Park Express

Park Express (25 March 1983 2006) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She showed promise as a two-year-old in 1985, before developing into a top-class middle-distance performer in the following season. Racing against horses of her own age and sex she won the Lancashire Oaks and Nassau Stakes before recording her biggest success against colts and older horses in the Phoenix Champion Stakes. She retired from racing with a record of five wins and five places from fourteen races. She later became an extremely successful broodmare, producing several good winners. Most importantly, she was the dam of The Derby winner New Approach, a colt foaled at a time when Park Express was completely blind. She died in 2006 at the age of 23.

Park Express
SireAhonoora
GrandsireLorenzaccio
DamMatcher
DamsireMatch
SexMare
Foaled25 March 1983
CountryIreland
ColourBrown
BreederPeter Clarke
OwnerPatrick H Burns
TrainerJim Bolger
Record14: 5-3-2
Major wins
Lancashire Oaks (1986)
Nassau Stakes (1986)
Phoenix Champion Stakes (1986)
Awards
Top-rated Irish three-year-old (1987)
Top rated European three-year-old filly, 9½ furlongs plus (1987)
Timeform rating: 111 (1987), 123 (1986)
Irish Broodmare of the Year
Honours
Park Express Stakes at the Curragh
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