MAAYA (GB), °2014, Thoroughbred by LANDO out of TERESA BALBI (MASTER WILLIE)

 

Lando is a German reference sire and regarded as one of the best bloodlines in German thoroughbred breeding. He has won 7 (!!) Group 1 races in Europe, USA and Japan, and has sired numerous champions both on the flat as over hurdles/fences.

 

Just like Maaya, her mother Teresa Balbi was trained in France by the famous trainer Bollack-Badel and has won Listed races.

 

Maaya was trained for over 5 years, first in France and later on in Belgium. She won her maiden race at 3yo in Chantilly (Paris, France).

Her racing career could be summarized as somewhat 'moderate'. Never first out of the gates and lacking the necessary accelaration to overtake the field in the home stretch, hence gathering lots of 7th places. She performed well in flat races over the longer distances (2400m - 3000m) because of her tremendous stamina and in addition she handled softer ground very well.

 

She was never raced over hurdles/fences as we wanted her to come back safe and sound, which she did.

 

Maaya is a very classy mare and it is hard to imagine her offspring easily running out of steam in for instance the cross country section of an eventing competion.