Samantha Miss
{{Short description|Australian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Samantha Miss
| image =
| caption =
| sire = Redoute's Choice
| grandsire = Danehill
| dam = Milliyet (NZ)
| damsire = Zabeel
| sex = Mare
| foaled = 2005
| country = Australia
| colour = Bay
| breeder = G.D. Witters
| owner =
| trainer = Kris A Lees
| earnings = A$1,750,760
| race = Champagne Stakes (2008)
Silver Shadow Stakes (2008)
Furious Stakes (2008)
Tea Rose Stakes (2008)
Flight Stakes (2008)
VRC Oaks (2008)
| awards=
| honours = Won all four legs of the Princess Series
| updated= 6 November 2009}}
Samantha Miss was an Australian Thoroughbred racemare that won three Group One races for earnings of A$1,750,760 and was later sold as broodmare for a record $3.85 million.
She is a bay mare by the leading sire Redoute's Choice out of Milliyet (NZ) (Zabeel-Foreign Copy).[http://www.studbook.org.au/Horse.aspx?hid=845311|0 ASB -Milliyet] Retrieved on 2009-6-27 Samantha Miss was bred in New South Wales by G.D. Witters.{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/sport/horse-racing/samantha-miss-shows-off-her-class-in-oaks/1354340.aspx|title=Samantha Miss shows off her class in Oaks|last=Ryan|first=Mark|date=2008-11-07|publisher=Canberra Times|accessdate=2008-12-11}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She was purchased for $1.5 million at the 2007 yearling sales and earned $1,763,260 in 12 starts.
Racing career
Samantha Miss had five starts as a two-year-old for two wins, including the Champagne Stakes. As a three-year-old, she had seven starts for five wins.[http://www.racingvictoria.net.au/Racing/horse.aspx?horse_code=795502 Samantha Miss's career record] In Sydney, she became the first filly since Angst, in 1993, to win all four legs of the Princess Series - the Silver Shadow Stakes, the Furious Stakes, the Tea Rose Stakes, and the Flight Stakes. In Melbourne, she took on the older horses when third in the Cox Plate{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-10-25/redemption-for-kavanagh-as-maldivian-wins-cox-plate/182010|title=Redemption for Kavanagh as Maldivian wins Cox Plate|date=2008-10-25|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=2011-07-28}} and won the VRC Oaks by three lengths when she came back to her own age. In the new year, she finished a close second in the Light Fingers Stakes on a heavy track. A week later, Samantha Miss tore a tendon in training and, after weeks of consideration, was sent to the Australian Easter Broodmare Sale on 16 April 2009, where she was purchased by John Singleton. It was announced that she would be retired to stud and served by More Than Ready.[http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25342992-5006070,00.html Daily Telegraph] Retrieved on 20 April 2009
Career results
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| Result
! Date ! Race ! Venue ! Distance ! Class ! Weight (kg) ! Time ! Jockey ! Odds ! Winner/2nd |
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| 1st
| 12/03/08 | Wattle Grove Handicap | Kensington | 1150m | Handicap | 54.5 kg | 1-07.95 | $1.75F | 2nd - Packing Supreme |
| 3rd
| 29/03/08 | Sweet Embrace Stakes | Randwick | 1200m | Group 3 | 55.5 kg | 1-11.03 | Hugh Bowman | $3.00F | 1st - Stripper |
| 4th
| 12/04/08 | Magic Night Stakes | Rosehill | 1200m | Group 2 | 55.5 kg | 1-11.91 | Hugh Bowman | $4.40 | 1st - Portillo |
| 2nd
| 26/04/08 | Randwick | 1400m | Group 1 | 54.5 kg | 1-25.99 | Hugh Bowman | $12.00 | 1st - Sebring |
| 1st
| 03/05/08 | Randwick | 1600m | Group 1 | 54.4 kg | 1-38.28 | Hugh Bowman | $6.00 | 2nd - Sebring |
| 1st
| 23/08/08 | Silver Shadow Stakes | Warwick Farm | 1200m | Group 3 | 58 kg | 1-12.44 | Hugh Bowman | $6.00 | 2nd - Glowlamp |
| 1st
| 09/09/08 | Furious Stakes | Randwick | 1400m | Group 2 | 56 kg | 1-26.21 | Hugh Bow man | $2.20F | 2nd - Love and Kisses |
| 1st
| 20/09/08 | Tea Rose Stakes | Rosehill | 1500m | Group 2 | 56 kg | 1-30.61 | Hugh Bowman | $1.95F | 2nd - Kimillsy |
| 1st
| 04/10/08 | Flight Stakes | Randwick | 1600m | Group 1 | 56 kg | 1-38.49 | Hugh Bowman | $1.55F | 2nd - Portillo |
| 3rd
| 25/10/08 | Moonee Valley | 2040m | Group 1 | 47.5 kg | 2-06.92 | $4.60F | 1st - Maldivian |
| 1st
| 08/11/08 | VRC Oaks | Flemington | 2500m | Group 1 | 55.5 kg | 2-37.57 | Hugh Bowman | $1.85F | 2nd - Miss Scarlatti |
| 2nd
| 14/02/09 | Light Fingers Stakes | Randwick | 1200m | Group 2 | 56 kg | 1-11.39 | Hugh Bowman | $2.70F | 1st - Rock Me Baby |
Stud record
On 12 August 2010 Samantha Miss foaled a bay filly by More Than Ready (USA).{{cite web|title=Samantha Miss (AUS) - Stud record|url=http://www.studbook.org.au/horse.aspx?hid=892005&pagetype=MAREBRDG|work=Australian Stud Book|publisher=Australian Turf Club Limited and Victoria Racing Club Limited|accessdate=22 October 2011}}