Magnificient Style (foaled 21 March 1993) is an American-bred, British-trained

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racehorse. She only raced as a three-year-old, winning two of her four races, including the

Musidora Stakes The Musidora Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 56 yards () at ...

. Since retiring from racing she has become a successful

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, with her progeny including

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and

Great Heavens Great Heavens (foaled 28 April 2009) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2012 Irish Oaks. She is owned by Lady Rothschild and trained by John Gosden. Breeding Great Heavens is the daughter of Galileo, who won The Derby, Irish Derb ...

. She was trained by

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and owned by Buckram Oak Holdings.

Background

Magnificient Style is a

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bred by Buckram Oak Farm and foaled in March 1993. She was sired by

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, who won the

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and finished third in The Derby. Silver Hawk also sired Epsom Derby winner

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and

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winner

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, as well as

Grass Wonder Grass Wonder ( ja, グラスワンダー, link=no, foaled 18 February 1995) is an American-bred, Japanese-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from 1997 until 2000 he won nine of his fifteen races including fo ...

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and Wonder Again. Magnificient Style's dam was Mia Karina, a daughter of Icecapade. Mia Karina also foaled Siberian Summer, who won the Grade 1

Strub Stakes The Strub Stakes is an American race for thoroughbred horses run at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California each year. Currently a Grade II stakes race with a purse of $200,000, it is for four-year-olds, at one and one-eighth miles on Santa Anita ...

in 1993. Magnificient Style was trained by

Racing career

Magnificient Style made her racecourse debut on 8 April 1996 in a ten-

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at Kempton Park. Jockey Willie Ryan held her up near the rear of the field and took the lead with two furlongs left to run. In the closing stages she pulled clear and won by six

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from Migwar. Magnificient Style's next start came in the Pretty Polly Stakes at Newmarket. She started as the favourite, but

Pat Eddery Patrick James John Eddery (18 March 1952 – 10 November 2015) was an Irish flat racing jockey and trainer. He rode three winners of the Derby and was Champion Jockey on eleven occasions. He rode the winners of 4,632 British flat races, a ...

could not get her to settle in the race and she finished third, five and a half lengths behind winner Pricket. Pricket then went on to finish second in the Oaks on her next start. On 14 May 1996, Magnificient Style started at the price of 5/2 for the Group 3

Musidora Stakes The Musidora Stakes is a Group 3 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 56 yards () at ...

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and faced four rivals. Ridden by

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, she took the lead from the start. She was never caught and won the race by one and three quarter lengths from Sil Sila, with Obsessive a further length behind in third place. Sil Sila won the

Prix de Diane The Prix de Diane, sometimes referred to as the French Oaks, is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 2,100 met ...

in her following race. Magnificient Style's fourth and final race was the

Ribblesdale Stakes The Ribblesdale Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 211 yards (2,406 metres), and it is ...

at Ascot, where she was ridden by Pat Eddery and started as the 13/8 favourite. As in her previous race, she led from the start, however she could not stay in front and faded to finish sixth, over ten lengths behind winner Tulipa. During her racing career, Magnificient Style won £30,744 in prize money.

Stud career

Magnificient Style was retired to Swettenham Stud, where she established herself as a top broodmare. She was purchased privately by Kincorth Investments in 2007, and her foals so far are: * Stylelistick – a bay mare sired by

Storm Cat Storm Cat (February 27, 1983 – April 24, 2013) was an American Thoroughbred stallion whose breeding fee during the peak of his stud career was $500,000, the highest in North America at the time. He was the leading sire in North America in 1999 ...

and foaled in 1999 who won the

Appalachian Stakes The Appalachian Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs) on the turf held annually in early April at Keeneland Race Course, Lexington, Kentucky during the spring m ...

. * Echoes In Eternity – a bay mare sired by

Spinning World Spinning World (foaled 1993 in Kentucky, United States) is a French thoroughbred racehorse who was one of the top European milers during the 1990s. After winning the 1996 Irish 2,000 Guineas at The Curragh in Ireland, the first French horse ev ...

and foaled in 2000. She won four races, including the

Sun Chariot Stakes The Sun Chariot Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 ...

and

Park Hill Stakes The Park Hill Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 1 mile, 6 furlongs and 115 yards (2 ...

. * Percussionist – a bay

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sired by

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and foaled in 2001. On the

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he won the

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and Yorkshire Cup and finished fourth in the Epsom Derby. Percussionist also raced over

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and won the

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in 2010. *

– a bay mare sire by Sadler's Wells and foaled in 2002. She was a successful two-year-old, winning the

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and

Fillies' Mile The Fillies' Mile is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is sched ...

. As a three-year-old she won the

Lancashire Oaks The Lancashire Oaks is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Haydock Park over a distance of 1 mile, 3 furlongs and 175 yards ...

and finished second in the

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. In 2007, Playful Act broke the world record for the price of a broodmare, when she was purchased by Sheikh Mohammed for $10.5 million at Keeneland's November breeding stock sale. * Distinctive Look – a bay mare sired by Danehill and foaled in 2003 who won a maiden race at Goodwood. * Petara Bay – a bay gelding sired by

Peintre Celebre Peintre Celebre (17 March 1994 – 19 October 2018) was an American-bred, French-trained champion thoroughbred racehorse. He won the French Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1997. Background Peintre Celebre was bred and owned by Dani ...

and foaled in 2004. He raced from 2006 to 2012 and won the

Feilden Stakes The Feilden Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old horses. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 1 furlong (1,811 metres) on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket in mid-Ap ...

in 2007. * Changing Skies – a bay mare sired by Sadler's Wells and foaled in 2005 who raced in Europe until being sent to America in 2009, where she won The Very One Stakes and La Prevoyante Handicap, and was just beaten in the Grade 1

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. * Monterey – a bay gelding sired by

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and foaled in 2007 who won two minor races in Great Britain. *

– a bay horse sired by Galileo and foaled in 2008. As a three-year-old in 2011 he won the

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and

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot ...

. In 2012 he won the

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and was just beaten by a nose by

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in that years King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He now stands as a

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Stud for a stud fee of £20,000. His first crop of foals will race as two-year-olds in 2016. *

– a bay mare sired by Galileo and foaled in 2009. She only raced once as a two-year-old, before winning her first four races as a three-year-old in 2012, including the

and

. She then finished sixth in the

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and fourth in the

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, which was her last start. * Throne Room – a bay

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sired by

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and foaled in 2011. He raced in two maidens in 2013, finishing fourth and second, but died as a two-year-old. * Willoughby – an unraced

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sired by Oasis Dream and foaled in 2012. * Rocksavage – a colt sired by

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and foaled in 2013. He raced twice in 2015 without winning.

Pedigree

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, br. =

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, ch. =

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, gr. =

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'' * Magnificient Style is

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4x4 to

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. This means that the stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of her pedigree.

References

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