Race Record for Hymn

Hymn
1997
Dk. Bay
16 h
Bred by Orpendale & Ben Sangster
Trained by John Gosden (UK) & Richard Lundy (USA)
Retired to stud- 2002

Race Record

2000- 7 Starts 3 Wins 4 Places $188,821
Winning Distance – 8f 8f 8f

2001- 3 Starts $1,410

Total 10 Starts 3 Wins 4 Places $190,231

Won Gr.3 Hawthorne Derby
2nd Gr.2 American Derby
4th Gr.1 Secretariat Stakes

Pedigree of Hymn

Sire, from 4 crops of 89 named foals, of 71 starters, 34 winners, 1 black-type performer, 76 wins, Rs. 1,95,45,058 incl.: Pampered Princess (3 wins, Rs. 13,33,439 and placed incl. 4th in Pratap Stud Million, Gr.3), GUIDED MISSILE (7 wins, Rs. 13,20,625), STYLISH BAY (6 wins, Rs. 11,75,650), MR MAJESTIC (6 wins, Rs. 8,91,985), RED FAIRY (5 wins, Rs. 13,91,300), FIERY FORTUNE (5 wins, Rs. 10,17,105), FUTURECALCULATIONS (5 wins, Rs. 5,67,000), CHAMPION STAR (4 wins), CAVALRY BRIGADE (3 wins), YOUREMYLOV (3 wins), HYMNS TO FREEDOM (2 wins), BLOOD RAYNE (2 wins), SPIRITUAL HYMN (2 wins), BEST OF THE LOT (2 wins), SHUB SHUBH (2 wins), GAME OF LIFE, ACCIACCATURA, MARIANELLA , JOHNNY, etc. His fifth crop is in training. This is his sixth crop.

Fairy King, sire of HYMN[IRE], ran only once.
Retired to stud in 1986; shuttle stallion to Australia; died in 1999. Sire, from 13 crops of 843 foals, of 641 starters, 422 winners, 3 champions, 73 black-type winners, 1304 wins, $ 40,559,726 incl.:

HELISSIO (Forte Meridien Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Gr.1, etc; sire), OATH[IRE] (Vodafone Epsom Derby, Gr.1; sire in India), TURTLE ISLAND (sire), PRINCE ARTHUR (Premio Parioli, Gr.1), FAIRY HEIGHTS (Fillies’ Mile, Gr.1), PHARAOH’S DELIGHT (Heinz “57” Phoenix Stakes, Gr.1), PRINCELY HEIR (sire), YA MALAK (Nunthorpe Stakes, Gr.1), FALBRAV (sire), REVOQUE (sire), ENCOSTA DE LAGO (sire), VICTORY NOTE (sire), SECOND EMPIRE (sire), ALMUSHTARAK (sire), REGAL ARCHIVE (sire), KINGSINGER (sire), KING IVOR (sire), ROYAL KINGDOM[IRE] (sire), etc.
Champion Sire in France.

HANDSEWN, dam of HYMN[IRE], won 1 race, $ 11,055 and placed; dam of 6 winners viz. HYMN[IRE], FESTIVAL HALL (1 win viz. Juddmonte Beresford Stakes, Gr.3 and placed incl. 3rd in Aga Khan Studs National Stakes, Gr.1, etc; sire), HILLYBILLY BOOGIE (in Japan), HURRICANE THONG (in Germany), STITCHED (2 wins; dam of SALSA INGLESA, won Emilio Gnecco, Gr.3, etc), FAITH IN DREAMS (1 win; dam of DREAMSCAPE, won Stan Fox Stakes, Gr.2), etc, Seam (unplaced; dam of DRAGONET, won Grande Premio Euvaldo Lodi, Gr.3, etc; grandam of RE THONG, won G.P. Roberto e Nelson Grimaldi Seabra, Gr.1, etc), etc. Her dam, Thong, won 5 races at 2 to 4, $ 50,036 and placed incl. 2nd in Alcibiades Stakes, etc; dam of 9 winners incl. KING PELLINORE (11 wins incl. Oak Tree Invitational Stakes, Gr.1, etc; sire), THATCH (Champion Miler, 4 wins incl. Sussex Stakes, Gr.1, etc; Champion Sire), LISADELL (1 win viz. Athasi Stakes, Gr.3; dam of FATHERLAND, GOLDEN DOME, YEATS, sire, etc; grandam of SWORD DANCE, MISS TOBACCO, etc), ESPADRILLE (Busanda Stakes; grandam of DOCKSIDER, sire, CLASSIC SPORT[USA], sire in India, etc; 3rd dam of ARD NA GREINE, won 2009 Martin Molony Stakes, etc), Dusty Boots, Marinsky, Special (unraced; dam of NUREYEV, Champion Sire, BOUND, NUMBER, etc; grandam of SADLER’S WELLS, Champion Sire, TATE GALLERY, sire, FAIRY GOLD, PUPPET DANCE, NUMEROUS, sire, CHEQUER, JADE ROBBERY, sire, Fairy King (Champion Sire), ARCHIPENKO, etc; 3rd dam of LIZARD ISLAND. Tracing through DALMARY to SIMON’S SHOES.