Troy (horse)

Troy (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Troy


caption =
sire = Petingo
grandsire = Petition
dam = La Milo
damsire = Hornbeam
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1976
country = Ireland flagicon|Ireland
colour = Bay
breeder = Ballymacoll Stud
owner = Sir Michael Sobell & Lord Weinstock
trainer = Dick Hern
record = 11: 8-2-1
earnings = £450,494
race = Vintage Stakes (1978)
Sandown Classic Trial (1979)
Predominate Stakes (1979)
Irish Derby Stakes (1979)
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1979)
Benson and Hedges Gold Cup (1979)

British Classic Race wins:
Epsom Derby (1979)
awards= U. K. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1979)
honours =
updated= July 17, 2007

Troy (1976-1983) was an British Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned by industrialist Sir Michael Sobell and his son-in-law Lord Weinstock, under trainer Dick Hern the colt notably won the 1979 Epsom and Irish Derbys en route to earning 3-Year-Old Champion honors as well as the British flat racing Champion Owner title for Sobell. Of his eleven lifetime starts, Troy won eight, finished second twice, and was third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe to the French filly, Three Troikas.

As a stallion

Troy was syndicated by the Queen's manager of racing, Lord Porchester, for a then record price of £7.2 million and retired to stud duty in 1980. In what was a very short career, Troy sired Helen Street, winner of the 1985 Irish Oaks and France's Prix du Calvados. As a broodmare, Helen Street produced Street Cry, the sire of 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense. By another daughter, Sheer Audacity, Troy was also the damsire of the 1999 Epsom Derby winner, Oath.

Troy also sired Walensee who raced in France and won the 1985 Prix Vermeille and was voted that country's Champion 3-Year-Old Filly. Through another daughter, Cocotte, Troy was the damsire of Pilsudski, the 1997 European Champion Older Horse.

After only four seasons as a stallion, the seven-year-old Troy died at stud of a perforated bowel in May 1983. He is buried at Highclere Stud in Burghclere Newbury, Berkshire.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/troy Troys pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4467542,00.html "The Guardian" article referencing Troy's syndication]
*cite book |last=Wright|first=Howard|title=The Encyclopedia of Flat Racing|year=1986|publisher=Robert Hale|isbn=0709026390|pages=p306
* Richard Stone Reeves - Painting of the 1979 Epsom Derby titled [http://www.goto4winds.com/reeves/graphics/rsria641.jpg"Troy Leaves the Field Standing"]


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