule d'Essai des Pouliches is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile) ...
and the
Prix de Diane. She won nine out of her ten races before being retired after sustaining a tendon injury following her only defeat (4th place) in the Group 1
Prix Jacques Le Marois. Her consistent performances at the highest level led to her being voted the
Cartier Three-Year-Old European Champion Filly in 2005, following on from another such high accolade, when in 2004 she was awarded the Cartier's best 2-year-old award.
In 2006 Divine Proportions was mated to Champion Sire
Giant's Causeway
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and produced a bay colt. The colt was named Eightfold Path and won the
Prix Eclipse
The Prix Eclipse is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 1,200 metres (about 6 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place e ...
in 2009. In 2007, she was mated to
A.P. Indy
Breeding record
2007 Eightfold Path (USA) : Bay colt, foaled 1 February, by Giant's Causeway (USA) - won 4 races, including G3 Prix Eclipse at Chantilly; LR Grand Handicap de Deauville, and placed 3 times, including 3rd G3 Prix La Rochette at Longchamp, from 13 starts in France 2009-2012
2010 Daivika (USA) : Bay filly, foaled 14 April, by
Dynaformer (USA) - no wins in 2 starts.
2011 Monoceros (USA) : Bay colt, foaled 26 April, by Giant's Causeway (USA) - won 1 minor race from 6 starts.
2014 Diodorus (IRE) : Bay colt, foaled 9 May, by
Galileo
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(IRE) - won 1 minor from 22 starts on the flat and all-weather, was sent hurdling for one season won 1 novice hurdle from 9 starts.
2016 Nefertiti (IRE) : Bay filly, foaled 12 February, by Galileo (IRE) - unraced.
2017 Numen (IRE) : Chestnut colt, foaled 7 March, by Galileo (IRE) - 1 minor win from 4 starts.
2018 Light Of My Eyes (IRE) : Bay filly, foaled 24 May, by
Frankel (GB) - no wins from 2 minor races.
See also
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List of leading Thoroughbred racehorses
References
Divine Proportions pedigree and racing stats{{Cartier Champion Three-year-old Filly
2002 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in Kentucky
Racehorses trained in France
French Thoroughbred Classic Race winners
Cartier Award winners
Thoroughbred family 1-l