Midday (foaled 2006) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She won nine of her 23 starts, including the Group 1

Nassau Stakes The Nassau Stakes is a Group races, Group 1 Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse race in Great Britain open to Filly, fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at ...

three times (unequalled), the

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Prix Vermeille The Prix Vermeille is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles) ...

and the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. She ran finished second in the 2009

Epsom Oaks The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 6 ya ...

and in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf in 2010.

Background

Midday is a bay mare bred and owned by Khalid Abdullah. She was trained throughout her racing career by

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at his Warren Place stable in

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She was sired by the top-class 2-year-old and sprinter Oasis Dream and is out of the

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mare Midsummer.

Racing career

Midday ran four times as a juvenile in 2008, recording her only success in a

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over one mile at

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on 19 September. In 2010 Midday won the

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and was placed behind Sariska in both the

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and the

Irish Oaks The Irish Oaks is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres), and it ...

before taking the Nassau Stakes. In autumn she ran third in the Prix Vermeille before being shipped to California, where she won the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. As a four-year-old Midday was beaten by Saiska in the Middleton Stakes but then reeled off a hat-trick of Group 1 wins in the Nassau Stakes,

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and Prix Vermeille. Midday remained in training in 2011 when she won the Middleton Stakes as well as a third Nassau Stakes.

Stud record

Midday has produced three foals to date; * 2013 - Midterm, sired by

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, won three races, including the G3

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* 2014 - Mori, by

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, has won twice, including the Listed Height of Fashion Stakes * 2015 - Midi, by Frankel

References

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