483:). She settled in fifth place as Hit It Rich set a slow pace, before launching a challenge on the outside as the field rounded the final turn. The closing stages saw a four-way struggle between Zagora, I'm A Dreamer, Nahrain and Dream Peace, with the British filly gaining the advantage fifty yards from the finish to win by half a length. The racecourse stewards held an inquiry into possible interference caused when Nahrain bumped into Dream Peace as she angled right on the final turn but left the result unchanged. Roger Varian commented "She showed us in her last start when she was third at the Curragh that she was coming back to herself... We’re in now, aren't we? We were second last year. From when she was second last year we were keen to have another toot at it this year. She's shown up today, hasn't she?"
390:). After tracking the leaders, Nahrain looked unlikely to obtain a clear run in the straight before accelerating into the lead in the last 200 metres and held off a challenge from Announce to win by a nose. After the race Varian alluded to the fact that Michael Jarvis had died in September as he commented "It was a real special day, and that's understating it. It was dreamy stuff. To coincide with such an emotional two weeks was incredible. My first Group 1 winner on Arc Day in Paris – it really hasn’t sunk in yet. Nahrain is a very talented filly, and she has overcome a lot to get to Group 1 level so quickly".
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Coral
Distaff. After starting poorly she settled in fourth place before taking the lead approaching the final furlong and won "readily" by one and a half lengths from Primevere. After the race the filly lost her form: according to Varian "she fell away on us. She lost a lot of condition, and with a
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on 2 November
Nahrain made her second attempt to win the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. Ridden by Dettori she started the 8/1 third choice in the betting but was never in serious contention and came home tenth of the eleven runners behind Zagora. A month later it was announced that the filly
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had been retired from racing, with Varian saying "She has been a huge asset to the start of my training career... She has been a pleasure to train, and I now hope she has a long and successful career as a broodmare."
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Nahrain was retired to become a broodmare for the Darley Sud. She has produced at least five foals and three winners:
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Nahrain was given a rating of 117, making her the 136th best racehorse in the world and the best three-year-old filly trained in
Britain.
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Nahrain was stepped up in class and, with Callan in the saddle, started 4/6 favourite in a six-runner field for the
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After an absence of three months, Nahrain returned to the track on 2 October when she was sent to France to contest the
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Three weeks after her run in
Ireland Nahrain ran for the second time in the United States when she was partnered by
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and produced a better effort as she stayed on well to take third place behind the three-year-olds Up and
Caponata.
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Nahrain did not race as a juvenile, owing to an injury sustained in July 2010, and made her racecourse debut in a
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Joviality, beaten almost eight lengths by the winner. The
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and started at odds of 5/1 for the Grade I Flower Bowl
Invitational Stakes at
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she started second favourite behind the four-year-old
Announce (winner of the
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Nahrain was ridden by Callan in her first three races of 2012. On 20 June at
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in 1991. As a breeding stallion, his other successful offspring included
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869:"Spiffing Crabbie's Alcoholic Ginger Beer Maiden Fillies' Stakes result"
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849:"Nahrain gives young trainer Roger Varian an emotional day in Paris"
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on 4 November and started the 3/1 second favourite behind
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huge team effort in the yard, she has nursed back".
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550:Fooraat, bay filly, 2017, by Dubawi. Won one race.
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1015:"Nahrain, Flower Bowl winner, retired to Darley"
947:"27-1 Perfect Shirl Stuns Filly & Mare Turf"
574:Pedigree of Nahrain (GB), chestnut mare, 2008
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219:Nahrain is a chestnut mare with a broad white
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231:and was initially sent into training with
926:"Nahrain Nips Announce in Opera Thriller"
1100:Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom
996:"Nahrain Wins Flower Bowl in a Thriller"
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513:, a bay colt, foaled in 2014, sired by
289:Her name means 'two rivers' (نهرين) in
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1035:"The 2012 World Thoroughbred Rankings"
1013:DRF Breeding staff (7 December 2012).
