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Dylan Thomas (foaled 23 April 2003) is a retired Irish Thoroughbredracehorse and active sire. In a racing career which lasted from June 2005 until December 2007, he ran twenty times and won ten races. After winning two minor races in 2005 he improved to become one of the leading European three-year-olds of 2006, winning the Irish Derby and the Irish Champion Stakes as well as finishing a close third in The Derby. In 2007 he won three of Europe's most important weight-for-age races, taking the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, a second Irish Champion Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. His performances led to his being named European Horse of the Year in 2007.

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Background[edit]

Dylan Thomas is a bay horse bred in Ireland by Tower Bloodstock.He was trained in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien and owned by Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor. He was sired by Danehill out of Lagrion, a daughter of Diesis. Dylan Thomas is a half brother to the 2001 European champion two-year-old filly, Queen's Logic and to the 2012 1000 Guineas winner Homecoming Queen.

Racing career[edit]

2005: two-year-old season[edit]

Dylan Thomas made his first racecourse appearance in a maiden race at Tipperary on 30 June. Ridden by Kieren Fallon, he started even money favourite and won by a length from Galantas.^[1] He was off the racecourse until 10 September when he ran in the Irish Breeders' Foal Levy Stakes at Leopardstown. He took the lead two furlongs from the finish and won by three quarters of a length from Royal Power despite hanging badly to the right in the closing stages.^[2] Dylan Thomas was then sent to England to contest the Group ThreeAutumn Stakes at Salisbury on 8 October. Ridden by Johnny Murtagh, he started 13/8 favourite, but after leading briefly in the straight he finished second by a neck to Blitzkrieg. The future Dubai World Cup winner Well Armed finished fourth.^[3] Three weeks later, Dylan Thomas was moved up to Group One class for the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster. He made little impression and finished sixth of the seven runners behind Palace Episode.

2006: three-year-old season[edit]

Dylan Thomas made his three-year-old debut in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial over ten furlongs at Leopardstown on 14 May. Ridden by Seamie Heffernan he took the lead early in the straight and stayed on strongly to win from his stable companion Mountain and the English challenger Youmzain.^[4] On 3 June, he lined up for The Derby. Ridden by Johnny Murtagh, he was sent to the lead after half a mile and stayed there until headed on the line by winner Sir Percy and runner-up Dragon Dancer. He subsequently won the Irish Derby at the Curragh, ridden by Kieren Fallon. After a summer break, Dylan Thomas beat Ouija Board in a thrilling finish to the Irish Champion Stakes in September.

In late September 2006, Coolmore took the unusual step of sending Dylan Thomas to run in the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park, his first (and only) race on dirt where he raced against top US dirt 3yo Bernardini. He never took to the surface and struggled from the break, trailing in a distant last.

2007: four-year-old season[edit]

As a four-year-old in 2007, Dylan Thomas won the Prix Ganay at Longchamp in France, and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, the latter under Johnny Murtagh. On 8 September 2007 he became the first two-time winner of the Irish Champion Stakes and rider Kieren Fallon became the first jockey to win the race three times in succession. He crowned this season with a win in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on soft ground. The victory stood after a half-hour stewards enquiry into interference was caused because Dylan Thomas veered sharply to the right halfway up the home straight, thereby coming across two other runners. Prior to this race, Fallon had described Dylan Thomas as the best horse he had ever ridden.

After the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Dylan Thomas was entered in the John Deere Breeders' Cup Turf, but he did not contend. After he was withdrawn from the Japan Cup, his last race was the Hong Kong Vase, in which he finished 7th. Dylan Thomas retired to Coolmore Stud in Ireland before the end of the year. He raced for Michael Tabor and Susan Magnier, whose husband, John Magnier, is Coolmore's managing partner.

Assessment[edit]

Dylan Thomas was named Horse of the Year at the annual Irish Horse Racing Awards in the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin on Monday 10 December 2007.[3]

Stud career[edit]

He was retired at the end of 2007 and now stands as a 'shuttle stallion' for Coolmore, serving mares at the main Coolmore farm in Ireland during the Northern Hemisphere breeding season and at Coolmore's Australia farm during the Southern Hemisphere breeding season. The most successful of his first crop of foals was the German-trained 4 year old filly Nymphea who won the Group One Grosser Preis von Berlin in 2013. In May 2014, Dylan Thomas added two more major successes as Dylan Mouth won the Derby Italiano and Blazing Speed won Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup. In 2015 Pether's Moon won the Coronation Cup. In 2018, Ladies First won the Auckland Cup.

Pedigree[edit]

• Like all of Danehill's offspring Dylan Thomas is inbred 4x4 to the mare Natalma. This means that she occurs twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.

References[edit]

1. ^'Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden'. Racing Post. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
2. ^'Irish Breeders Foal Levy Stakes'. Racing Post. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
3. ^'Autumn Stakes'. Racing Post. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
4. ^'Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial'. Racing Post. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
5. ^'Crab Mare - Family 9-c'. Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 6 May 2012.

External links[edit]

• Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Dylan Thomas

Check out our guide to the field for Sunday's Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as Enable bids for a historic third success in Europe's premier contest.

PERSIAN KING

• Trainer: Andre Fabre
• Jockey: Pierre-Charles Boudot

Surprising to see him pitched in over a mile and a half, especially with the ground riding so soft, and there must be serious reservations about him getting the trip, based on pedigree and run-style. Beat Pinatubo over a mile on good ground last time, such is his natural speed. No doubting his class, but this will be a gruelling test.

