Idiomatic (horse)

Idiomatic (foaled January 27, 2019) is a retired Champion American thoroughbred racehorse who has won multiple Grade I events in 2023, including the Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, Spinster Stakes at Keeneland and Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita Park.

Background

Idiomatic is a bay mare that was bred in Kentucky by Fahad bin Khalid's Juddmonte Farms. Juddmonte Farms continues to own the horse. Her sire is Curlin, the 2007 and 2008 American Horse of the Year who stands at Hill 'n' Dale Farms in Kentucky. Her dam is Lockwood, a full sister to 2014 US Champion Older Female Horse and multiple Grade 1 winner Close Hatches. Lockdown finished third in the 2017 G1 Kentucky Oaks and also has an unraced three-year-old Medaglia d'Oro filly and an Into Mischief yearling filly. Lockwood's top win was in the 2017 Busanda Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack. She died in 2022.

Juddmonte Farms' involvement in Idiomatic's lineage is through the horse Monroe, a group 3 winner and group 1-placed runner by Sir Ivor out of the mare Best in Show.

The dam's sire, First Defence, was a Juddmonte Farm's homegrown Grade I Forego Handicap winner who stood at Juddmonte during 2009-16 and then was sold to Haif Stud in Saudi Arabia in 2016.

Idiomatic is trained by Brad H. Cox.

After a successful four-year-old campaign, Idiomatic was awarded Eclipse Award as the U.S. Champion Older Dirt Female Horse for 2023.

During preparations for the 2024 Breeders' Cup, Idiomatic was found to be lame, and an issue that should heal readily was identified in her left knee. Her owners decided to retire her to be a broodmare.

Statistics

Legend: All Weather Track Dirt Notes: An (*) asterisk after the odds means Idiomatic was the post-time favorite.

Pedigree