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Speedy Boarding (foaled 10 February 2012) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. After finishing third on her only appearance as a juvenile in 2014 she won the Ballymacoll Stud Stakes in the following spring but was beaten in her other five starts and appeared to be a few pounds below the best fillies of her generation. She finally emerged as a top class racemare in 2016 when she recorded three major victories in France, taking the Prix Corrida, Prix Jean Romanet and Prix de l'Opéra. She was retired to become a broodmare at the end of the year.
She was from the sixth crop of foals sired by Shamardal whose wins included the Dewhurst Stakes, Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Prix du Jockey Club and St James's Palace Stakes. His other offspring have included Able Friend, Mukhadram, Lope de Vega and Casamento. Her dam Dash To The Front won the Warwickshire Oaks and came from a female-line family which had been based at Meon Valley for several generations, being a granddaughter of Milligram who was in turn a daughter of One In A Million.
On 18 July Speedy Boarding was stepped up in class and distance to contest the Group races Irish Oaks over one and a half miles at the Curragh. Starting at odds of 12/1, she raced in third place for most of the way but appeared to be outpaced in the closing stage and came home fifth behind Covert Love, Jack Naylor, Curvy and Together Forever. After a break of almost two months the filly returned in the John Musker Fillies' Stakes at Yarmouth Racecourse in which she started the 11/4 favourite and finished second, beaten half a length by the four-year-old Talmada. On her final run of the year Speedy Boarding contested the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot Racecourse on 17 October and started a 25/1 outsider. She was never in serious contention and came home ninth of the twelve runners behind Simple Verse.
On 26 June Speedy Boarding ran in the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh but made little impact and finished last of the five runners behind Minding. On 21 August at Deauville Racecourse Speedy Boarding contested the Prix Jean Romanet over 2000 metres and started at odds of 6/1 in a field of ten. The Pretty Polly runner-up Bocca Baciata started favourite while the other runners included Sayana (second in the Princess Elizabeth Stakes), Royal Solitaire (Badener Meile), Bateel (Fred Archer Stakes), Steip Amach (Amethyst Stakes) and Carnachy (Daisy Warwick Stakes). Speedy Boarding tracked the leader before taking the advantage 300 metres out and went clear of her opponents to win by one and three quarter lengths from the outsider Ame Bleu. James Fanshawe commented "It's Freddy's first group I winner which is great. He rode her really nicely and got her in a good position. She has always been very talented but as you can see she's a big, tall filly who has taken her time to really come into herself. I think maybe I ran her back a bit quick when she was a little flat in the Pretty Polly in Ireland. On her day she's really good and I thought she won decisively today".
Speedy Boarding returned to France on 2 October for the Group 1 Prix de l'Opéra, which was run that year at Chantilly Racecourse as Longchamp had been closed for redevelopment. She started the 11/2 second choice in the betting behind So Mi Dar, a British-trained three-year-old who was undefeated in four races including the Investec Derby Trial and the Musidora Stakes. The other five runners were Pleascach, Jemayel (Prix Saint-Alary), Royal Solitaire, Sea Front and Pagella. Tylicki settled the filly behind the leaders before making his challenge in the straight and overtook the leader Pleascach 300 metres out. Speedy Boarding repelled the renewed challenge of Pleascach to win by a short head with So Mi Dar half a length away in third. After the race Fanshawe said "It was a brilliant race and there didn't deserve to be a loser. She's so tough and has been a wonderful filly for the yard. She raised her game again after the Romanet and really battled".
On 15 October Speeding Boarding ended her racing career with a second attempt to win the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot. Starting at odds of 14/1 he stayed on well in the closing stages to finish second to Journey, with Queen's Trust, Seventh Heaven, Zhukova, Bocca Baciata and Bateel finishing behind.
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