Tante Rose (foaled 10 April 2000) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare best known for her performances over sprint distances.
Tante Rose was a bay mare with a white blaze[2] bred in Ireland by her owner, Wafic Said's Addison Racing.
On 1 November the filly started 6/4 favourite for a six furlong maiden at Newmarket Racecourse and recorded her first success, taking the lead a quarter of a mile from the finish and going clear to win by three and a half lengths from Ben Lomond.
[6] On her first appearance as a three-year-old Tante Rose contested the Fred Darling Stakes (a major trial race for the 1000 Guineas) over seven furlongs at Newbury Racecourse.
Tante Rose began her third season in the Listed Cecil Frail Stakes at Haydock Park on 5 June in which she was ridden by Steve Drowne.
Starting the 7/4 favourite in a field of eleven fillies and mares she was restrained in the early stages before taking the lead inside the final furlong and winning by a neck from the three-year-old Ruby Rocket.
With Michael Hills in the saddle, she was held up in the early stages before moving smoothly up to take the lead inside the final furlong.
[11] On 4 September, Tante Rose was stepped up to Group One level for the Stanleybet Sprint Cup at Haydock and started at odds of 10/1 in a nineteen-runner field.
In December 2007 the seven-year-old mare was offered for sale at Tattersalls but was bought back by her vendor, the Kiltinan Stud, when the bidding stopped at 900,000 guineas.