England
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) is a
Thoroughbred
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Champion
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racehorse
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who competed in England, France, and the United States.
Bred and raced by Khalid Abdullah's
Juddmonte Farms
Juddmonte Farms is a horse breeding farm, owned until his death on 12 January 2021 by Prince Khalid bin Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. National Thoroughbred Racing Association"Juddmonte Farms, Inc.", profile. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
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, she was sired by Danehill, a multiple Champion sire in England, Ireland, and France and the most successful sire in the history of
Australia
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n Thoroughbred racing. Her dam was the outstanding
broodmare
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Kahyasi
Kahyasi (2 April 1985 – 12 June 2008) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He won the first five races of his seven-race career, including the Epsom Derby and the Irish Derby as a three-year-old in 1988.
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Kahya ...
Epsom Derby
The Derby Stakes, more commonly known as the Derby and sometimes referred to as the Epsom Derby, is a Group races, Group 1 flat Horse racing, horse race in England open to three-year-old Colt (horse), colts and Filly, fillies. It is run at Ep ...
s. Intercontinental is a full sister to
Cacique
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,
Banks Hill
Banks Hill (foaled February 24, 1998 in England) was a French Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. She was bred and raced by Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms. She was sired by Danehill, a multiple Champion sire in England, Ireland, and France and ...
, and
Champs Elysees
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.
Based in France with trainer
André Fabre
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The son of a diplomat, Fabre graduated from university with a law degree but then decided to pursue a career in thoroughbred horse racing. He beg ...
, Intercontinental made three starts at age two. She won two races and was third in the
Group One
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Grand Critérium
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. At age three in 2003, she made six starts at racecourses in France and England. Her only win came in the Listed Prix Amandine for three-year-old fillies at
Deauville-La Touques Racecourse
Hippodrome Deauville-La Touques is a race track for thoroughbred horse racing located in Deauville in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, département, in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy ''Regions of France, r ...
. She notably ran third to winner
Russian Rhythm
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in the
Group One
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1,000 Guineas Stakes
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at
Newmarket Racecourse
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At age four, Intercontinental was sent to Robert J. Frankel, Robert Frankel, Juddmonte Farms' trainer in the United States. For the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer, Intercontinental began 2004 with a win in the
Jenny Wiley Stakes
The Jenny Wiley Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and Mares, age four and older over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the turf held annually in early April at Keeneland Race Course, Lexington, Kentucky du ...
Lexington, Kentucky
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Belmont Park
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in
Elmont, New York
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and got her first
Grade 1
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win at
Hollywood Park Racetrack
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in
Inglewood, California
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in the
Matriarch Stakes :'' This article is about an American horse race. For the Australian horse race, see Matriarch Stakes (Australia).''
The Matriarch Stakes is a Graded stakes race, Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are of age thre ...
2005 Championship Year
At age five, Intercontinental had her best year. She won her second straight edition of the Jenny Wiley Stakes and also won the First Lady Stakes, Galaxy Stakes, the
Palomar Breeders' Cup Handicap
The Yellow Ribbon Handicap (formerly known as the Palomar Handicap) is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The Grade II race is run on turf at a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles (8. ...
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf
The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for fillies and mares, three years old and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championsh ...
at
Belmont Park
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was the final race of Intercontinental's career and she won it by defeating the defending champion,
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, by a length. It was the first ever Breeders' Cup win for her
jockey
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,
Rafael Bejarano
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.
Intercontinental's 2005 performances earned her the
Eclipse Award
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An Eclipse Award Trophy is presented to the winner in each division. The trophy is made by a few small selected A ...
as that year's
American Champion Female Turf Horse The American Champion Female Turf Horse award is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. It is part of the Eclipse Awards program and is awarded annually to a female horse (filly or mare) for her performance on grass race courses.
Until 1978 t ...
.
As a broodmare
After earning more than US$2 million in racing, Intercontinental was sent to
broodmare
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duty at the
Juddmonte Farms
Juddmonte Farms is a horse breeding farm, owned until his death on 12 January 2021 by Prince Khalid bin Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. National Thoroughbred Racing Association"Juddmonte Farms, Inc.", profile. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
Overview
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breeding operation near
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city coterminous with and the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the city's population was 322,570, making it the List of ...
. In 2007, she gave birth to her first foal, a filly by