GOLDEN HEART
GOLDEN HEART is a big, strong, three-year-old filly, who has yet to fully mature.
She is lightly raced, having had her first race in March 2025.
She then raced again in June, coming fourth in a decent race.
Malesh Narredu thinks very highly of this filly and was confident that she was going to progress through the ranks, to be running in Listed and Group company.
However, during her last run, in early August, she suffered a minor setback, which is meant that she has had to be in light work.
She will now have a break from training for around 4 weeks, before returning to work.
Age
3 Years
Sire
Planetaire
Dam
She's Zoff
Rating
27
Sex
Filly
Location
Pune
Race Record (Last 5 Runs)
FAMILY TREE OF
GOLDEN HEART
GOLDEN HEART
Pune
Father
Name: Planetaire
MOTHER
Name: She's Zoff
Trainer of
GOLDEN HEART
Malesh Narredu
Malesh Narredu initially made his name as a jockey.
Starting at just 17 after he graduated from the famed jockey school of the Royal Western India Turf Club in 1985, he soon made a mark by riding 14 victories and scooped the Champion Apprentice Title – the first of three titles.
Narredu moved up through the ranks and was so good that he becomes champion jockey soon after – an accolade he won a further nine times.
Much like the best sportsmen, once Narredu had conquered the sport in his country he looked towards the horizon and beyond.
He rode in Japan. He tried Singapore. He went to Ireland, Malaysia and was asked by Sheikh Mishal to ride in Qatar. He even was invited to the famed Shergar Cup in Britain and took on the best riders in the world.
Overall, Narredu won over 1,600 races, with 41 wins at Group 1 level, 53 Classics and an astonishing 11 Derbies. For any American readers out there, he also struck in the Indian Triple Crown.
Times waits for nobody, as the saying goes, and Narredu hung up his boots at the age of 43 in 2010 and, unlike most former jockeys, Narredu was a natural trainer took up conditioning horses just a year after his retirement from the saddle.
His crowning achievement as a trainer, however, was when he joined a rare group of former jockeys who have struck in India’s biggest horse race.
Narredu’s handling of the brilliant horse Enabler in 2024 was first class but with his son Yash in the saddle to be the first father-son team to win the Derby this success must have been extra special.
