Overdose (horse)

Overdose
Overdose, with Christophe Soumillon up, winning the OTP-Hungária Cup.
Sire	Starborough
Grandsire	Soviet Star (USA)
Dam	Our Poppet (IRE)
Damsire	Warning
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	2005
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	G. and Mrs Robinson
Owner	Zoltan MIKÓCZY MIKO Racing and Trading Ltd
Trainer	1. Alexander Ribarszki Jozef Roszival
Record	15 starts: 14-0-0
Earnings	£151,311
Horse (Equus ferus caballus)
Last updated on 30 August 2010

Overdose (foaled 2 April 2005 in Nottinghamshire, Great Britain) is a Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse. As of August 2010, he won all but 3 of his 18 races.

Overdose in Budapest 2008 Foto:Judit Seipert

Breeding

He is English bred and was sold at Tattersalls December Yearling Sales in November 2006 for just 2,000 guineas. His sire was a sprinter called Starborough and he was out of Our Poppet (IRE) by Warning. He is a half-brother of three winners.^[1]

The owner, Zoltán Mikóczy bought Overdose only by chance. He has been quoted to say "I just put my hand up for fun, I like excitement of the horse auctions. I thought no horse can go this cheap and surely somebody else would bid. He's short and I'd say kind of ugly, so of course nobody wanted him."^[2]

Racing career

Overdose started his racing career in 2007, and won his first 12 races. In mid-2009 one of his hooves got inflamed, which brought his whole career in danger. His recovery lasted more than a year, until he could finally return to racing in July 2010. He won two of his three races since his return, thus his career record currently stands at 14 victories.

Jockeys

• 2007. Martin Srnec, Zdenko Smida, Piotr Krowicki
• 2008. Piotr Krowicki, Andreas Suborics
• 2009. Christophe Soumillon
• 2010. Gary Hind, Christophe Soumillon

See also

• List of leading Thoroughbred racehorses

References

1. ^ Horse Overdose Racing Post
2. ^ The ugly misfit nobody wanted could be fastest horse in Europe, The Scotsman, 01 October 2008

Tabulated pedigree

Pedigree of Overdose (GB), B. h. 2005

Sire Starborough (GB) Ch. 1994	Soviet Star (USA) Bay 1984	Nureyev	Northern Dancer
			Special
		Veruschka	Venchi
			Marie d'Anjou
	Flamenco Wave (USA) Ch. 1986	Desert Wine	Damascus
			Anne Campbell
		Armada Way	Sadair
			Hurry Call
Dam Our Poppet (IRE) Bay 1997	Warning 1985	Known Fact	In Reality
			Tamerett
		Slightly Dangerous	Roberto
			Where You Read
	Upend Bay 1985	Main Leaf	Mill Reef
			Lovely Light
		Gay Charlotte	Charlottown
			Merry Mate Family No. 7-a

External links

• Overdose pedigree on pedigreequery.com
• Official homepage