183:(foaled 29 January 2008) is a British
1095:Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom
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994:Hammonds, Evan (29 September 2012).
883:"rewards4racing.com Handicap result"
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366:Prix de l'Opéra over 2000 metres at
924:Schweitzer, Mary (2 October 2011).
560:. Has won two races, including the
395:Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf
278:as well as finishing second in the
250:an American-bred miler who won the
201:Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf
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967:"2011 World Thoroughbred Rankings"
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532:Ta Allak, chestnut colt, 2015, by
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945:Mitchell, Ron (4 November 2011).
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539:Basford Dan, bay colt (later
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847:McGrath, J A (2 July 2011).
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871:. Racing Post. 16 May 2011.
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314:2011: three-year-old season
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523:Bayerisches Zuchtrennen
334:she started at odds of
223:bred in England by the
897:"Coral Distaff result"
556:, bay filly, 2021, by
536:. Third on only start.
481:Yellow Ribbon Handicap
293:, which refers to the
27:British-bred racehorse
1090:2008 racehorse births
787:"Selkirk Stud Record"
711:Lady of the Sea (IRE)
696:Doff The Derby (USA)
430:Windsor Forest Stakes
330:on 16 May. Ridden by
607:Mixed Marriage (GB)
368:Longchamp Racecourse
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562:1000 Guineas Stakes
438:Goodwood Racecourse
324:good to firm ground
773:"Nahrain pedigree"
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479:) and Halo Dolly (
477:Glens Falls Stakes
465:Prix de la Nonette
388:Schwarzgold-Rennen
328:Windsor Racecourse
276:Ribblesdale Stakes
237:Newmarket, Suffolk
205:Flower Bowl Stakes
172:Flower Bowl Stakes
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134:Roger Varian
22:Beth Nahrain
808:"Bahr form"
729:Milan Mill
650:Be Friendly
636:Yellow God
615:Rockefella
597:Atan (USA)
426:Royal Ascot
332:Neil Callan
320:maiden race
225:Darley Stud
114:Darley Stud
18:Mesopotamia
1084:Categories
1041:2013-01-19
793:2013-01-08
756:References
745:La Balsa (
723:Never Bend
612:Rocchetta
590:Sharpen Up
547:. Unraced.
519:Dubai Turf
280:Epsom Oaks
215:Background
156:Major wins
52:Sharpen Up
717:Mill Reef
691:Foreseer
664:Bahr (GB)
442:The Fugue
403:Stacelita
295:Euphrates
268:Cityscape
260:Sublimity
189:broodmare
143:10: 5-1-1
48:Grandsire
684:Nijinsky
678:Caerleon
670:Generous
631:Nebbiolo
569:Pedigree
264:Kastoria
195:and the
151:£669,336
148:Earnings
104:Chestnut
70:Generous
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582:Selkirk
558:Kingman
554:Elmalka
545:Dansili
511:Benbatl
494:In the
450:Curragh
448:at the
412:In the
364:Group 1
344:furlong
248:Selkirk
209:Benbatl
181:Nahrain
130:Trainer
110:Breeder
92:Country
66:Damsire
42:Selkirk
33:Nahrain
747:Family
735:La Mer
719:(USA)
686:(CAN)
680:(USA)
627:1980
594:1969
541:gelded
515:Dubawi
473:Zagora
356:Listed
340:length
291:Arabic
284:La Mer
174:(2012)
169:(2011)
164:(2011)
140:Record
100:Colour
84:Foaled
20:, see
737:(NZ)
713:1986
674:1988
672:(IRE)
666:1995
652:(GB)
633:(GB)
586:1988
584:(USA)
256:Wince
221:blaze
120:Owner
592:(GB)
579:Sire
525:and
336:11/2
303:Iraq
297:and
274:and
266:and
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61:Bahr
38:Sire
662:Dam
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