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Chateau D’Yquem

March 21st 2010 23:14
Chateau D’Yquem.

A three year old filly by Pins out of Miss Distinction (by Bletchencore).


Chateau D’yquem (in her new nose roll) getting the upper hand
Chateau D’yquem (in her new nose roll) getting the upper hand



(photo: Neil Murray) click image for enlargement

Trained by Victoria’s leading trainer, Peter Moody, this impressive bay/brown filly cost $420000 and was purchased at the 2008 New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Sale by Robert Roulston Bloodstock.

Chateau D’Yquem is a half-sister to multiple Group One Winner Gee I Jane - winner of the 2006 Telegraph Handicap and 2006 BTC Cup - both at 1200 metres. In addition she was 5 times placed at Group One. Other notable relations are Miss Jessie Jay, a Group Three winner.

At Caulfield on Saturday this impressive filly notched up her second win from four career starts when she won the Toltrice Handicap over 1400 metres. After being erratic early in her career a nose roll was added to her gear (see photograph) for the first time to improve her carriage through the race.

She is blessed with a fine pedigree - and tons of ability - and will no doubt win better races over time.


The name - Chateau D’Yquem - is difficult to pronounce or fathom unless you are something of a wine connoisseur (I’m not - but I did some research in Wikipedia).



Chateau D’Yquem is a highly regarded wine from France, emanating from the Sauternes, Gironde region of the Bordeaux vineyards.

It is a wine with an extremely long life, bottles of 100 years and older may be found in excellent condition if properly kept.

There are many notable references to Chateau D’yquem in literature and film:

Château d'Yquem is a favourite of Hannibal Lecter. In the novel Hannibal, he tracked down and purchased a bottle of Château d'Yquem that was bottled in the year of Clarice Starling's birth as a 33rd birthday gift for her.

Fyodor Dostoevsky mentions Château d'Yquem in part II of The Possessed (also known as The Devils or Demons) as the last wine drunk by a young man in a hotel who commits suicide after having squandered 400 roubles given to him by his family to make purchases for his sister's wedding.
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