429:, a race which had been her long-term target since the end of her three-year-old season. Her preparation for the race had been interrupted by a fall in a training session which left her with what Rae Guest described as "a great haematoma on her backside, a blood blister the size of half a football". Starting at odds of 16.1/1, she was restrained by Holland before moving forward in the straight but never looked likely to win and finished eleventh of the eighteen runners behind
422:). The other runners included Squeak, unbeaten in four races including the Lancashire Oaks, Papering, and Crown of Light (third in the Epsom Oaks). Holland restrained My Emma at the back of the field as Whitewater Affair set the pace, but began to make progress in the straight. My Emma overtook Whitewater Affair inside the final furlong and won "comfortably" by three quarters of a length, with Crown of Light taking third ahead of Reams of Verse.
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In early 1996, My Emma developed a nasal polyp which required surgery and delayed the start of her season. On her first appearance as a three-year-old, My Emma, after an absence of almost nine months, was entered in the
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My Emma was retired from racing to become a broodmare. In
November 2005 she was offered for sale at Tattersalls and bought for 1,300,000 guineas by the Bloodstock agency BBA Ireland, acting for the
346:-trained fillies Sangria and Binary. Despite her defeat, My Emma returned to France for the Group One Prix Vermeille (then a race confined to three-year-old fillies) over 2400 metres at
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on 20 August My Emma made her first appearance in
England for over a year when she was one of eight fillies to contest the Yorkshire Oaks over one and a half miles.
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Asmussen again in the saddle was the 29/1 outsider in the ten-runner field. The other contenders included Luna Wells (
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she appeared to have every chance in the straight but finished third, beaten a short neck and three quarters of a length by the
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Lord
Matthews died in December 1995 and his horses subsequently raced in the ownership of Matthews Breeding and Racing.
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The filly was initially sent into training with Robert
Williams but moved to the Chestnut Tree Stables of Rae Guest at
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First
Exhibit, a bay filly, foaled in 1999, sired by
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533:Pedigree of My Emma (GB), bay mare, 1993
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338:on 10 August. Ridden for the first time
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506:Admiral of the Red, bay colt, 2008, by
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169:(foaled 19 March 1993) was a British
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833:Richard Edmondson (3 October 1997).
810:"Hare Maiden Fillies' Stakes result"
513:Red Rocks Point, bay colt, 2011, by
488:Love Bird, chestnut filly, 2006, by
467:Light of Morn, grey filly, 2001, by
456:Moments of Joy, bay filly, 2000, by
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495:Sword of Honour, bay colt (later
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849:from the original on 2022-06-18.
255:before her racing career began.
943:"Tattersalls ale November 2005"
481:Eminencia, bay filly, 2003, by
105:Victor Matthews, Baron Matthews
460:. Won two races including the
427:1997 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
362:), Papering (runner-up in the
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1070:"Red Rocks Point race record"
1028:"Sword of Honour race record"
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861:"Hundon Maiden Stakes result"
812:. Racing Post. 9 October 1995
425:My Emma's final race was the
965:"Moments of Joy race record"
116:Matthews Breeding and Racing
986:"Light of Morn race record"
863:. Racing Post. 26 July 1996
396:Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse
299:1996: three-year-old season
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789:"Palmflower – Family 20-c"
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1112:Thoroughbred family 20-c
218:St James's Palace Stakes
1007:"Love Bird race record"
903:"Yorkshire Oaks result"
882:"Prix Vermeille result"
760:Timeform staff (1987).
248:in the following year.
220:and finished second in
418:, John Porter Stakes,
392:Prix Maurice de Nieuil
1097:1993 racehorse births
747:"Marju – Stud Record"
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334:over 2000 metres at
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278:Leicester Racecourse
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212:. She was sired by
762:Racehorses of 1986
729:"My Emma pedigree"
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517:. Won three races.
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602:Round Table
583:Irish Lass
568:Sex Appeal
557:Try My Best
549:Last Tycoon
416:Lupe Stakes
356:Miss Tahiti
344:André Fabre
306:Group Three
272:over seven
270:maiden race
230:Soviet Song
226:Viva Pataca
41:Last Tycoon
1091:Categories
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909:2011-10-22
888:2011-10-22
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795:2012-05-12
733:Equineline
712:References
695:Los Patos
680:Skymaster
670:Madrilene
644:Derring-Do
485:. Unraced.
453:. Unraced.
234:Indigenous
200:Background
147:Major wins
699:Ballymoss
630:Pato (GB)
577:Mill Reef
290:Paul Cole
222:The Derby
187:Group One
175:broodmare
125:Rae Guest
37:Grandsire
847:Archived
660:Camenae
636:High Top
528:Pedigree
458:Darshaan
412:The Oaks
366:and the
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242:St Leger
142:ÂŁ219,137
139:Earnings
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59:High Top
597:Artaius
522:Galileo
508:Galileo
501:Montjeu
490:Pivotal
476:Nashwan
469:Daylami
354:winner
167:My Emma
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553:1983
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