Allied Powers is a retired Irish horse trained by Michael Bell and owned by David Fish and Edward Ware. He is the winner of Group Three Prix D'Hedouville at Longchamp and Group Two

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. Allied Powers was bred in Ireland and is a son of Invincible Spirit (dam: Always Friendly). Allied Powers won his first race in April 2008 at Pontefract Racecourse. He won the race, a 12-furlong handicap over heavy ground, with ease and followed it up with two more wins in as many races. The first, a handicap also 12 furlongs at Chester Racecourse, saw him beat second-place Patkai by two and a half lengths. His third consecutive victory came in an 11-furlong handicap at

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. These three wins saw Allied Powers' handicap rating increase from 68 to 82 in less than a month. His next victory came four races later, when he won the Kilkerran Cup at

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in Scotland at a mile and a quarter over heavy going. May 2009 saw Allied Powers win a

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in his first attempt. Ridden by Micky Fenton (who also rode him to victory at Ayr), Allied Powers won the Braveheart Stakes, comfortably beating Lady Jane Digby by four and a half lengths. This impressive win in Listed company saw Allied Powers take a step up to Group races. In July, Allied Powers ran in his first Group 2 race off a rating of 106 in the York Stakes. The {{frac, 10, 1, 2-furlong race was run on good ground and Allied Powers, this time ridden by Paul Hanagan, finished second to Godolphin-owned Kirklees. His four-year-old season ended with a trip to Toronto for the

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, a

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event run at

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. Ridden by Jim Crowley, Allied Powers only managed to finish seventh, probably due to the fast going which was unfavourable for him. With a rating of 111, Allied Powers began his five-year-old campaign in 2010 with the Group 3 John Porter Stakes at

. He finished twelfth in a race won by Harbinger, who would go on to win the

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by 11 lengths. In May, Allied Powers headed to Paris and won the Prix D'Hedouville, a Group 3 race at

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, under French champion jockey Ioritz Mendizabal. A month later Allied Powers returned to France to easily win the Group 2 Grand Prix de Chantilly, ridden again by Mendizabal. Following success in Group 3 and Group 2 races, Allied Powers' next engagement was a Group 1 race in Hamburg. Once again, the ground proved to be a problem for Allied Powers as he finished fifth a length and a half behind the winner, Campanologist, a fast-track specialist. With a rating of 114 as of September 2010, Allied Powers was scheduled to compete in the

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, a Group 1 race in Baden-Baden, Germany. 2010–2014

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