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thoroughbred racehorse.

Background

Prize Lady is a bay mare bred in New Zealand by D.G. & R.B. McLaren Ltd. She was sired by the American stallion Prized who won the

Breeders' Cup Turf The Breeders' Cup Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for three-year-olds and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships. The race's current ...

in 1989.

Racing career

As a three-year-old Prize Lady showed very promising form as she finished second in both the Travis Stakes to Calvert and the

New Zealand Oaks The New Zealand Oaks is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run at set weights over a distance of 2400 metres ( miles) on the third Saturday of March every year at Trentham Racecourse in Wellington, New Zealand. It was ru ...

behind Justa Tad. She ventured to Australia in 2005 and was placed fourth in the

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and eighth in the

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. When moved up in distance she showed improved form and won the

Auckland Cup The Auckland Cup is an annual race held by the Auckland Racing Club (ARC). It is an Open Handicap for thoroughbred racehorses competed on the flat turf over 3200 metres (two miles) at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand. The race was ...

in 2007. She repeated her Auckland Cup victory in 2008 becoming the first horse to achieve this feat since

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in 1970. Prize Lady was 17th in the

2008 Melbourne Cup The 2008 Melbourne Cup, the 148th running of Australia's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race, was run on Tuesday, 4 November 2008, starting at 3:00 pm local time (0400 UTC). It was won by Viewed. On 3 December 2008, Luca Cumani, t ...

won by Viewed. She attempted to win her third Auckland Cup in 2009, but finished 8th in what proved to be her last ever race.

Pedigree

Progeny

Prize Lady's son Dragon Storm (born 2/11/2014), sired by 2009 Melbourne Cup winner Shocking, won 6 races including the: * 2020 NZB Airfreight Road to Jeracho (3000m) beating Baby Menaka and Fantasy Flight * 2020

New Zealand Cup The New Zealand Cup is a thoroughbred horse race run at the Riccarton Park Racecourse in Christchurch. New Zealand Cup week The New Zealand Cup is raced on the final Saturday of Christchurch "Cup week" held each year in the second week of Nov ...

(G3 3200m) beating Lincoln King and Hurry Cane * 2021 Sandown Cup (Listed race, 3200m) beating True Marvel (FR) and Sweet Thomas (GER).

Background

Racing career

Pedigree

Progeny

See also