Editing All Along

{{Short description|French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse (1979–2005)}}
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{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = All Along
| image = Rothmans83.jpg
| caption = All Along with jockey [[Walter Swinburn]]
| sire = [[Targowice]]
| grandsire = [[Round Table (horse)|Round Table]]
| dam = Agujita
| damsire = [[Vieux Manoir]]
| sex = [[Mare]]
| foaled = 1979
| country = [[France]]
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| breeder = [[Daniel Wildenstein]]
| owner = Daniel Wildenstein. Racing colors: Dark blue, light blue cap.
| trainer = [[Patrick Biancone]]
| record = 21: 9-4-2
| earnings = $3,018,420
| race = [[Prix Penelope]] (1982)<br>[[Prix Maurice de Nieuil]] (1982)<br>[[Prix Vermeille]] (1982)<br>[[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]] (1983)<br>[[Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Handicap|Turf Classic]] (1983)<br>[[Canadian International Stakes|Rothmans International]] (1983)<br>[[Washington, D.C. International Stakes|Washington, D.C. International]] (1983)<br>[[Timeform]] rating: 134
| awards=[[American Champion Female Turf Horse]] (1983)<br>[[American Horse of the Year]] (1983)
| honours =  [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|United States Racing Hall of Fame]] (1990)<br>[[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century|#68 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century]]<br>[[All Along Stakes]] at [[Colonial Downs]]
|updated= 23 July 2024
}}
'''All Along''' (7 April 1979&nbsp;– 23 February 2005) was a champion [[Thoroughbred]] mare that was foaled and trained in France.<ref>[http://www.studbook.org.au/horse.aspx?hid=586285&pagetype=RACEWINS ASB - All Along (FR)] Retrieved on 2009-7-7-</ref> She was one of the top European [[filly|fillies]] since World War II. While she mostly raced in [[Europe]], the filly also won top-level races in North America. She was named into the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]] in 1990 and the [[Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame]] in 2019. All Along was less successful as a broodmare, her only winning offspring being the Mill Reef-sired colt Along All who won the Prix Greffulhe in 1989.

==Background==
A granddaughter of [[Round Table (horse)|Round Table]], she was owned by [[Daniel Wildenstein]] (1917–2001), the French art dealer. All Along was trained in France, first by Maurice Zilber (1981) and for the remainder of her career by [[Patrick-Louis Biancone]].

==Racing career==

===1981: Two-year-old season===
As a two-year-old, the filly raced only one time and won.

===1982: Three-year-old season===
The following year, she competed on turf courses in France, England and Japan, winning numerous prestigious races.

===1983: Four-year-old season===
In 1983 All Along finished third to Zalataia in the [[Grand Prix de Chantilly]] but then finished seventh of the nine runners when favourite for the [[Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud]]. After a summer break she returned for the [[Prix Foy]] at [[Longchamp Racecourse]]. Biancone decided to change the tactics used on the filly and instructed her jockey to hold up the filly for a late run. She made up a great deal of ground in the closing stages to finish second, a length behind the British-trained filly [[Time Charter]].<ref name="Timeform1983">{{cite book | author=Timeform| title = Racehorses of 1983| publisher=Timeform | year = 1984| isbn = 0-900599-40-5}}</ref>

Ridden by jockey [[Walter Swinburn]], All Along started at odds of 17.3/1 France's most famous race, the [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]]. She was held up until the straight when she was produced with a strong run along the rail, catching the leader [[Sun Princess (horse)|Sun Princess]] in the last 100 [[metre]]s and winning by a length. Luth Enchantee beat Time Charter in a photograph for third, meaning that fillies filled the first four places. She was immediately shipped to [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], Canada and won the [[Canadian International Stakes|Rothmans International]] at [[Woodbine Racetrack]]. Two weeks later, she won the [[Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational|Turf Classic]] at [[Aqueduct Racetrack]] in [[Jamaica, New York]] by 8¾ lengths, then won the [[Washington, D.C. International Stakes]] at [[Laurel, Maryland]]. Four consecutive wins against the best horses in the world all occurred within 41 days. She was the first horse to win the three prestigious [[North America]]n races in a row, netting a million-dollar bonus for her owners and [[American Horse of the Year|Horse of the Year]] honors in both France and the United States.

She was voted the [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding Female Turf Horse]] and became the first [[filly]] to win the [[Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year]] since the voting system had been implemented in the 1970s.

===1984: Five-year-old season===
In 1984, she competed in only four races, including a close second in the inaugural [[Breeders' Cup Turf]].

==Stud record==
All Along retired as a broodmare to the [[Three Chimneys Farm]] in [[Midway, Kentucky]]. 
She was the dam of:
* 1998 bay filly,  Armure Royale by Woodman
* 1993 filly, Arutua by Riverman
* 1988 filly, All Dancing by Dancing Brave<ref name="ASB">[http://www.studbook.org.au/horse.aspx?hid=586285&pagetype=MARENPROD ASB – All Along (FR)] Retrieved on 10 September 1011</ref>

She died in 2005 and was buried in the cemetery at the Old Bradley Place division of Three Chimneys Farm.

==Assessment==
All Along was inducted in the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]] in 1990 and the [[Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=All Along |url=https://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com/2019/04/11/all-along/ |website=Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame |access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref> In the [[Blood-Horse magazine]] ranking of the [[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century|top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century]], All Along was ranked #68.

{{Pedigree
|name = All Along (FR), bay mare, 1979
|f = Targowice (USA) <br> 1970
|m = Agujita (FR)<br> 1966
|ff = [[Round Table (horse)|Round Table]]
|fm = Matriarch (USA) <br> 1964
|mf = [[Vieux Manoir]]
|mm = Argosy
|fff = [[Princequillo]]
|ffm = Knight's Daughter (GB)
|fmf = [[Bold Ruler]]
|fmm = Lyceum
|mff = [[Brantôme (horse)|Brantome]]
|mfm = Vieille Maison
|mmf = Coastal Traffic (GB)
|mmm = Prosodie
|ffff = '''[[Prince Rose]]'''
|fffm = Cosquilla
|ffmf = Sir Cosmo
|ffmm = Feola
|fmff = [[Nasrullah (horse)|Nasrullah]]
|fmfm = [[Miss Disco]]
|fmmf = [[Bull Lea]]
|fmmm = Colosseum
|mfff = [[Blandford (horse)|Blandford]]
|mffm = Vitamone
|mfmf = Finglas
|mfmm = Vieille Canaille
|mmff = [[Hyperion (horse)|Hyperion]]
|mmfm = Rose of England
|mmmf = '''[[Prince Rose]]'''
|mmmm = Protein (Family: 1D)
|}}
* All Along was [[inbreeding|inbred]] 4 × 4 to the stallion Prince Rose, meaning that the latter appears twice in the fourth generation of her pedigree.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* ''Women of the Year - Ten Fillies Who Achieved Horse Racing's Highest Honor'' by the [[The Blood-Horse magazine|Staff and Correspondents of The Blood-Horse magazine]] (2004) [[Blood-Horse Publications|Eclipse Press]] {{ISBN|1-58150-116-1}}
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