- St. Paddy
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = St. Paddy
caption =
sire = Aureole
grandsire = Hyperion
dam = Edie Kelly
damsire =Bois Roussel
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1957
country =Great Britain flagicon|UK
colour = Bay
breeder = Sir Victor Sassoon
owner = Sir Victor Sassoon
trainer =Noel Murless
record = 14: 9-2-2
earnings = £97,193
race =Royal Lodge Stakes (1959)Dante Stakes (1960)Great Voltigeur Stakes (1960)Jockey Club Stakes (1961)Eclipse Stakes (1961)Hardwicke Stakes (1961)British Classic Race wins:
Epsom Derby (1960)St. Leger Stakes (1960)
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honours = Deltic locomotive 55001 was named St. Paddy
updated= CURRENTTIME, CURRENTDAYNAMECURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTDAY CURRENTYEAR (UTC )St. Paddy (1957-1984) was a British
Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by Sir Victor Sassoon, he was out of the mare Edie Kelly and sired by Aureole, a winner of theCoronation Cup andKing George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes . His grandsire, Hyperion, and his damsire,Bois Roussel , both won theEpsom Derby .Trained by
Noel Murless and ridden byLester Piggott , St. Paddy was the winner of the 1960Epsom Derby andSt. Leger Stakes . His performances in both 1960 and 1961 were instrumental in making his sire Aureole theLeading sire in Great Britain & Ireland both years.St. Paddy was retired after the 1961 racing season to stand at stud at
Beech House Stud in Newmarket. As a sire, he met with reasonable success, notably siring Connaught, winner of theEclipse Stakes and Jupiter Island, a multiplegraded stakes race winner including theJapan Cup . St. Paddy was pensioned in 1981 and died in 1984 at the age of twenty-seven. He is buried at Beech House Stud.
Deltic locomotive 55001 was named St. Paddy, one of eight of the class named after racehorses.References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/st+paddy St. Paddy's pedigree and racing stats]
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A75fkr-oReU Footage of St. Paddy winning the 1960 Epsom Derby]
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