Dar Re Mi (foaled 2005 in Great Britain) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career lasting from 2007 to 2010 she won six times, including three at Group One level. Since retiring from racing she has become a very successful broodmare.

Dar Re Mi
SireSingspiel
GrandsireIn The Wings
DamDarara
DamsireTop Ville
SexMare
Foaled2005
CountryGreat Britain
ColourBay
BreederAxel Wend
OwnerAndrew Lloyd Webber
TrainerJohn Gosden
Record16: 6-4-4
Earnings£2,672,030
Major wins
Prix Minerve (2008)
Pretty Polly Stakes (2009)
Yorkshire Oaks (2009)
Dubai Sheema Classic (2010)
Last updated on 28 March 2010

Background

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Dar Re Mi is a daughter of Singspiel out of the mare Darara. Singspiel was a very successful breeding stallion whose other top horses include Hibaayeb and Moon Ballad.[1] During her racing career she was owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber and trained by John Gosden.

Racing career

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Dar Re Mi notably ran third in the 2009 Breeders' Cup Turf. She won the Yorkshire Oaks at the Ebor Festival and in August 2009.[2] On 27 March 2010 she earned the most important win of her career in the 2010 Dubai Sheema Classic.[3]

Breeding record

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Dar Re Mi was retired to stud in September 2010 at Watership Down Stud, owned by Madeleine Gurdon, Lady Lloyd Webber.[4] Dar Re Mi's first foal, a colt called De Treville sired by Oasis Dream, won two races and placed four times in group races.[5] Her second foal So Mi Dar, a filly sired by Dubawi, won the Investec Derby Trial and Musidora Stakes in 2016.[6] Her fourth foal, Lah Ti Dar, won the Pretty Polly Stakes in 2018.[7] Later that year her son Too Darn Hot won the Dewhurst Stakes and followed up with wins in the Prix Jean Prat and Sussex Stakes in 2019.

References

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  1. ^ "Singspiel Stud Record". Racing Post. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Dar Re Mi downs Sariska at York". 20 August 2009.
  3. ^ Jack Shinar (27 March 2010). "Dar Re Mi Scales Dubai Sheema Classic". Blood Horse. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Watership Down Welcomes Too Darn Hot's Brother". TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  5. ^ "De Treville". Racing Post. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  6. ^ "So Mi Dar". Racing Post. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Lah Ti Dar". Racing Post. Retrieved 7 May 2018.