Kind (horse)
| Kind | |
|---|---|
 Racing colours of Khalid Abdulla | |
| Sire | Danehill |
| Grandsire | Danzig |
| Dam | Rainbow Lake |
| Damsire | Rainbow Quest |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 21 April 2001 |
| Died | 8 March 2021 (aged 19) |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Juddmonte Farms |
| Owner | Khalid Abdulla |
| Trainer | Roger Charlton |
| Jockey | Richard Hughes |
| Record | 13: 6-0-4 |
| Earnings | £72,402 |
| Major wins | |
| Flower of Scotland Stakes (2004) Kilvington Stakes (2005) | |
Kind (21 April 2001 – 8 March 2021) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. She won six of her thirteen races, including the Listed Flower of Scotland Stakes and Kilvington Stakes, as well as being placed in the Group 3 Ballyogan Stakes. After retiring from racing she became one of Juddmonte Farms' top broodmares, foaling the undefeated, 10-time Group 1 winner Frankel. All of her first five foals won races, including the Group winners Bullet Train and Noble Mission. Kind was trained by Roger Charlton and owned by Khalid Abdulla. She died on 8 March 2021 following complications from foaling.[1]
Background
[edit]Kind was a bay mare who was bred by Juddmonte Farms and foaled on 21 April 2001.[2] She was sired by Danehill who won the Haydock Sprint Cup in 1989.[3] He went on to become a leading sire and was champion sire of Great Britain and Ireland in 2005, 2006 and 2007.[4] Danehill also sired Danehill Dancer, Dansili, Duke of Marmalade, Dylan Thomas, George Washington and Rock of Gibraltar.[3] Kind's dam is Rainbow Lake, a daughter of Rainbow Quest. Rainbow Lake won three of her six starts, including the Ballymacoll Stud Stakes and Lancashire Oaks. As a broodmare she produced several other winners including Powerscourt.[5] Kind was trained by Roger Charlton.[6]
Racing career
[edit]2003: Two-year-old season
[edit]Kind made her racecourse debut on 5 September 2003 in a six-furlong maiden race at Kempton Park. She was slowly away at the start, but ran on strongly in the closing stages to finish in third place, about two and a half lengths behind winner Unshooda.[7] One month later Kind started as the odds-on favourite for another six-furlong maiden at Newmarket. She was slowly away again and finished fourth, four lengths behind winner Valjarv.[8]
2004: Three-year-old season
[edit]In her first start as a three-year-old, on 14 April 2004, Kind stepped up in distance for a seven-furlong maiden at Newmarket. This time she got away from the start well and led the group that was racing on the far side of the course. She was overtaken near the finish and finished third, with the race being won by the filly Relaxed.[9] On 22 May, Kind returned to Kempton Park, where racing against colts for the first time, she started as the odds-on favourite. She took the lead and went clear, with the other horses being unable to challenge her. Kind won the race by six lengths from Farewell Gift.[10] Eleven days later she won again at Kempton, this time beating Swinbrook by a head over six furlongs.[6] Racing at Kempton Park for the fourth time in her career on 23 June, Kind recorded her third successive victory. This was in the Williamhillradio.com Classified Stakes, where after tracking the leaders in the early stages, she took the lead with one furlong still to run and won by half a length from Celtic Thunder.[11]
In July Kind raced in her first Handicap, the Vibe FM Fillies' Rates Stakes at Newmarket. As with her previous race, she followed the front runners and took the lead one furlong out, this time winning by a short-head from Valjarv.[12] In her final race as a three-year-old, she stepped up in class for the Listed Flower of Scotland Stakes at Hamilton. The pre-race favourite was Enchantment,[13] who had finished fourth in her two previous runs in Listed races.[14] Kind was priced at 8/1. Ridden by regular jockey Richard Hughes, she raced near the front of the field of eleven, just behind the leaders, in the early stages and took the lead inside the final furlong. She won the race by half a length from Autumn Pearl, with Frascati a further three-quarters of a length behind in third place.[13]
2005: Four-year-old season
[edit]Kind started the 2005 season in the Landsdown Fillies' Stakes at Bath, where she finished third behind winner Indian Maiden.[6] In May, Kind contested the Kilvington Stakes at Nottingham, where she started at the price of 3/1. She took the lead with over one furlong left to run and held on to win by half a length from Forever Phoenix, with pre-race favourite Ringmoor Down a further three-quarters of a length back in third place.[15] On 1 June, Kind started in her first Group race, the six-furlong Ballyogan Stakes. She started the race as favourite and Richard Hughes placed her in about third place in the early stages of the race. She took the lead of the race in the penultimate furlong, but was overtaken by La Cucaracha before the field entered the final furlong. Kind finished the race in third place, less than one length behind winner La Cucaracha.[16] In the Summer Stakes Kind raced near the rear of the field and could not challenge the leaders, finishing in fifth place, with the race being won by Lucky Spin.[17] Kind's final race start came in the Phoenix Sprint Stakes, when she finished fifth again.[18] Throughout her racing career she earned £72,402 in prize money.[6]
Stud career
[edit]
Kind was retired to Juddmonte Farms stud[19] and became a successful broodmare. Her first three foals all won Group races and her first five foals all won at least two races. Her foals were:
- Bullet Train – a bay horse sired by Sadler's Wells and foaled in 2007. He won two races including the Lingfield Derby Trial and £114,824 in prize money.[20] He was later used as Frankel's pacemaker.[21] Bullet Train was retired to stud at the end of 2012 and stands at Wintergreen Farm in Kentucky for a fee of $7,500.[22]
- Frankel – a bay horse sired by Galileo and foaled in 2008. Frankel was undefeated in fourteen starts and won £2,998,302 in prize money. He won the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes, 2000 Guineas, St James's Palace Stakes, Sussex Stakes twice, Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Lockinge Stakes, Queen Anne Stakes, International Stakes and Champion Stakes.[23] He was twice named Cartier Horse of the Year[24] and Timeform rated him as the best horse since the start of the company in 1948.[25] Frankel now stands as a stallion at Juddmonte Farm's Banstead Manor Stud for a fee of £200,000.[26]
