Fallen For You (foaled 7 April 2009) is a British

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and

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. After winning on her racecourse debut she finished second in the

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before finishing fifth in the

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. She began her three-year-old racing on synthetic tracks, winning a minor race at Kempton before returning to the turf to record her biggest win in the

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. She was retired from racing at the end of the year.

Background

Fallen For You is a bay mare with a white

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and a white

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on her left hind leg bred and owned by the

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-based

Normandie Stud Normandie Stud was a successful British breeder of thoroughbred racehorses owned by Philippa Cooper. They bred Group 1 winners Fallen For You, Duncan Duncan may refer to: People * Duncan (given name), various people * Duncan (surname), var ...

. She was sired by Dansili, whose other progeny have included

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, The Fugue, Dank,

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and Rail Link. Fallen For You's dam Fallen Star won three of her nine races including the

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and finished fourth in both the

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and the

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. Fallen Star's dam Rise and Fall, bred by

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, produced several other winners including the

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winner Fly to the Stars and was a granddaughter of the influential broodmare Highlight, whose other descendants have included Deep Impact and

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. The filly was sent into training with

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. She was ridden in all but one of her races by

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Racing career

2011: two-year-old season

On her racecourse debut, Fallen For You started the 5/2 favourite for a

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over seven

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s at

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on 30 July 2011. She started slowly but recovered to take the lead inside the final furlong and won "readily" by two lengths from Rythmic '' ic'. She was then moved up in class and distance and started favourite for the Group Two

over one mile at

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on 9 September. After being restrained by Buick in the early stages she made progress in the straight but was beaten a neck by the Godolphin filly Lyric of Light, having been hampered when the winner hung to the right in the closing stages. The third placed Samitar went on to win the

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and the

Garden City Stakes The Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early July at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. A Grade I event open to three-year-old fillies, it is raced on turf over a distance of a mile and a quarter ...

. Two weeks later, Fallen For You contested the

at Newmarket but failed to reproduce her earlier form and finished fifth of the eight runners behind Lyric of Light.

2012: three-year-old season

Fallen For You began her second season in a one-mile race on the

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surface at

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on 2 May in which she was ridden by Ryan Moore. Starting the 1/5 favourite she took the lead after two furlongs and drew away in the closing stages to win by three and a quarter lengths from Gifted Girl. Ten days later she started joint-favourite for the

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over seven furlongs on the polytrack surface at

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in which she raced against older fillies and mares. She finished in a

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for sixth behind the five-year-old mare Chachamaidee after colliding with the rail two furlongs from the finish. On 22 June, Fallen For You returned to the turf to contest the Group One

over one mile at

. The

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winner

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was made favourite ahead of the

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winner Laugh Out Loud and Samitar with Fallen For You starting at odds of 12/1. The other runners included Fallen For You's stablemate Starscope (second in the 1000 Guineas), the

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winner Bugie d'Amore and the Godolphin contender Irish History. Buick restrained Fallen For You towards the rear of the field before switching her to the outside to make her challenge in the straight. The filly took the lead approaching the final furlong and drew away to win by three and a quarter lengths from Starscope, with Irish History a further two and a quarter lengths away in third place. Gosden commented "We always thought she was our best filly last year. She had a holiday and then when she came back Ryan won on her at Kempton. I ran her behind older fillies last time and she learned a lot. We were ready for a big run and she is classy". In August, Fallen For You was sent to France and matched against colts and older horses in the

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. She never looked likely to make a serious challenge and finished thirteenth of the fourteen runners behind

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Assessment

In the

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Fallen For You was given a rating of 116, making her the sixth-best three-year-old filly in the world.

Breeding record

Fallen For You was retired from racing to become a broodmare at the Normandie Stud.

Pedigree

References

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