- Touchstone (horse)
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Touchstone
caption =
sire = Camel
grandsire = Whalebone
dam = Banter
damsire = Master Henry
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1831
country =Great Britain flagicon|UK
colour = Brown
breeder =Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
owner = Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
trainer = John Scott
record = 20: 15-2-2
earnings = Not found
race = Doncaster Gold Cup (1835, 1836)Ascot Gold Cup (1836, 1837)British Classic Race wins:
St. Leger Stakes (1834)
awards=Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland
(1842, 1843, 1848, 1855)
honours =
updated= October 12, 2007Touchstone (1831-1861) was a British
Thoroughbred racehorse and championsire . Owned and bred byRobert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster , he was conditioned for racing by the preeminent trainer of the day, John Scott.His most important win as a three-year-old came in the 1834 Classc, the
St. Leger Stakes . He went on to win the Doncaster andAscot Gold Cup s twice, retiring having won fifteen of his twenty starts, including six walk-overs.A Champion sire
Touchstone was initially retired to stud duty at Moor Park, near
Rickmansworth inHertfordshire , but then was brought to his owner'sEaton Stud inCheshire . A major success as a stallion, Touchstone sired threeEpsom Derby winners and was theLeading sire in Great Britain & Ireland four times. Of the eight foals from the great racing mare Beeswing, five were sired by Touchstone. His progeny includes:* Blue Bonnet (b. 1839) - won the St. Leger Stakes
* Cotherstone (b. 1840) - won the 2,000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby
* Orlando (b. 1841) - won the Epsom Derby and the St. Leger Stakes,Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland (1851, 1854, 1858)
* Mendicant (b. 1843) - a filly who won the 1,000 Guineas andEpsom Oaks
* Surplice (b. 1845) - won the Epsom Derby and St. Leger Stakes
* Flatcatcher (b. 1845) - won 2,000 Guineas
* Nunnykirk (b. 1846) - won 2,000 Guineas, 2nd in the St. Leger Stakes
*Newminster (b. 1848) - won St. Leger Stakes,Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1859 and 1863, sire of Champion sires: Adventurer,Lord Clifden , and seven-time Leading sire, Hermit
* Lord of the Isles (b. 1852) - won 2,000 GuineasTouchstone died at Eaton Stud in 1861 at age thirty.
References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/touchstone Touchstone's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Bios2/Touchstone.htm Profile of Touchstone at Thoroughbred Heritage]
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