{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Domedriver , image = , caption = , sire =

Indian Ridge Indian Ridge (22 March 1985 – 17 October 2006) was an Irish-bred British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire (horse), sire. He showed promising but unexceptional form as a two-year-old in 1987 when he won twice from four starts in minor races. He ...

, grandsire =

Ahonoora Ahonoora (1975–1989) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from 1977 to 1979 he ran sixteen times and won seven races. Ahonoora was a sprinter who specialised in races over five and six furlongs, with his most i ...

, dam = Napoli , damsire = Baillamont , sex =

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, foaled = 1998 , country =

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, colour = Dark Bay/Brown , breeder = Stavros Niarchos family , owner = Stavros Niarchos family , trainer =

Pascal Bary Pascal Bary (born 4 April 1953) is a French Horse racing, racehorse Horse trainer, trainer. He has been training since 1981, having previously worked as an assistant to François Boutin. He is based at Chantilly, Oise. Major wins Dubai * Dubai ...

, record = 21: 6-5-3 , earnings = £677,020 , race = Prix Isonomy (2000)
Prix de Tourgeville (2001)

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(2002)

Prix Daniel Wildenstein The Prix Daniel Wildenstein is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it ...

(2002)

Breeders' Cup The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Graded stakes race, Grade I Thoroughbred racing, Thoroughbred horse races, operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982. From its inception in 1984 through 2006, it was ...

wins:

Breeders' Cup Mile The Breeders' Cup Mile is a conditions races, Grade 1 Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up, run on a sod, grass course. It has been conducted annually as part of the Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup World C ...

(2002) , awards = French Champion Older Miler (2002) , honours = , updated= Domedriver (foaled 1998 in

) is a

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owned and raced in

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by the

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family. Out of the

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, Napoli, his sire was

who also sired

winner and 1995

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Ridgewood Pearl Ridgewood Pearl (1992–2003) was an Irish-based Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1995 won four Group/Grade 1 races in four countries including over male horses in the Breeders' Cup Mile at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The filly was bred by ...

and Relaxed Gesture, winner of the $2 million Canadian International, as well as

Irish 2,000 Guineas The Irish 2,000 Guineas is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it ...

winner, Indian Haven. At the 2002

races at

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near

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, Domedriver earned the most important win of his career. Jockey

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, riding in his first ever Breeders' Cup race, guided Domedriver to an upset win over the heavily favored

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who had come into the race having won a

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seven straight

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races. Domedriver raced from age two through age five before being retired to

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. He stands at Lanwades Stud in

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which has sent him to stand in France for the 2009 season

References

Domedriver's pedigree and partial racing stats

Details and video of the 2002 Breeders' Cup Mile at the official website
1998 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Ireland Racehorses trained in France Breeders' Cup Mile winners Thoroughbred family 8-f Byerley Turk sire line