Russian Rhythm

Russian Rhythm is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse and active broodmare who was bred in the United States but trained in the United Kingdom. During a racing career which lasted from June 2002 until May 2004 she ran ten times and won seven races. In 2003 her wins included the Classic 1000 Guineas, the Coronation Stakes and the Nassau Stakes and at the end of the season she was voted European Champion Three-Year-Old Filly at the Cartier Racing Awards. After winning the Lockinge Stakes on her only race in 2003 her racing career was ended by injury and she retired to become a broodmare.

Background

Russian Rhythm was foaled at Elizabeth Moran's Brushwood Stable near Malvern, Pennsylvania. She was sired by Kingmambo out of the mare Balistroika, making her a half-sister of the Royal Lodge Stakes winner Perfectperformance and a close relative of several top-class fillies such as Shadayid (1,000 Guineas) and Park Appeal (Cheveley Park Stakes).

She was sent as a weanling to the Keeneland November sale where she was sold for $370,000. As a yearling she was sent by the consignor Ted Voute to England for the October 2001 Tattersalls sale in which she was sold for 440,000 guineas to the Cheveley Park Stud. She entered training at Sir Michael Stoute's stable at Newmarket and was ridden in all her races by Kieren Fallon. She was a tall, strong filly, with a rich chestnut coat and a small white star.