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Ouija Board
Ouija Board at the 2005 Hong Kong Vase
Sire	Cape Cross
Grandsire	Green Desert
Dam	Selection Board
Damsire	Welsh Pageant
Sex	Mare
Foaled	2001
Died	29 November 2022 (aged 21)
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Stanley Estate & Stud Co.
Owner	Lord Derby
Trainer	Ed Dunlop
Record	22:10-3-5
Earnings	$6,312,552
Major wins
Epsom Oaks (2004) Irish Oaks (2004) Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2004 & 2006) Princess Royal Stakes (2005) Hong Kong Vase (2005) Prince of Wales's Stakes (2006) Nassau Stakes (2006)
Awards
European Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (2004) Eclipse Award for Outstanding Female Turf Horse (2004 & 2006) European Horse of the Year (2004 & 2006) European Champion Older Horse (2006) Timeform rating: 125
Honours
Ouija Board Handicap atLone Star Park
Last updated on 6 December 2022

Ouija Board (3 March 2001 – 29 November 2022) was a BritishThoroughbredracehorse. She was owned byEdward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby, and trained byEd Dunlop and Chris Hinson. In a career spanning four seasons, she won 10 of her 22 races, seven of themGroup 1s, includingthe Oaks in 2004 and theHong Kong Vase in 2005, while amassing over £3 million in prize money. In 2004, she won theBreeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf and came second to Intercontinental the following year. In 2006, she regained her crown, becoming the second horse to win Breeders' Cup races in non-consecutive years.

Her silks were black, with a white cap and a single white button below the collar. She had seven different jockeys, withOlivier Peslier,Kieren Fallon,Frankie Dettori andJamie Spencer all victorious. As a broodmare, she producedAustralia, winner of the 2014 Epsom Derby.

Ouija Board's debut came atNewmarket Racecourse over seven furlongs, when she finished third, a length behind the winner. She was turned out 18 days later atGreat Yarmouth Racecourse running over the same distance, although she was victorious this time. 11 days later, she made her third start of the season, again at Newmarket, over a furlong extra in a Listed event, and again finished third. It was her final start of the 2003 season.

Her first outing in 2004 came at Newmarket in thePretty Polly Stakes over 10 furlongs, a traditional trial forThe Oaks. Ouija Board won by six lengths, and her connections opted to go straight toEpsom, rather than run in any other traditional trials such as theMusidora Stakes atYork.

She startedThe Oaks at 7/2 odds second favourite behind theAidan O'Brien-trained All Too Beautiful, as well as taking on theGodolphin duo of Punctillious and Sundrop. Ouija Board won by seven lengths to help jockeyKieren Fallon complete an Oaks-Derby double. Her next target was theIrish Oaks, in which two of her Epsom victims were reopposing - Punctillious and All Too Beautiful, but neither seriously challenged, and Ouija Board won by a length from the former.

Connections had eyed up a crack atPrix de l'Arc de Triomphe for Ouija Board, attempting to make her the first female to win the race sinceUrban Sea in 1993. With new jockeyJohnny Murtagh aboard, she was boxed in throughout the race and got out late to finish1+1⁄2 lengths behind the winner,Bago.

Despite the loss, she remained on target for theBreeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf atLone Star Park at the end of October 2004, reunited with jockeyKieren Fallon. She produced her customary turn of foot to win by1+1⁄2 lengths. For her 2004 performances, Ouija Board was voted theEclipse Award for Outstanding Female Turf Horse and namedEuropean Horse of the Year.

Several problems at the start of the 2005 season meant Ouija Board's seasonal reappearance came as late as June atRoyal Ascot in thePrince of Wales's Stakes.Jamie Spencer was on-board since Fallon was riding forBallydoyle and Dettori had a ban that saw him miss the whole of the meeting. Ouija Board lost a shoe round the final bend and tailed off to finish seventh, thirty lengths behind the winner,Azamour.

However, she bounced back at Newmarket three months later in her next start, in the Group 3Princess Royal Stakes, winning under new jockeyFrankie Dettori. Her end-of-season aim was once again theBreeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, although she was partnered by another new jockey, US Hall of Fame riderJerry Bailey. The race was run over a furlong less than the previous year due to the race being run atBelmont Park. Ouija Board finished second, a length behind the winner.

Her relatively short season meant she was still fresh, and connections decided to send her toJapan for a crack at theJapan Cup, in which she finished fifth toAlkaased, by two lengths. She was sent toHong Kong two weeks later for theHong Kong Vase. Under regular riderKieren Fallon, Ouija Board won by two and a half lengths.

It was decided that Ouija Board would stay in training for one final season, with theDubai Sheema Classic her first target.Kieren Fallon was again on board, and she ran very flat whilst finishing fourth, although Fallon reported that 'she was not herself,' and that the firework display just minutes beforehand unsettled her badly.

