| Horsename: | Idiomatic |
| Sire: | Curlin |
| Grandsire: | Smart Strike |
| Dam: | Lockdown |
| Damsire: | First Defense |
| Foaled: | January 27, 2019[1] |
| Country: | United States |
| Color: | Bay |
| Breeder: | Juddmonte Farms |
| Owner: | Juddmonte Farms |
| Trainer: | Brad H. Cox |
| Record: | 15: 11 – 2 – 2 |
| Earnings: | $3,476,840[2] |
| Race: | Shawnee Stakes (2023) Delaware Handicap (2023) Personal Ensign Stakes (2023) Spinster Stakes (2023) La Troienne Stakes (2024) Molly Pitcher Stakes (2024) Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Distaff (2023) |
| Awards: | American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse (2023) |
| Updated: | 21 July 2024 |
Idiomatic (foaled January 27, 2019) is a Champion American thoroughbred racehorse who has won multiple Grade I events in 2023, including the Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, Spinster Stakes at Keeneland and Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Park.[2]
Idiomatic is a bay mare that was bred in Kentucky by Fahad bin Khalid's Juddmonte Farms. Juddmonte Farms continues to own the horse. Her sire is Curlin, the 2007 and 2008 American Horse of the Year and stands at Hill 'n' Dale Farms in Kentucky. Her dam is Lockwood, a full sister to 2014 US Champion Older Female Horse and multiple Grade 1 winner Close Hatches. Lockdown, finished third in the 2017 G1 Kentucky Oaks, also has an unraced three-year-old Medaglia d'Oro filly and an Into Mischief yearling filly.[3] Lockwood's best win was in the 2017 Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack. Lockwood died in 2022.
Juddmonte Farms involvement in Idiomatic's family is to her great-great-granddam Monroe, a group 3 winner, group 1-placed runner by Sir Ivor out of the highly influential mare Best in Show.[4]
The dam's sire First Defence, was a Juddmonte Farm's homegrown Grade I Forego Handicap winner who stood at Juddmonte during 2009-16 and then was sold to Haif Stud in Saudi Arabia in 2016.[4]
Idiomatic is trained by Brad H. Cox.[2]
After a successful four-year-old campaign Idiomatic was awarded Eclipse Award as the U.S. Champion Older Dirt Female Horse for 2023.[5]
| Date | Distance | Race | Grade | Track | Odds | Field | Finish | Winning Time | Winning (Losing) Margin | Jockey | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 – Three-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| 1 mile | Maiden Special Weight | Turfway Park | 2.50 | 12 | 1 | 1:37.52 | [6] | |||||
| miles | Allowance Optional Claiming | Churchill Downs | 2.10* | 8 | 3 | 1:42.89 | (2 lengths) | [7] | ||||
| miles | Allowance Optional Claiming | Turfway Park | 0.92* | 12 | 3 | 1:43.88 | (lengths) | [8] | ||||
| 2023 – Four-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| miles | Allowance Optional Claiming | Turfway Park | 1.75 | 7 | 1 | 2:04.89 | [9] | |||||
| 1 mile | Allowance Optional Claiming | Turfway Park | 0.84* | 10 | 1 | 1:36.40 | [10] | |||||
| miles | Latonia Stakes | Turfway Park | 2.53* | 9 | 1 | 1:44.50 | [11] | |||||
| 1 mile | Ruffian Stakes | II | Belmont Park | 1.95 | 6 | 2 | 1:36.13 | (lengths) | [12] | |||
| miles | Shawnee Stakes | III | Churchill Downs | 2.20* | 7 | 1 | 1:42.13 | [13] | ||||
| miles | Delaware Handicap | II | Delaware Park | 0.40* | 6 | 1 | 1:50.72 | head | [14] | |||
| miles | Personal Ensign Stakes | I | Saratoga | 4.00 | 6 | 1 | 1:49.12 | [15] | ||||
| miles | Spinster Stakes | I | Keeneland | 1.06 | 6 | 1 | 1:49.82 | [16] | ||||
| miles | Breeders' Cup Distaff | I | Santa Anita | 1.80* | 9 | 1 | 1:50.57 | [17] | ||||
| 2024 – Five-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| miles | La Troienne Stakes | I | Churchill Downs | 0.83* | 5 | 1 | 1:43.24 | [18] | ||||
| miles | Ogden Phipps Stakes | I | Saratoga | 0.70* | 6 | 2 | 1:49.58 | (head) | [19] | |||
| miles | Molly Pitcher Stakes | III | Monmouth Park | 0.10* | 5 | 1 | 1:44.53 | head | [20] |