Notable Speech (foaled 10 March 2021) is a Thoroughbred racehorse. He is trained in Great Britain by Charlie Appleby and owned by Godolphin. He gained international success when winning the Breeders' Cup Mile in 2025. Earlier he had achieved his breakthrough victory in the 2000 Guineas Stakes, in April 2024. This was his first race on turf and he was the first horse since 1938 to win the Guineas without running as a two-year-old. He has been ridden by William Buick.
Background Notable Speech was sired by Dubawi, a champion racehorse and excellent sire. Notable Speech's grandsire, Dubai Millennium, was also a dominant racehorse.
Statistics Date Distance Race Grade/Group Track Odds Field Finish WinningTime Winning(Losing)Margin Winner(2nd Place) Jockey Ref2024 – Three-year-old season 1 mile Maiden Race Kempton Park 5/6on*71st1:40.31 lengths(Parkland) 1 mile Conditions Stakes Kempton Park 11/10*51st1:39.24 1 length(Cuban Tiger) 1 mile Condition Stakes Kempton Park 4/7on*51st1:40.25 2 lengths(Valvano) 1 mile 2000 Guineas INewmarket 16/1 111st1:37.21 lengths(Rosallion) 7 furlongs 213 yards St James's Palace Stakes IRoyal Ascot 6/4*87th1:38.38 ( lengths)Rosallion 1 mile Sussex Stakes IGoodwood 3/1*51st1:35.97 lengths(Maljoom) 1600 mPrix du Moulin de Longchamp ILongchamp 5/2*75th1:38.75 ( lengths)Tribalist 1 mile Breeders' Cup Mile I Del Mar 2.30*103rd1:32.65 ( length)More Than Looks2025 – Four-year-old season 1 mile Lockinge Stakes I Newbury 9/284th1:35.06 ( lengths)Lead Artist 1 mile Queen Anne Stakes I Royal Ascot 4/174th1:36.13 ( lengths)Docklands 6 furlongs July Cup I Newmarket 85/40145th1:11.18 ( lengths)No Half Measures 1600 m Prix Jacques Le Marois I Deauville 10/3102nd1:34.23 (head)Diego Velaquez 1 mile Woodbine Mile I Woodbine 0.40*111st1:35.33 2 lengths(My Boy Prince) 1 mile Breeders' Cup Mile I Del Mar 2.60*131st1:33.66 lengths(Formidable Man)2026 – Five-year-old season 1 mile Maker's Mark Mile Stakes I Keeneland 1.08*74th1:38.14 ( lengths)Zulu Kingdom (IRE) 1 mile Lockinge Stakes I Newbury 2/1*101st1:35.27 2 lengths (More Thunder) 1 mile Queen Anne Stakes I Royal Ascot 9/4*96th1:37.53 ( lengths)Ten Bob Tony 7 furlongs City of York Stakes I York 9/4*141st1:24.91 lengths(Lake Forest)Sep 12 1 mile Woodbine Mile IWoodbine 0.40*61st1:33.86 lengths(Deterministic) Legend:
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An (*) asterisk after the odds means Notable Speech was the post-time favorite.
Pedigree
Notable Speech is inbred 3s x 4d to Seeking the Gold, meaning that the stallion appears in the third generation on the sire side and fourth generation on the dam side in Notable Speech's pedigree.
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