The first of three champions and five Grade 1 winners produced by the outstanding matron Hasili, Banks Hill was a champion on both sides of the Atlantic. While she has not matched her dam's success in the paddocks, her broodmare career has been more than respectable.
Race record
15 starts, 5 wins, 5 seconds, 3 thirds, $1,937,416 (includes converted English and French earnings)
2001:
2002:
Honors
Assessments
Highweighted on the International Classifications of 2001 for 3-year-old turf fillies at 123 pounds over 1900m–2000m (the best rating given to any filly or mare regardless of age, distance, or surface) and 117 pounds over 1400m–1800m.
Highweighted among English 3-year-old fillies of 2001 over 7-9.5 furlongs.
Highweghted among English older females of 2002 over 9.5-11 furlongs.
Highweighted among French older females of 2002 over 7-9.5 furlongs.
As an individual
A bay mare, Banks Hill is robust, strong and rather masculine.
As a producer
Banks Hill has produced seven named foals, of which three have started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Banks Hill was bred and owned by Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms. She was trained by André Fabre until October 2002, when she was transferred to the barn of Bobby Frankel.
Pedigree notes
Banks Hill is inbred 3x5 to the great international sire Northern Dancer. She is a full sister to 2009 Canadian Horse of the Year Champs Elysees, to 2005 American champion turf female Intercontinental (second dam of Grade 3 winner Masen), to multiple Grade 1 winner Cacique and to 2000 Prix de Muguet (FR-G2) winner Dansili, a good sire in Europe. She is a half sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Heat Haze (by Green Desert), dam of 2020 Metropolitan Handicap (AUS-G1) winner Mirage Dancer (by Frankel) and multiple Australian listed stakes winner Ironclad (by Dubawi), and to 2011 Cardinal Handicap (USA-G3) winner Deluxe (by Storm Cat). She is also a half sister to Responsible (by Oasis Dream), dam of 2019 Prix de Sandringham (FR-G2) winner Obligate (by Frankel).
Banks Hill and her siblings are out of French stakes winner Hasili, the 2006 English Broodmare of the Year, who is a full sister to English stakes winner Arrive. The 2008 English Broodmare of the Year, Arrive is the dam of 2008 Pretty Polly Stakes (ENG-G1) winner Promising Lead (by Danehill) and multiple English Group 3 winner Visit (by Oasis Dream) and second dam of English Group 3 winner Commemorative. Hasili is also a full sister ot Kalima, dam of Australian Group 3 winner Jet Away (by Cape Cross) and second dam of 2022 Grand Prix de Paris (FR-G1) winner Onesto, and a half sister to Dissemble, dam of 2005 American champion turf male Leroidesanimaux (by Candy Stripes), 2002 Grande Prêmio São Paulo (BRZ-G1) winner Uapybo (by Blush Rambler) and 1998 Grande Prêmio Henrique de Toledo Lara (Cidade Jardim) (BRZ-G3) winner Disport (by Blue Stag). In addition, Hasili is a half sister to English hurdle stakes winner Kerawi (by Warning); to stakes-placed Skiable (by Niniski), dam of Grade 2 winner Three Valleys (by Diesis) and second dam of 2019 Fillies' Mile Stakes (ENG-G1) winner Quadrilateral and multiple Australian Group 3 winner Scissor Kick; to Jiving (by Generous), dam of English stakes winner Excusez Moi (by Fusaichi Pegasus) and second dam of Irish Group 3 winner Bowerman; and to Kid Gloves (by In the Wings), dam of Grade 2 winner Treat Gently (by Cape Cross).
Hasili and her siblings are out of the winning High Line mare Kerali, a half sister to 1995 Nunthorpe Stakes (ENG-G1) winner So Factual (by Known Fact), English Group 3 winner Bold Fact (by Known Fact) and Irish stakes winner Field Dancer (by Northfields; second dam of Group 3 winner Camporese). Produced from 1977 Irish champion 2-year-old filly Sookera (by Roberto), Kerali is also a half sister to Resooka (by Godswalk), dam of Italian Group 3 winner Thousla Rock (by Thatching) and second dam of multiple Grade 2 winner Hawksley Hill, and to Keralba (by Sheikh Albadou), dam of the stakes-winning Irish hurdler Hash Brown (by Vinnie Roe).
Books and media
Footage of Banks Hill’s win in the 2001 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z3yMhRS4W0.
Fun facts
Last updated: September 26, 2023
Race record
15 starts, 5 wins, 5 seconds, 3 thirds, $1,937,416 (includes converted English and French earnings)
2001:
- Won Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (USA-G1, 10FT, Belmont)
- Won Coronation Stakes (ENG-G1, 8FT, Ascot)
- Won Prix de Sandringham (FR-G2, 1600mT, Chantilly)
- 2nd Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (FR-G1, 1600mT, Longchamp)
- 2nd Prix Jacques le Marois (FR-G1, 1600mT, Deauville)
- 2nd Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (FR-G1, 1600mT, Longchamp)
2002:
- Won Prix Jacques le Marois (FR-G1, 1600mT, Deauville)
- 2nd Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (USA-G1, 10FT, Arlington Park)
- 2nd Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (FR-G1, 1600mT, Longchamp)
- 3rd Yellow Ribbon Stakes (USA-G1, 10FT, Santa Anita)
- 3rd Prince of Wales's Stakes (ENG-G1, about 10FT, Ascot)
- 3rd Prix d'Ispahan (FR-G1, 1850mT, Longchamp)
Honors
- Cartier Award, European champion 3-year-old filly (2001)
- Eclipse Award, American champion turf female (2001)
Assessments
Highweighted on the International Classifications of 2001 for 3-year-old turf fillies at 123 pounds over 1900m–2000m (the best rating given to any filly or mare regardless of age, distance, or surface) and 117 pounds over 1400m–1800m.