- Noble Mission – a bay horse sired by Galileo and foaled in 2009. He won nine races including the Newmarket Stakes, Gordon Stakes, Gordon Richards Stakes, Huxley Stakes, Tattersalls Gold Cup, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and Champion Stakes[27] and was named Cartier Champion Older Horse in 2014.[28]
- Morpheus – a bay colt sired by Oasis Dream and foaled in 2010, who won three races and finished fourth in the Silver Cambridgeshire Handicap. He was sent to race in the United States in 2014.[29]
- Joyeuse – a bay filly sired by Oasis Dream and foaled in 2011. As a two-year-old she won the Listed Dick Poole Fillies' Stakes and finished third in the Albany Stakes at Royal Ascot and as a three-year-old won the Listed Cecil Frail Stakes.[30]
- Proconsul – a chestnut colt sired by Galileo and foaled in 2013. The full brother to Frankel and Noble Mission was trained by André Fabre in France.[31][32] He was beaten on both his races in 2016[33] and was retired to Mickley Stud in Shropshire in January 2017.[34]
- Chiasma – a filly sired by Galileo and foaled in 2018[35] who was trained by John Gosden and Thady Gosden.[36] She ran five times in 2021, winning once and being placed twice.[37]
- Kikkuli - a bay horse sired by Kingman and foaled in 2021, in training with Roger Charlton and Harry Charlton. By October 2024 he had raced seven times, winning once and coming second on three occasions.[38]
Kind died on 8 March 2021, a few days after producing the colt foal by Kingman later named Kikkuli.[39]
Pedigree
[edit]| Sire Danehill (USA) b. 1986 |
Danzig (USA) b. 1977 |
Northern Dancer b. 1961 |
Nearctic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natalma* | |||
| Pas de Nom b. 1968 |
Admiral's Voyage | ||
| Petitioner | |||
| Razyana (USA) b. 1981 |
His Majesty b. 1968 |
Ribot | |
| Flower Bowl | |||
| Spring Adieu b. 1974 |
Buckpasser | ||
| Natalma* | |||
| Dam Rainbow Lake (GB) b. 1990 |
Rainbow Quest (USA) b. 1981 |
Blushing Groom ch. 1974 |
Red God |
| Runaway Bride | |||
| I Will Follow b. 1975 |
Herbager | ||
| Where You Lead | |||
| Rockfest (USA) ch. 1979 |
Stage Door Johnny ch. 1965 |
Prince John | |
| Peroxide Blonde | |||
| Rock Garden II ch. 1970 |
Roan Rocket | ||
| Nasira |
Note: b. = Bay, ch. = Chestnut
* Kind is inbred 4 × 4 to Natalma. This means that the mare appears twice in the fourth generation of her pedigree.
References
[edit]- ^ "Frankel's dam Kind dies aged 20". Timeform. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Kind (IRE) pedigree". Equineline. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Danehill". Racing Post. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ "Leading Sires of Great Britain and Ireland". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ "Rainbow Lake". Racing Post. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Kind". Racing Post. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Results From The 2.10 Race at Kempton". Racing Post. 5 September 2003. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ "Results From The 4.45 Race at Newmarket". Racing Post. 4 October 2003. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
- ^ "Results From The 4.05 Race at Newmarket". Racing Post. 14 April 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Results From The 6.35 Race at Kempton". Racing Post. 22 May 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Results From The 7.00 Race at Kempton". Racing Post. 23 June 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Vibe FM Fillies' Rates Stakes result". Racing Post. 16 July 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Flower of Scotland Stakes result". Racing Post. 19 September 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Enchantment". Racing Post. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Kilvington Stakes result". Racing Post. 14 May 2005. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "Ballyogan Stakes result". Racing Post. 1 June 2005. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "Results From The 3.40 Race At York | 8 July 2005". Racing Post. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "Phoenix Sprint Stakes result". Racing Post. 7 August 2005. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ "Juddmonte Farms – Europe and America". Juddmonte.com. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Bullet Train". Racing Post. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ Paul Eacott. "Cecil confirms QEII pacemaker plan for Frankel". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Bullet Train". Racing Post. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Frankel". Racing Post. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Unbeaten Frankel named Cartier horse of the year 2012". BBC. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Timeform". Timeform. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Frankel". Racing Post. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Noble Mission". Racing Post. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Kingman named Horse of the Year at Cartier Racing Awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Morpheus". Racing Post. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Joyeuse". Racing Post. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "It's a boy Chestnut brother to Frankel born". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Andre Fabre to train Frankel brother". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "Proconsul". Racing Post. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ Stevens, Martin. "No foal for Frankel's dam again but another Galileo date in store". Racing Post. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ Vicarage, Zoe. "Kind delivers Galileo sister to dual world champion Frankel". Racing Post. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Milnes, David (16 February 2020). "Sister to Frankel and Noble Mission to be trained by John Gosden". Racing Post.
- ^ "Chiasma". Racing Post. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Kikkuli". Racing Post. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ Trice, Kitty (8 March 2021). "'Kind by name and by nature' - dam of Frankel and Noble Mission dies aged 20". Racing Post. Retrieved 9 March 2021.