Musical Bliss

Musical Bliss
Sire	The Minstrel
Grandsire	Northern Dancer
Dam	Bori
Damsire	Quadrangle
Sex	Mare
Foaled	25 February 1986
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Sterlingbrook Farm
Owner	Sheikh Mohammed
Trainer	Michael Stoute
Record	5: 3-0-0
Earnings	£123,178
Major wins
Rockfel Stakes (1988) 1000 Guineas (1989)

Musical Bliss (1986–2006) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the classic 1000 Guineas in 1989. In a racing career lasting from July 1988 until August 1989, the filly ran five times and won three races. In 1988, Musical Bliss won both her races including the Rockfel Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse. On her first appearance as a three-year-old, she won the 1000 Guineas but ran poorly in her two other races and was retired from racing at the end of the year. Her record as a broodmare was mixed.

Musical Bliss was a bay mare with a white blaze and a white sock on her left hind leg, bred in the United States by Sterlingbrook Farm. She was sired by The Minstrel, a Canadian-bred horse who won the Epsom Derby in 1977. As a breeding stallion, The Minstrel sired Bakharoff, Minstrella, Opening Verse, L'Emigrant and Palace Music.

Musical Bliss was sent as a yearling to the Keeneland sales where she was bought by Sheikh Mohammed. The filly was sent to England to be trained by Michael Stoute at Newmarket, Suffolk and was ridden in four of her five races by Walter Swinburn.

Musical Bliss made her first appearance in a six furlong maiden race at Ascot in July 1988. She started the 8/11 favourite and won by four lengths from Command Performer. The filly was off the racecourse for almost three months before her second and final start of the year, when she was moved up in class to contest the Group Three Rockfel Stakes at Newmarket. She started slowly, but took the lead inside the final furlong and won by two lengths from Jaljuli.

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