Highweighted among English 3-year-old fillies of 2001 over 7-9.5 furlongs.
Highweghted among English older females of 2002 over 9.5-11 furlongs.
Highweighted among French older females of 2002 over 7-9.5 furlongs.
As an individual
A bay mare, Banks Hill is robust, strong and rather masculine.
As a producer
Banks Hill has produced seven named foals, of which three have started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Ideal World (2005, by Kingmambo) won two listed stakes in France and was Group 2-placed. He was exported to South Africa for stallion duty.
- Trojan Queen (2006, by Empire Maker) won one of seven starts. She is the dam of 2019 Hampton Court Stakes (ENG-G3) winner Sangarius (by Kingman) and the second dam of 2022 Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (Grand Critérium) (FR-G1) winner Belbek.
- Romantica (2009, by Galileo) won three Group races including the 2013 Prix Jean Romanet (FR-G1) and was the runner-up in the 2013 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (USA-G1).
Connections
Banks Hill was bred and owned by Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms. She was trained by André Fabre until October 2002, when she was transferred to the barn of Bobby Frankel.
Pedigree notes
Banks Hill is inbred 3x5 to the great international sire Northern Dancer. She is a full sister to 2009 Canadian Horse of the Year Champs Elysees, to 2005 American champion turf female Intercontinental (second dam of Grade 3 winner Masen), to multiple Grade 1 winner Cacique and to 2000 Prix de Muguet (FR-G2) winner Dansili, a good sire in Europe. She is a half sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Heat Haze (by Green Desert), dam of 2020 Metropolitan Handicap (AUS-G1) winner Mirage Dancer (by Frankel) and multiple Australian listed stakes winner Ironclad (by Dubawi), and to 2011 Cardinal Handicap (USA-G3) winner Deluxe (by Storm Cat). She is also a half sister to Responsible (by Oasis Dream), dam of 2019 Prix de Sandringham (FR-G2) winner Obligate (by Frankel).
Banks Hill and her siblings are out of French stakes winner Hasili, the 2006 English Broodmare of the Year, who is a full sister to English stakes winner Arrive. The 2008 English Broodmare of the Year, Arrive is the dam of 2008 Pretty Polly Stakes (ENG-G1) winner Promising Lead (by Danehill) and multiple English Group 3 winner Visit (by Oasis Dream) and second dam of English Group 3 winner Commemorative. Hasili is also a full sister ot Kalima, dam of Australian Group 3 winner Jet Away (by Cape Cross) and second dam of 2022 Grand Prix de Paris (FR-G1) winner Onesto, and a half sister to Dissemble, dam of 2005 American champion turf male Leroidesanimaux (by Candy Stripes), 2002 Grande Prêmio São Paulo (BRZ-G1) winner Uapybo (by Blush Rambler) and 1998 Grande Prêmio Henrique de Toledo Lara (Cidade Jardim) (BRZ-G3) winner Disport (by Blue Stag). In addition, Hasili is a half sister to English hurdle stakes winner Kerawi (by Warning); to stakes-placed Skiable (by Niniski), dam of Grade 2 winner Three Valleys (by Diesis) and second dam of 2019 Fillies' Mile Stakes (ENG-G1) winner Quadrilateral and multiple Australian Group 3 winner Scissor Kick; to Jiving (by Generous), dam of English stakes winner Excusez Moi (by Fusaichi Pegasus) and second dam of Irish Group 3 winner Bowerman; and to Kid Gloves (by In the Wings), dam of Grade 2 winner Treat Gently (by Cape Cross).
Hasili and her siblings are out of the winning High Line mare Kerali, a half sister to 1995 Nunthorpe Stakes (ENG-G1) winner So Factual (by Known Fact), English Group 3 winner Bold Fact (by Known Fact) and Irish stakes winner Field Dancer (by Northfields; second dam of Group 3 winner Camporese). Produced from 1977 Irish champion 2-year-old filly Sookera (by Roberto), Kerali is also a half sister to Resooka (by Godswalk), dam of Italian Group 3 winner Thousla Rock (by Thatching) and second dam of multiple Grade 2 winner Hawksley Hill, and to Keralba (by Sheikh Albadou), dam of the stakes-winning Irish hurdler Hash Brown (by Vinnie Roe).
Books and media
Footage of Banks Hill’s win in the 2001 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf can be accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z3yMhRS4W0.
Fun facts
- Banks Hill was the first Breeders' Cup winner for owner-breeder Juddmonte Farms.
- Banks Hill and her full sister Intercontinental are one of two full sibling pairs to win American championships in the same division since official voting began in 1936. The other such pair is Bold Lad and Successor, the champion juvenile males of 1964 and 1966, respectively.
Last updated: September 26, 2023