Wind in Her Hair

Wind in Her Hair is an Irish-bred, English-trained racehorse which won the Aral-Pokal in 1995 while pregnant. After retiring from racing, she was retired to become a breeding mare at the Northern Farm in Japan, where she became the dam of Black Tide and Deep Impact, both of whom became successful stallions in their own right.[1][2]

Wind In Her Hair
Wind In Her Hair in 2014
BreedThoroughbred
SireAlzao
GrandsireLyphard
DamBurghclere
DamsireBusted
SexMare
Foaled (1991-02-20) February 20, 1991
CountryIreland
ColourBay
BreederSwettenham Stud
Barronstown Stud
OwnerJohn W.Hills
TrainerMrs.W.Tulloch
Joint Ownership Terminated
Record13: 3-4-6
Earnings166,969GBP
+210,000DM

Career

As a race horse, she came in second behind Balanchine at the 1994 Epsom Oaks, and won the Aral-Pokal in 1995 despite carrying an Arazi foal in her womb.[3] The foal would be born the following year and be named Glint in Her Eye, but because the foal was unable to win any races, she was sold to Japan. It was only after her second crop, Veil of Avalon, became a successful racehorse, that there was an attempt to buy her back from Japan.[4]

After being shipped to Japan, her crops such as Deep Impact and Black Tide, as well as Lady Blond who she produced in the United States have been successful race horses. The four fillies Wind in Her Hair outside of Japan have all since been imported to Japan.[Note 1]

Racing statistics
Date Track Race Group Finish Jockey Distance Margin First (Second) Place Ref
1993.08.28 Goodwood Maiden Race 2nd Darryll Holland 7 furlongs Neck Zama [5]
9.29 Newmarket Weight For Age 11th Richard Hills 7 furlongs 3 lengths Fumo Di Londra [5]
1994.04.28 Newmarket Pretty Polly Stakes Listed 1st Richard Hills 10 furlongs 1 3/4 lengths (Wijdan) [5]
5.13 Newbury Fillies' Trial Stakes Listed 1st Richard Hills 10 furlongs 6 yards 1 1/4 lengths (Bearall) [5]
6.04 Epsom Epsom Oaks G1 2nd Richard Hills 12 furlongs 10 yards 2 1/2 lengths Balanchine [5]
7.09 Curragh Irish Oaks G1 4th Richard Hills 12 furlongs 5 lengths Bolas [5]
7.30 Goodwood Nassau Stakes G2 5th Richard Hills 10 furlongs 7 1/2 lengths Hawajiss [5]
9.07 Doncaster Park Hill Stakes G3 4th Richard Hills 14 furlongs 132 yards 7 lengths Coigach [5]
1995.05.31 Newbury Hermitage Stakes 2nd Richard Hills 10 furlongs 6 yards 3 lengths Capias [5]
6.23 Ascot Hardwicke Stakes G2 5th Richard Hills 12 furlongs 11 lengths Beauchamp Hero [5]
7.21 Newmarket Saint Petersburg Stakes 2nd Richard Hills 12 furlongs Head Burroj [5]
8.06 Gelsenkirchen Aral-Pokal G1 1st Richard Hills 2400 meters 2 lengths (Lecroix) [5]
8.16 York Yorkshire Oaks G1 3rd Richard Hills 11 furlongs 195 yards 2 lengths Pure Grain [5]

Breeding records
Year Name Sex Color Sire Trainer Owner Notable Wins and Other Records Ref
1996 Glint in Her Eye(USA) Mare Bay Arazi John W. Hills The Dan Abbott Racing
Partnership		 [6]
1997 Veil of Avalon(USA) Mare Bay Thunder Gulch Bob Baffert Golden Eagle farm 2002 De La Roce Handicap (G3) [6]
1998 Lady Blond Mare Bay Seeking the Gold Kazuo Fujisawa Lord Horse Club Granddam of Ray de Oro [6]
1999 Stars In Her Eyes Mare Dark Bay Woodman John W.Hills Mrs David Nagle
& Mrs John Magnier		 [6]
2000 Like the Wind Mare Bay Danehill Hiroyoshi Matsuda
0000↓
Takeshi Nakatsuka		 Sunday Racing
000↓
Katsumi Yoshida		 [6]
2001 Black Tide Stallion Dark Bay Sunday Silence Yasuo Ikee Makoto Kaneko 2004 Spring Stakes

Sired Kitasan Black

 [6]
2002 Deep Impact Stallion Bay 2005 Japanese Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, 2006 Japan Cup, 2006 Arima Kinen

Sired Gentildonna and Contrail

 [6]
2003 On Fire Stallion Bay Kazuo Fujisawa Sunday Racing [6]
2004 New Beginning Stallion Bay Agnes Tachyon Yasuo Ikee

↓

Naohiro Yoshida

 Makoto Kaneko [6]
2005 Verthandi Mare Bay Yasuo Ikee Sunday Racing [6]
2006 Land's Edge Mare Bay Dance in the Dark [6]
2007 N/A Filly Seal Brown Special Week - - （Died） [6]
2009 Tosen Laurence Stallion Bay Daiwa Major Ryuji Okubo Takaya Shimakawa (Did not race, pensioned) [6]
2010 Tosen Soleil Mare Bay Neo Universe Yasutoshi Ikee [6]
2011 Monde Chat Luna Stallion Bay Katsuhiko Sumii
0000↓
Mitsumasa Nakauchida
0000↓
Hiroo Shimizu		 Hidetoshi Yamamoto [6]
2012 L'Esperance Mare Bay King Kamehameha Tetsuya Kimura Silk Racing [6]
  • Wind in Her Hair retired from stud in 2012 and as of 2023 is being pensioned at the Northern Horse Park in Tomakomai, Hokkaido.[7]

Pedigree
Pedigree of Wind in Her Hair
Sire
Alzao
1980 Bay		 Lyphard
1969 Bay		 Northern Dancer Nearctic
Natalma
Goofed Court Martial
Barra
Lady Rebecca
1971 Bay		 Sir Ivor Sir Gaylord
Attica
Pocahontas Roman
How
Dam
Burghclere
1977 Bay		 Busted
1963 Bay		 Crepello Donatello
Crepuscule
Sans le sou Vimy
Martial Loan
Highclere
1971 Bay		 Queen's Hussar March Past
Jojo
Highlight Borealis
Hypericum

Footnotes

Note
  1. Glint in Her Eye and Veil of Avalon and Lady Blonde at Northern Farm, and Stars in Her Eyes at Yano Farm

References
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  2. "種牡馬情報：種牡馬成績 ｜ブラックタイド｜JBISサーチ（JBIS-Search）". www.jbis.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  3. "あの名馬の母 32歳誕生日「毎日放牧地を駆けまわり元気いっぱい」現役時代は妊娠中にG1勝ちの伝説も". Sponichi (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. 2023-02-20. Archived from the original on 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  4. Shimada, Akihiro (January 26, 2007). Arigato dipu inpakuto : Saikyoba densetsu kanketsu (in Japanese). Kosaido Shuppan. p. 42. ISBN 978-4-331-51215-9. OCLC 675605156.
  5. "Wind in Her Hair (IRE)". www.equibase.com. Equibase. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  6. "繁殖牝馬情報：牝系情報｜ウインドインハーヘア(IRE)｜JBISサーチ（JBIS-Search）". www.jbis.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  7. "きゅう舎". Northern Horse Park. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
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