- Diesis (horse)
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Diesis Sire Sharpen Up Grandsire Atan Dam Doubly Sure Damsire Reliance Sex Colt Foaled 1980 Country Great Britain Colour Bay Breeder Lord Howard de Walden Owner Lord Howard de Walden Trainer Henry Cecil Record 6: 3 - 1 - 0 Earnings $152,700 Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on January 19, 2008 Diesis was a racehorse and stallion, foaled in 1980, died in 2006. By the sire Sharpen Up, he was owned throughout his racing career by 9th Baron Howard de Walden and trained by Henry Cecil.
As a juvenile, Diesis won the 1982 Group 1 Middle Park Stakes and Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes, both run at Newmarket Racecourse, a notable double for a two-year-old.
Although standing as a stallion in Kentucky, Diesis' most successful progeny ran in Europe, including Epsom Oaks and Irish Oaks winners Diminuendo and Ramruma, Eclipse Stakes winner Elmaamul, and multiple Group 1 winning 10 furlong specialist Halling.
He also sired North American Grade 1 winners Continuously, Husband, Rootentootenwooten, ex-English trained Storm Trooper, and 2010 Arlington Million winner Debussy.
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Categories:- 1980 racehorse births
- 2006 racehorse deaths
- Thoroughbred racehorses
- Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom
- Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom
- British racehorses
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