Ebadiyla (foaled 24 March 1994) was an Irish

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racehorse and

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. Bred and owned by the Aga Khan an trained by John Oxx she was unraced as a two-year-old in 1996 but quickly established herself as a very promising filly in the following spring with an emphatic win on her racecourse debut followed by a narrow defeat in the

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. After finishing sixth in The Oaks she won the

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and ended her season with a six

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win in the

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. She remained in training as a four-year-old but failed to win in three races although she did finish third in a strong renewal of the

Coronation Cup The Coronation Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 6 yards (2, ...

. After her retirement from racing she had considerable success as a dam of winners.

Background

Ebadiyla was a bay mare with a white

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bred in Ireland by her owner

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. She was trained in Ireland by

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and ridden in all but one of her races by

Johnny Murtagh Johnny Murtagh (born 14 May 1970) is an Irish flat racing trainer and former jockey from Bohermeen, near Navan, Kells, County Meath. As a jockey he won many of the major flat races in Europe, including all the Irish Classi ...

. She was from the ninth crop of foals sired by

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, who won the

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and

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in 1984 and went on to be the Champion sire on fourteen occasions. She was the first foal of her dam

Ebaziya Ebaziya (foaled 18 March 1989) is a retired Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and mare who won three Listed races. As a broodmare, she has bred four individual Group 1 winners. Background Ebaziya was foaled on 18 March 1989 and was bred at the ...

, who won four races including the

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in 1992 and later became an outstanding broodmare whose other foals included

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and

Edabiya Edabiya (foaled 8 April 1996) is a retired Irish-trained thoroughbred Group 1 winner racehorse. Background Edabiya, a chestnut horse, was foaled on 8 April 1996. She is the third foal of Ebaziya. Her sire is Rainbow Quest. She is owned by Aga ...

. She was descended from

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's broodmare Tourzima, the female-line ancestor of numerous major winners including

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and

Darshaan Darshaan (18 April 1981 – 21 May 2001) was a British-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and a Champion sire and broodmare sire. Background Darshaan was a brown horse bred by his owner Aga Khan IV. He was sired by the British stallion ...

Racing career

1997: three-year-old season

Ebadiyla made her racecourse debut in a

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over ten

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at the

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on 12 April 1997. Starting at odds of 9/2 in a field of eleven colts and fillies she won by four

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from Dr Johnson. The filly was again matched against male opposition when she was stepped up in class to contest the Group 3

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on 11 May over the same distance . She was made the 2/1 favourite but lost out in a three-way photo finish to the colts Ashley Park and Casey Tibbs. John Oxx later commented "She was a bit green that day, but when she got going she finished very strongly and we were very happy with her. It was a competitive, well-run race at a distance short of her best". On 6 June at

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Ebadiyla started the 15/2 third favourite in a twelve-runner field for the 218th running of the

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. She led the field approaching the final quarter mile but was then overtaken and finished sixth behind

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having been hampered in the last furlong. In the Irish Oaks at the Curragh on 11 July the filly started the 9/2 second choice in the betting behind the

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-trained Yashmak who had finished fourth in the Epsom Oaks before winning the

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. The other nine runners included the French-trained Brilliance (winner of the

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), Strawberry Roan (runner-up in the

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) and Etoile (fifth in the Epsom Oaks). After tracking the leaders until the final turn, Murtagh made a forward move on the inside in the straight. Ebadiyla overtook Yashmak approaching the final furlong and drew away to win by three lengths from the favourite with Brilliance a head away in third. Following the race Johnny Murtagh commented "Ebadiyla loves to see a bit of daylight and once I got her in the clear on the inner two furlongs down she picked up well and went about her business". After her win at the Curragh, Ebadiyla was off the track for twelve weeks before returning in Europe's most prestigious

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race, the

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over 2400 metres at

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on 5 October. She started a 54/1 outsider in an eighteen-runner field and finished twelfth behind

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. Three weeks later the filly returned to Longchamp for the Prix Royal-Oak over 3200 metres. Her ten opponents included Further Flight, Oscar Schindler (

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), Bahamian Knight (

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), Grey Shot (

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), Double Eclipse (

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), Stetarez (Prix Vicomtesse Vigier), Camporese (

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) and Nothin' Leica Dane (

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). Ridden by

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she was restrained towards the rear of the field before turning into the straight in sixth place. She took the lead 200 metres from the finish and accelerated clear of her rivals to win by six lengths from Snow Princess. Following the filly's second Group 1 win Oxx said "She was a bit rusty for the Arc after a long break but that break seems to have put her right for today." Mosse commented "Ebadiyla is clearly a very good filly The going here was more congenial for her than in the Arc."

1998: four-year-old season

Ebadiyla began her third campaign in the

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over ten furlongs at the Curragh on 24 May and ran poorly, finishing last of the five runners behind

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. She produced a much better effort in the

at Epsom on 5 June when she finished third behind Silver Patriarch and Swain, beaten a length and a half by the winner. On what proved to be her final start Ebadiyla was dropped in class for the Listed Ballycullen Stakes over fourteen furlongs at Leopardstown on 23 August. She started the odds-on favourite but was beaten into second place by the three-year-old filly On Call. The filly was entered in the Irish St. Leger but was withdrawn shortly before the start of the race after showing signs of

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. An intended second run in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe did not materialise and she was retired from racing at the end of the year.

Breeding record

After being retired from racing Ebadiyla became a broodmare for the Aga Khan's stud. She produced twelve foals and ten winners between 2000 and 2013: *Ebatana, a bay filly, foaled in 2000, sired by

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. Failed to win in four races. *Ebaziyan, grey colt (later gelded), 2001, by

. Won two flat races and four

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races including the Supreme Novices' Hurdle. *Ehsan, chestnut colt (gelded), 2002, by

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. Won one flat race and one National Hunt race. *Eyshal, bay colt (later gelded), 2004, by

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. Won two races including the

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. *Ebalista, chestnut filly, 2005, by Selkirk. Won one race, dam of Ebiyza (

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). *Ebashan, bay colt, 2006, by

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. Won one race. *Ebanour, chestnut colt (gelded), 2007, by

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. Won three National Hunt races. *Ebazziyr, bay colt, 2008, by

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. Won two National Hunt races. *Ebaniya, bay filly, 2010, by Sinndar. Failed to win in four races. *Ebanoran (AKA Lotus Breeze), bay colt (gelded), 2011, by

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. Won four races: disqualified after finishing first in the

. *Edelpour, grey colt (gelded), 2012, by

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. Won two races. *Ebediyin, bay colt, 2013, by

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. Won two races.

Pedigree

References

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