Reine de Saba
| Reine de Saba | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Lyphard |
| Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
| Dam | Sirya |
| Damsire | Sicambre |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 7 May 1975 |
| Country | France |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Jacques Wertheimer |
| Owner | Jacques Wertheimer |
| Trainer | Alec Head |
| Record | 12: 5-1-3 |
| Major wins | |
| Prix de la Seine (1978) Prix Saint-Alary (1978) Prix de Diane (1978) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 125 (1978), 115 (1979) Top-rated French three-year-old filly (1978) |
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Reine de Saba (7 May 1975 – 1988) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Bred and owned by Jacques Wertheimer and trained by Alec Head she raced for three seasons and won five of her twelve races. After showing promise as a juvenile, she emerged as one of the leading three-year-old fillies in Europe in the spring and early summer of 1978, winning all three of her races including the Prix Saint-Alary and the Prix de Diane. Her season was ended by injury in June and when she returned as a four-year-old she was less effective, winning only one of her six races. As a broodmare she produced two foals that raced and were both good winners.
Reine de Saba was an attractive, strongly-built bay mare with a white blaze and white socks on her own legs bred in France by her owner Jacques Wertheimer. She was from the second crop of foals sired by Lyphard, an American-bred stallion who raced in France, winning the Prix Jacques le Marois and Prix de la Foret in 1972. Lyphard went on to become a very successful breeding stallion in both Europe and North America, siring Three Troikas, Dancing Brave and Manila. Reine de Saba's dam Sirya was a half-sister of several good winners including Homely (winner of the Prix Yacowlef and Trictrac, who won the Prix Eugene Adam and sired Balmerino. Wertheimer sent the filly into training with Alec Head at Chantilly. She was ridden in all of her major races by her trainer's son Freddy Head. Reine de Saba shared a breeder, owner, trainer and sire with another leading French filly of the same generation, Dancing Maid.
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