Samantha Miss was an Australian

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racemare that won three

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races for earnings of A$1,750,760 and was later sold as broodmare for a record $3.85 million. She is a

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mare by the leading sire

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out of Milliyet (NZ) (

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-Foreign Copy). Samantha Miss was bred in

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by G.D. Witters. She was purchased for $1.5 million at the 2007 yearling sales and earned $1,763,260 in 12 starts.

Racing career

Samantha Miss had five starts as a two-year-old for two wins, including the Champagne Stakes. As a three-year-old, she had seven starts for five wins.Samantha Miss's career record
/ref> In Sydney, she became the first filly since Angst, in 1993, to win all four legs of the Princess Series - the Silver Shadow Stakes, the Furious Stakes, the Tea Rose Stakes, and the

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. In Melbourne, she took on the older horses when third in the

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and won the

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by three lengths when she came back to her own age. In the new year, she finished a close second in the Light Fingers Stakes on a heavy track. A week later, Samantha Miss tore a tendon in training and, after weeks of consideration, was sent to the Australian Easter Broodmare Sale on 16 April 2009, where she was purchased by

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. It was announced that she would be retired to stud and served by More Than Ready.

Career results

Stud record

On 12 August 2010 Samantha Miss foaled a bay filly by More Than Ready (USA).

References

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