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but was beaten a short head by the four-year-old Kilian. Later that month he won the
Tetrarch Stakes over the same course and distance but was not particularly impressive as he came home a length in front of Exhilarate. In the 2000 Guineas at
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two weeks later he was partnered by George McGrath as Pat Eddery opted to ride
Raconteur, the O'Brien stable's more fancied runner. Achieved finished sixth again, six and a half lengths behind the winner
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Although he was technically dropped in class for his next race, Achieved actually faced much stiffer opposition when he was sent to
England to contest the Group 2 Champagne Stakes over seven furlongs at
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favourite. The field was not a strong one by Group 1 standards, with the best fancied of his six opponents being the minor winners The
Primate and Shir Khan and the unraced
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In the official
International Classification of two-year-olds for 1981 he was rated the best Irish juvenile and the eighth-best colt of his age in Europe. The independent
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The
International Classification for 1982 saw Achieved rated on 81, making him the 19th best tree-year-old colt of the season in Europe, 13 pounds behind his stablemate
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winner Final Chord. She was a distant descendant of the
British broodmare Spicebox (foaled 1923) who was the female-line ancestor of numerous major winners including
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on 1 May he started the 15/2 second favourite and kept on well without ever looking likely to win, finishing sixth of the twenty-six runners behind the French colt
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in 1973. His dam Last Call showed modest racing ability but was a successful broodmare whose other foals included
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After four races in six weeks, Achieved was rested until 28 July when he was matched against older horses in the
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Timeforem commented that he might have had more success if he had been tried over longer distances.
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Achieved made a successful debut in July 1981, when he was an easy winner of a minor race over five
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organisation gave him a rating of 124, making him eight-pounds inferior to their best two-year-old
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in
September. Ridden again by Eddery he started the 11/4 second choice in the betting behind the
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for the first time he produced probably his best effort of the season as he finished third to
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Phoenix Stakes over the same course and distance on 8 August and was made the
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and was rated the best horse of his generation in
Ireland. In the following year he won the
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Achieved was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion at Winfields Farm in
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winner Full Extent in eight-runner field which also included Red Sunset (
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he was sent to the Houghton sale at Newmarket and was bought for 162,000
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where he stood at an initial fee of $ 12,500. He sired few foals and no
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by three lengths. Achieved was expected to return to England for the
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Achieved was a "neat" chestnut horse with a narrow white
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Pedigree of Achieved (IRE), chestnut stallion, 1979
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488:Stud record
463:Noalcoholic
359:Guy Harwood
274:July Stakes
270:Final Straw
239:Henry Candy
102:James Wigan
76:13 May 1979
824:Categories
704:Equineline
683:References
569:Nantallah
451:The Wonder
447:Bel Bolide
437:. Wearing
335:Pat Eddery
280:) and the
247:Ballydoyle
217:Background
135:Major wins
808:25 August
660:Myrobella
573:Nasrullah
554:Advocate
545:Commotion
500:winners.
417:. In the
398:The Derby
339:Turf Club
52:Last Call
39:Grandsire
666:Bashful
648:Big Game
624:Columba
614:Clarion
594:Dalmary
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551:Trevisa
538:Hyperion
504:Pedigree
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378:Timeform
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298:Gildoran
286:Herbager
262:July Cup
227:yearling
209:and the
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183:Achieved
164:Timeform
130:9: 4-1-2
93:Chestnut
68:Stallion
24:Achieved
632:Kantar
629:Calmia
607:Klairon
559:Veneta
402:Curragh
363:lengths
323:Group 1
290:Detroit
231:guineas
171:Honours
117:Trainer
99:Breeder
84:Ireland
81:Country
60:Klairon
57:Damsire
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89:Colour
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107:Owner
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810:2013
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