DELILAH

Delilah was an enormous but beautiful daughter of Bluebird who was bought by John at the Tattersalls Houghton sale for 72,000 guineas. Despite her size, she was a filly with real presence who moved like a panther. I remember seeing her in the spring of her two year old year and commented to Sir Michael that she looked like a filleted elephant. His reply was “She may be big, Harry, but she has got rhythm – real rhythm.” How right he was; she won The Princess Royal Stakes (Gr3) at Ascot as a three year old and went on at four to win The Constant Security Park Hill Fillies Stakes (Gr3). She was sold at Keeneland November Sale in Kentucky for $600,000.

RACE HISTORY

Number of Runs	15
Number of Wins	3
Number of Places	10
BHB Rating	112

PEDIGREE

RACE RECORD

Date	Race Course Distance	Race Name Jockey	Position	Racing Post race result (opens in a new window)
31/10/1998	Newmarket (Rowley Mile) 1m4f	The St Simon Stakes (Gr 3) Darryll Holland	2nd	Link to race result
10/10/1998	Ascot 1m4f	The Princess Royal Stakes (Gr 3) Olivier Peslier	2nd	Link to race result
19/09/1998	Curragh (IRE) 1m6f	The Irish St Leger (Gr 1) T Sprake	3rd	Link to race result
09/09/1998	Doncaster 1m6.5f	The Park Hill Fillies Stakes (Gr 3) T Quinn	1st	Link to race result
22/08/1998	Chester 1m5.5f	The Chester Rated Stakes (Listed) Darryll Holland	2nd	Link to race result
18/04/1998	Newbury 1m4f	The John Porter Stakes Olivier Peslier	Unplaced	Link to race result
09/11/1997	Capannelle (ITY) 1m2f	The Premio Roma T Quinn	Unplaced	Link to race result
11/10/1997	Ascot 1m4f	The Princess Royal Stakes (Gr 3) Olivier Peslier	1st	Link to race result
28/09/1997	Ascot 1m4f	The Harvest Stakes John Reid	4th	Link to race result
03/09/1997	York 1m2.5f	The Mayfield Bitter & Lager Maiden Stakes John Reid	1st	Link to race result
25/08/1997	Newcastle AW 1m2f	The Pertemps Virginia Rated Handicap Kieren Fallon	2nd	Link to race result
13/05/1997	York 1m2.5f	The Shepherd Trophy Rated Handicap John Reid	4th	Link to race result
30/04/1997	Ascot 1m	The Insulpak Conditions Stakes John Reid	3rd	Link to race result
16/04/1997	Newmarket (Rowley Mile) 7f	The Geoffrey Barling Maiden Fillies' Stakes W R Swinburn	2nd	Link to race result
28/09/1996	Haydock 7f	The European Breeders Fund Knutsford Maiden Stakes Kieren Fallon	3rd	Link to race result