ROYAL JULIUS

• Trainer: Jerome Reynier
• Jockey: Shane Foley

Seven-year-old who won a Group Two in Italy in 2018 but not good enough to play a part in the finish of this event with questions marks over stamina as well as raw ability.

WAY TO PARIS

• Trainer: Andrea Marcialis
• Jockey: Ioritz Mendizabal

No doubting his qualities as a stout stayer and the question here is whether it turns into enough of a test to blunt the others and bring his stamina into the equation. Getting on a bit too but still capable of high-level form as he wasn't disgraced behind Anthony Van Dyck and Stradivarius in the Prix Foy, his first run since June. Could see him running on into the minor money.

JAPAN

• Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
• Jockey: Yutaka Take

Looks to have been trained for this all year after being bought into by Japanese investor after his creditable fourth to Waldgeist last October. Big doubt as to whether very soft ground sees him to best effect, though and ground to make up on Enable, among others. Chance of hitting the frame looks reasonable and price probably underestimates that fact.

SOVEREIGN

• Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
• Jockey: Mickael Barzalona

Almost certain to be playing the role of 'rabbit' and unless getting a completely uncontested lead, very hard to see him hanging tough in the straight as the classier horses go through the gears. Flattered by finishing second to Enable in the three-runner King George this summer.

STRADIVARIUS

• Trainer: John Gosden
• Jockey: Olivier Peslier

Superstar stayer who has always shown he's got a good kick at the end of his races. Bit different doing it at this level over this sort of trip and he has been beaten on all three career starts at the mile and a half distance, including the Prix Foy when a head second here last month. Did shaped with promise there, though, and a fascinating player with stamina expected to come to the fore.

SOTTSASS

• Trainer: Jean-Claude Rouget
• Jockey: Cristian Demuro

Appeared to have just about the perfect prep when a running-on, two-length fourth to Magical in the Irish Champion Stakes last month and that race has a good recent record of producing genuine Arc contenders. Was a fine third as a three-year-old last season and he's entitled to be a bigger, better colt this time. Has to concede weight to the fillies and mares but no surprise at all if right on the scene when it matters most.

ENABLE

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• Trainer: John Gosden
• Jockey: Frankie Dettori

Queen of the Flat for the last three years now and while six-year-old mares don't often hang around at the elite level, she's looked in excellent shape again this term and is primed for her swansong on the back of easy wins at Ascot and Kempton. Pretty clear a mile and a half on bad ground can stretch her a little, highlighted by last year's agonising second, but did nothing wrong in defeat and another massive effort is on the cards.

DEIRDRE

• Trainer: Mitsuru Hashida
• Jockey: Jamie Spencer

Always great to have Japanese representation in Europe's premier middle-distance Flat race and she has already tasted big-race British success when landing last year's Group One Nassau Stakes (1m2f) at Goodwood. Never been convincing over this longer trip, though, and soft ground also against her on all known evidence. So seemingly has a mountain to climb.

GOLD TRIP

• Trainer: Fabrice Chappet
• Jockey: Stephane Pasquier

Not a superstar three-year-old by any means but the big weight allowance can help them out against the top older horses and he does look a shade overpriced compared to In Swoop who he beat earlier in the year and only just succumbed to late on when third in the Grand Prix de Paris. Handles soft ground and could be the surprise package hitting the board at a massive price.

CHACHNAK

• Trainer: Fabrice Vermeulen
• Jockey: Tony Piccone

Three-year-old colt who has won two Group Three prizes this season but thoroughly exposed as not good enough in previous top-class assignments and same story awaits in such exalted company here.

IN SWOOP

• Trainer: Francis-Henri Graffard
• Jockey: Ronan Thomas

German Derby winner who has been a major mover in the market in recent days following heavy rain. Looks bound to appreciate a thorough slog following his staying-on second to Mogul in course and distance prep last month but may not have the gears mid-race to keep up with the best of the best in here.

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MOGUL

• Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
• Jockey: Ryan Moore

Has proved something of an enigma this season but did go into last winter as one of the most talked about juveniles at Ballydoyle and he's certainly shown sparks of genuine quality as a three-year-old. Very much on best behaviour when winning well in the Grand Prix de Paris over this course and distance in the middle of September but it was good ground that day and, like so many Galilos before him, doesn't look to have a soft ground action. Might have to revert to a minor part.

SERPENTINE

• Trainer: Aidan O'Brien
• Jockey: Christophe Soumillon

Surprise runaway winner of the Investec Derby and while the three-year-old colts in Britain haven't really set the world alight so far, he does at least retain an element of the unknown. Also far from disgraced when returning from a break here last month, a run he's entitled to build on. Slammed in a Galway maiden on sole soft ground outing so far, though, while stall 15 is far from ideal too.

RAABIHAH

• Trainer: Jean-Claude Rouget
• Jockey: Maxime Guyon

Well thought of, that much is clear, and she's bred to be mixing it in this sort of company. On the track she won three of her first four starts and shaped very well in defeat when half-length fourth in a bunched finish to the Prix de Diane. The slight disappointment was last time when expected to appreciate the step up to a mile but well-held second behind Tarnawa. Ground was quite lively on that occasion and she may appreciate much more of an ease now, while it's likely she wasn't quite at fever pitch for the prep. Very dangerous to leave out of the reckoning.