Ouija Board was next shipped toSha Tin Racecourse inHong Kong for April'sQueen Elizabeth II Cup, where she was reunited withFrankie Dettori for theHK$14 million (US$1.8 million) Group One event. Although running over 10 furlongs, 2 furlongs shorter than her preferred distance, she finished 3rd to winnerIrridescence. Although never admitted, connections felt Dettori holding her up in the rear for so long cost her the race.^{[citation needed]}

A return visit to the scene of arguably her greatest triumph was next, as she was sent to Epsom for a crack at theCoronation Cup.André Fabre'sShirocco went off favourite and won.Ed Dunlop said after the race that a trip to Royal Ascot was not completely out of the question, with either thePrince of Wales's Stakes over 10 furlongs orHardwicke Stakes over her preferred 12 furlong distance.

Ouija Board was confirmed as a runner in thePrince of Wales's Stakes, in a very competitive race.Dubai World Cup winnerElectrocutionist,Champion Stakes andDubai Duty Free Stakes winnerDavid Junior,Brigadier Gerard Stakes winnerNotnowcato,Breeders' Cup Turf runner-upAce andManduro all lined up against her. With new jockeyOlivier Peslier aboard, Ouija Board won by half a length.

She was entered for theCoral Eclipse 17 days later, with another new jockey inChristophe Soumillon on board. However, she was bumped around in midfield and denied a run, finishing fifth, withDavid Junior winning. Soumillon was berated by critics for his ride, and again criticised by connections, although again this was not confirmed.

Ouija Board had been considered for the"King George", but connections felt she had not recovered from her cuts and bruises from the Eclipse and was left out, although she was confirmed a runner in the Group 1Nassau Stakes atGoodwood Racecourse a week later.

Dettori was once again aboard as Ouija Board lined up in a very competitive field, includingHong Kong Cup winnerAlexander Goldrun,Coronation Stakes winnerNannina,Echelon, and Race For The Stars, a half-sister toHawk Wing. Ouija Board and Alexander Goldrun battled eye-to-eye for the final quarter of a mile. Ouija Board was declared the winner after a photo finish.

She lined up next for theIrish Champion Stakes in a rematch with Alexander Goldrun from Goodwood, and the additional threat ofDylan Thomas, the BudweiserIrish Derby winner, coming from the formidable trio of Magnier, Aidan O'Brien and Fallon. Ouija Board was partnered byJamie Spencer once more, due to Dettori riding in theSt. Leger Stakes on the same day and Fallon engaged in the same race. Spencer took Ouija Board past Dylan Thomas with just over a furlong to go, but the colt battled back to win by a neck.

TheBreeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf atChurchill Downs had always been her main seasonal target, and with regular partner Dettori aboard, she was sent off a very warm favourite, and despite being boxed in with three furlongs to go, she sprinted clear of the field and won.

Just a day before Ouija Board was due to run in her last ever race, the Hong Kong Vase, a slight injury was discovered, resulting in immediate retirement. If placing second or higher in the race, she would have become the highest-earning British race horse in history. She was awarded theEclipse Award for Outstanding Female Turf Horse in 2006, to add to her previous win of the same award in 2004.

Ouija Board was pensioned from broodmare duties in 2018 and died on 29 November 2022, at the age of 21.^[1][2]

Ouija Board gave birth to a bay colt by Kingmambo on 9 February 2008 now named Voodoo Prince, and was then covered by top German stallion Monsun, the foal of which was a colt born on 14 February 2009 and named Aegaeus. Ouija Board gave birth to her third foal at Stanley House Stud in Newmarket in 2010, a filly by Galileo named Filia Regina. She is the first filly produced by the multiple Group 1-winning daughter of Cape Cross, and consequently will be retained to race by Lord Derby. Voodoo Prince and Aegaeus made their racing debuts at Newbury on 16 April 2011 and 16 April 2012.

2008 Voodoo Prince (GB) : Bay gelding, foaled 9 February, by Kingmambo (USA) - won 3 races in England before being sold to race in Australia for £80,000. Now races under the name Our Voodoo Prince. Winner of 3 races in Australia including the 2014 Group 3Easter Cup atFlemington Racecourse euthanized after fracturing a hind pastern in his last race at Flemington December 2015

2009 Aegaeus (GB) : Bay gelding, foaled 14 February, by Monsun (GER) - won 2 races in England 2012-13, sold to race in Germany

2010 Filia Regina (GB) : Bay filly, foaled 20 February, by Galileo (IRE) - minor winner in England 2013, now a broodmare also at Stanley House Stud, Foaled a bay filly by Dubawi 10 March 2016

2011Australia (GB) : Chestnut colt, foaled 8 April, by Galileo (IRE) - won 2 races in Ireland 2013 including G3Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Trial Stakes, Leopardstown and in 2014 winner ofThe Derby, Irish Derby at The Curragh and G1 International Stakes at York.

2013 Frontiersman (GB) : Brown colt, foaled 10 February, by Dubawi (IRE) - won 3 races and placed twice, including 2nd G1 Coronation Cup at Epsom, from 8 starts in England to date (2/06/17)

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