Nations Pride Explained

Horsename:	Nations Pride
Sire:	Teofilo (IRE)
Grandsire:	Galileo (IRE)
Dam:	Important Time (IRE)
Damsire:	Oasis Dream (GB)
Sex:	Colt
Foaled:	28 April 2019^[1]
Country:	Ireland
Color:	Bay
Breeder:	Godolphin
Owner:	Godolphin
Trainer:	Charlie Appleby
Record:	17: 9 - 3 - 2
Earnings:	US$2,831,754^[2]
Race:	Newmarket Stakes (2022) Saratoga Derby (2022) Jockey Club Derby Invitational (2022) Dubai Millennium Stakes (2023) Bayerisches Zuchtrennen (2023) Canadian International (2023)
Updated:	10 June 2024

Nations Pride (foaled 28 April 2019) is a multiple graded stakes race winning Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. As a three-year-old in 2022 he was victorious in three different countries, United Arab Emirates, Great Britain and United States. In 2023 he won in the United Arab Emirates, Germany and Canada.

Background

Nations Pride is a bay colt bred and owned by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin organization. He was sent into training with Charlie Appleby at Godolphin's British base in Newmarket, Suffolk.

He was from the eleventh crop of foals sired by Teofilo, who was undefeated champion as a two-year-old. At stud, Teofilo has been a highly successful breeding stallion, shuttling to Australia, siring major winners such as Exultant in Hong Kong, Happy Clapper, Humidor and the sire of two Melbourne Cup winners, Twilight Payment and Cross Counter in Australia.^[3] Nations Pride became Teofilo's 23rd top-level winner. Teofilo stood at Kildangan Stud for €30,000 in Ireland in 2021.^[4]

Nations Pride's dam Important Time raced twelve times and won three times with her most important victory in the Listed Stutenpreis des Gestuts Winterhauch over 1850 metres (~1 mile 1 furlong 43 yards) at Cologne in Germany.^[5]

In the United States, Nations Pride captured two legs of the New York Racing Association Turf Trinity, the Grade I Saratoga Derby and the Grade III Jockey Club Derby Invitational Stakes and was second in the Grade I Belmont Derby.

Statistics

Date	Distance	Race	Group Grade	Track	Odds	Field	Finish	Time	Winning (Losing) Margin	Jockey	Ref
2021 – Two-year-old season
	7 furlongs 3 yards	Maiden Stakes		Yarmouth	5/2	8	2	1:26.07	(lengths)		^[6]
	1 mile 1 yard	Novice Stakes		Lingfield	1/3*	6	1	1:37.09	lengths		^[7]
	miles	Conditions Stakes		Chelmsford	2/9*	4	1	2:07.62	3 lengths		^[8]
2022 – Three-year-old season
	2000 metres	Jumeirah Derby		Meydan (UAE)	N/A	8	1	2:01.72	lengths		^[9]
	miles		Listed	Newmarket	7/4	4	1	2:05.73	7 lengths		^[10]
	1m 4f 6y	Epsom Derby	I	Epsom Downs	15/2	17	8	2:36.38	(lengths)		^[11]
	miles	Belmont Derby	I	Belmont Park	2.40*	12	2	1:59.99	(length)		^[12]
	miles		I	Saratoga	2.10*	10	1	1:54.72	lengths		^[13]
	miles		III	Aqueduct	0.55*	6	1	2:24.14	lengths		^[14]
	miles		I	Keeneland	2.91*	13	5	2:26.35	(lengths)		^[15]
2023 – Four-year-old season
	2000 metres	Dubai Millennium Stakes	III	Meydan (UAE)	N/A	12	1	2:01.16	lengths		^[16]
	1800 metres	Dubai Turf	I	Meydan (UAE)	N/A	14	3	1:47.39	(1 length)		^[17]
	2000 metres	Bayerisches Zuchtrennen	I		9/5	6	1	2:15.02			^[18]
	miles		I	Woodbine	0.40*	8	1	2:03.65	lengths		^[19]
	2000 metres	Bahrain International Trophy	II	Sakhir (BAH)	N/A	14	7	2:06.82	(4 lengths)		^[20]
2024 – Five-year-old season
	miles		II	Aqueduct	0.90*	9	3	2:13.80	(lengths)		^[21]
	miles		I	Saratoga	5.90	8	2	1:51.94	(2 lengths)		^[22]

Legend:

Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Nations Pride was the post-time favourite.

Pedigree

• Nations Pride is inbred 4s × 4d to Danzig.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pedigree of Nations Pride . Equineline . 19 September 2022.
2. Web site: Profile of Nations Pride . Equibase . 10 June 2024.
3. Web site: Teofilo Stud Record . Racing Post . 19 September 2022.
4. Web site: Aisling . Crowe . Teofilo joins legendary company after the success of Nations Pride at Saratoga; Ultra-reliable Darley stallion joins his sire and grandsire in elite club . Racing Post . 19 September 2022.
5. Web site: Important Time; Race Record & Form. Racing Post. 19 September 2022.
6. Web site: British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Stakes – Race 2 . Racing Post . 15 September 2021 . 19 September 2022.
7. Web site: British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes – Race 3 . Racing Post . 4 October 2021 . 19 September 2022.
8. Web site: EBF Conditions Stakes – Race 2 . Racing Post . 6 November 2021 . 19 September 2022.
9. Web site: Jumeirah Derby Presented By Al Tayer Motors (Conditions) . Racing Post . 25 February 2022 . 19 September 2022.
10. Web site: Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Newmarket Stakes (Listed Race) . Racing Post . 29 April 2022 . 19 September 2022.
11. Web site: Cazoo Derby (In Memory Of Lester Piggott) (Group 1) (British Champions Series) (No Geldings) . Racing Post . 4 June 2022 . 19 September 2022.
12. Web site: 2022 Caesars Belmont Derby Invitation Stakes Grade 1 – (race 9) . Equibase . 9 July 2022 . 19 September 2022.
13. Web site: 2022 Caesars Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes Grade 1 – (race 11) . Equibase . 6 August 2022 . 19 September 2022.
14. Web site: 2022 Caesars Jockey Club Derby Invitational Stakes Grade 3 – (race 10) . Equibase . 17 September 2022 . 18 September 2022.
15. Web site: 2022 Longines Breeders' Cup Turf Grade 1 – (race 10) . Equibase . 6 November 2022 . 6 November 2022.
16. Web site: Dubai Millennium Stakes (Group 3) . Racing Post . 17 February 2023 . 19 February 2023.
17. Web site: Dubai Turf sponsored by DP World (Group 1) . Racing Post . 25 March 2023 . 25 March 2023.
18. Web site: Grosser Dallmayr-Preis - Bayerisches Zuchtrennen (Group 1) . Racing Post . 30 July 2023 . 31 July 2023.
19. Web site: 2023 Canadian International Stakes Grade 1 – (race 9) . Equibase . 8 October 2023 . 9 October 2023.
20. Web site: 2Bahrain International Trophy (Group 2) (3yo+) (Outer Track) (Turf) . Racing Post . 17 November 2023 . 17 November 2023.
21. Web site: 2024 Man o' War Stakes Grade 2 – (race 7) . Equibase . 11 May 2024 . 12 May 2024.
22. Web site: 2024 Resorts World Casino Manhattan Stakes Grade 1 – (race 11) . Equibase . 8 June 2024 . 10 June 2024.