Lyre (horse)

Lyre (foaled 25 September 2016) is a Thoroughbred racehorse trained and bred in Australia. She has won a Group One race, and over a million dollars.

Lyre
SireLonhro
GrandsireOctagonal
DamErato
DamsireStreet Cry
SexFilly
Foaled25 September 2016
CountryAustralia
ColourBrown
BreederGodolphin
OwnerGodolphin
TrainerAnthony Freedman
Record11: 3-2-1
EarningsA$1,520,100
Major wins
Blue Diamond Prelude Fillies (G2)(2019)
Blue Diamond Stakes (G1)(2019)
Last updated on 3 March 2020

Career

A Godolphin-owned and -bred horse, Lyre was one of six yearlings that was placed with Anthony Freedman rather than the usual stable of James Cummings, and the first of them to race.[1]

Lyre made her debut at Caulfield on New Years Day 2019, finishing 5th. On 20 January, she had her first win in a maiden at Sale. Freedman Racing Manager Brad Taylor said, "She took a while to warm up there but was really good through the line. When she hit the front she still wanted to wobble around about so there’s still plenty of prep to come."[2]

Jumping at $26 in the Blue Diamond Prelude Fillies, she won by a long neck. Freedman said, "She’s improving all the time. The win at Sale had merit as she just didn’t know how to put them away she’s gone on with it and then she went to the farm and put a lot of weight on... we’ve always had a fair opinion of her."[3] A fortnight later, she "stormed home" to win $900,000 in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes. Freedman said, "She's a quality filly. She was unlucky in her first run, arguably she could be unbeaten. She's kept coming and coming and improving. They ran fairly good time, and she was the strongest."[4]

Running third in the Golden Slipper Stakes to $30 Kiamachi, Lyre was part of a trifecta for the Godolphin stable, coming from 12th with 400 metres to run.[5]

Spelling until the 2019/20 racing year, Lyre returned in the Group 3 Quezette Stakes on 27 August, finishing a "credible" fourth.[6] She was scratched from the Danehill Stakes when the stable said she "didn't scope up to scratch",[7] but a week later came second behind William Thomas at Caulfield. She contested a further two group races in this campaign, failing to place.

After a four month spell, Lyre returned in the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes, finishing second in a Godolphin trifecta.[8] She then finished fourth in the Surround Stakes on 29 February 2020.

References
  1. Paul Barbieri. "Anthony Freedman's Lyre claims $1.5m Blue Diamond Stakes". racing.com.
  2. Kate Watts. "Lyre impresses breaking maiden at Sale". racing.com.
  3. Michael Manley. "Anthony Freedman sweeps Blue Diamond Preludes with I Am Immortal and Lyre". news.com.au.
  4. Michael Lynch. "Lyre lands Blue Diamond for Freedman". Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. Brendan Cormick. "Golden Slipper: Kiamichi bolts home, from Microphone, Lyre, Loving Gaby". The Australian.
  6. Lucy Henderson. "Quezette Stakes 2019 Results: Exhilarates Wins For Godolphin". HorseRacing.com.au.
  7. Luke Sheehan. "Lyre scratched from Group Two Danehill Stakes". punters.
  8. Chris Roots. "Flit leads home Godolphin trifecta in Light Fingers". Sydney Morning Herald.
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