14 Facts About Wild Illusion

Wild Illusion is a British Thoroughbred racehorse.

Wild Illusion is a bay mare with a white sock on her left foreleg who was bred and owned by Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin organisation.

Wild Illusion is trained by Charlie Appleby, whose stable is based at Newmarket, Suffolk, but typically relocates to Dubai in winter.

Wild Illusion was sired by Dubawi a top-class son of Dubai Millennium, whose wins included the Irish 2000 Guineas and the Prix Jacques Le Marois.

Wild Illusion's dam Rumh was a German mare who won four races in England including the Listed Ballymacoll Stud Stakes.

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Wild Illusion was a descendant of the Irish mare Le Melody, the dam of Ardross and the female-line ancestor of Electrocutionist and Scorpion.

Wild Illusion was ridden in all of her 2017 races by James Doyle.

Wild Illusion took the lead two furlongs out but was overtaken by the Aidan O'Brien-trained Forever Together and was beaten four and a half lengths into second place.

Wild Illusion was then dropped back to Group 2 level for the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot but despite starting favourite she was beaten by Magic Wand, to whom she was conceding three pounds in weight.

Wild Illusion is great on the front end and he gave her a lovely tactical ride.

On 7 October, just over a year after her win in the Prix Marcel Boussac Wild Illusion was sent back to France for the Prix de l'Opera over 2000 metres at Longchamp Racecourse.

Wild Illusion moved up on the outside entering the straight, took the lead 300 metres out and stayed on well to win by a length from Magic Wand and the fast-finishing Homerique.

Wild Illusion's first run of 2019 Wild Illusion was sent to Longchamp for the Prix d'Ispahan over 1800 metres on 26 May and started favourite against eight opponents.

Wild Illusion led for most of the way but was overtaken in the last quarter mile and finished fourth of the five runners in a race won by the three-year-old Iridessa.