# Ryafan

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{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Ryafan
| image =
| caption =
| sire = [Lear Fan](/source/Lear_Fan)
| grandsire = [Roberto](/source/Roberto_(horse))
| dam = Carya
| damsire = [Northern Dancer](/source/Northern_Dancer)
| sex = [Mare](/source/Mare)
| foaled = 8 March 1994
| country = [United States](/source/United_States)
| colour = [Bay](/source/Bay_(horse))
| breeder = [Juddmonte Farms](/source/Juddmonte_Farms)
| owner = [Khalid Abdulla](/source/Khalid_Abdulla)
| trainer = [John Gosden](/source/John_Gosden)<br>[Robert Frankel](/source/Robert_J._Frankel)
| record = 10: 7-0-1
| earnings = £818,973
| race = [Prix Marcel Boussac](/source/Prix_Marcel_Boussac) (1996)<br>[Falmouth Stakes](/source/Falmouth_Stakes) (1997)<br>[Nassau Stakes](/source/Nassau_Stakes) (1997)<br>[Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Challenge_Cup_Stakes) (1997)<br> [Yellow Ribbon Stakes](/source/Yellow_Ribbon_Stakes) (1997)<br>  [Matriarch Stakes](/source/Matriarch_Stakes) (1997)
|awards = [European Champion Three-year-old filly](/source/Cartier_Champion_Three-year-old_Filly) (1997)<br>[American Champion Female Turf Horse](/source/American_Champion_Female_Turf_Horse) (1997)
|honours =  
|updated= 19 November 2021
}}
'''Ryafan''' was an American-bred, British-trained [thoroughbred racehorse](/source/thoroughbred_racehorse).

==Background==
She was sired by [Lear Fan](/source/Lear_Fan), an American stallion who raced in Europe, winning the [Prix Jacques le Marois](/source/Prix_Jacques_le_Marois) in 1984.<ref name="Timeform1984">{{cite book|author=Timeform staff|title=Racehorses of 1984| publisher=Timeform|year=1985| isbn =0-900599-40-5}}</ref> His other progeny included [Good Ba Ba](/source/Good_Ba_Ba) and [Sikeston](/source/Sikeston_(horse)).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/301341/lear-fan|publisher=Racing Post|title=Lear Fan - Progeny}}</ref>

==Racing career==
She won a number of prestigious races, including the [Falmouth Stakes](/source/Falmouth_Stakes) and the [Nassau Stakes](/source/Nassau_Stakes) in [England](/source/England), the [Prix Marcel Boussac](/source/Prix_Marcel_Boussac) in [France](/source/France), and the [Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Challenge_Cup_Stakes) and the [Yellow Ribbon Stakes](/source/Yellow_Ribbon_Stakes) in the [United States of America](/source/United_States_of_America).

==Breeding record==
Ryafan produced at least three foals

*Volcanic, a bay colt, foaled in 1999, sired by [Zafonic](/source/Zafonic)
*Pressure Group, bay colt, 2000, by [Sadler's Wells](/source/Sadler's_Wells_(horse))
*Phantom Wind, bay filly, 2001, by [Storm Cat](/source/Storm_Cat)

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Cartier Champion Three-year-old Filly}}

Category:1994 racehorse births
Category:Thoroughbred family 4-r
Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky
Category:Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom

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