Cardiff By The Sea (2023) Horse

Foal Date

23-Feb-23

Colour

bay

Sire

St Mark's Basilica

Dam

Piece Of Paradise

Prize Money

30603

Trainer

J A Stack

Owners

P J O'Brien, Mrs P Shanahan & M O'Flynn

About

Cardiff By The Sea is a 3yo bay trained by J A Stack in Tipperary, sired by St Mark's Basilica out of Piece Of Paradise. The horse remains a maiden, having failed to win in three starts. In its most recent race at Naas on 24 July 2025, Seamie Heffernan rode it to a seventh‑place finish behind the winner Havana Anna.

Raced At

Naas • Royal Ascot

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Naas 24-Jul-25 1010m SOFT R2 CL1 (of $49,998) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:58.870, SP: 3.25 1st Havana Anna ( G Ryan 128 ) 2nd Ipanema Queen ( W Lordan 128 ) 3.50L 3rd Magny Cours ( B Coen 128 ) 0.20L 7th Cardiff By The Sea ( S Heffernan 128 ) 13.20L See full results	S Heffernan 58.1kg 13.20L	7 (7)
Royal Ascot 18-Jun-25 1010m GOOD R1 CL1 $8,040 (of $147,555) Barrier 16, Winning Time: 00:59.650, SP: 12.00 Raced centre, chased leaders, kept on inside final furlong, pressing for places, no chance with winner, lost 3rd post 1st True Love ( R L Moore 128 ) 2nd Flowerhead ( C Keane 128 ) 1.25L 3rd Lennilu ( L Saez 128 ) 0.50L 4th Cardiff By The Sea ( O Murphy 128 ) 1.85L See full results	O Murphy 58.1kg 1.85L	4 (23)
Naas 18-May-25 1010m GOOD R1 Coolmore Stud The Antarctic Race $8,001 (of $40,001) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 00:58.560, SP: 13.00 3rd early, a bit keen and improved into 2nd before halfway, pushed along and challenged on inner from 2f out, ridden over 1f out and no extra inside final furlong 1st Charles Darwin ( R L Moore 134 ) 2nd Cardiff By The Sea ( S Heffernan 126 ) 3.25L 3rd Fresh Fade ( L Roche 131 ) 3.25L See full results	S Heffernan 57.2kg 3.25L	2 (4)