Diktat (horse)
| Diktat | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Warning |
| Grandsire | Known Fact |
| Dam | Arvola |
| Damsire | Sadler's Wells |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 25 February 1995 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Sheikh Mohammed |
| Owner | Sheikh Mohammed Godolphin |
| Trainer |
David Loder Saeed bin Suroor |
| Record | 14: 7-2-1 |
| Earnings | £537,665 |
| Major wins | |
|
Jersey Stakes (1998) Shergar Cup Seven Stakes (1999) Criterion Stakes (1999) Prix Maurice de Gheest (1999) Haydock Sprint Cup (1999) |
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Diktat (foaled 25 February 1995) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He spent most of his racing career at distances of around seven furlongs but recorded his two biggest wins when dropped to sprint distances. Unplaced on his only start as a two-year-old in 1997 he showed improved form in 1998, winning his first three races including the Jersey Stakes but missed the second half of the season. He returned as a four-year-old to win four major races from five starts: his victories came in the Shergar Cup Seven Stakes, Criterion Stakes, Prix Maurice de Gheest and the Haydock Sprint Cup. He failed to win in 2000 but finished second in the Yasuda Kinen and third in the Prix du Moulin. He stood as a breeding stallion in England, France, Japan and Spain and sired several important winners including Dream Ahead and Rajeem.
Diktat is a brown horse with a white blaze and a white sock on his left hind leg bred in England by his owner Sheikh Mohammed. The colt was initially sent into training with David Loder in Newmarket, Suffolk.
Diktat was probably the best horse sired by the outstanding miler Warning whose other progeny included Piccolo, Charnwood Forest (Queen Anne Stakes), Decorated Hero (Challenge Stakes) and Annus Mirabilis (Dubai Duty Free). Warning was a male-line descendant of the Godolphin Arabian, unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who trace their ancestry to the Darley Arabian. Diktat's dam Arvola, won one minor race from four starts, but was exceptionally bred, being sired by the multiple Champion sire Sadler's Wells out of Park Appeal a successful racemare who also produced Cape Cross. Park Appeal's dam Blidaress was also the ancestor of Desirable, Shadayid and Russian Rhythm.
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