Dick Turpin (horse, foaled 2007)
Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dick Turpin (foaled 30 April 2007) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In three years of racing he won nine of his twenty races, showing consistent top-class form over distances of around one mile. As a two-year-old in 2009 he won the first four of his six races including the Richmond Stakes and the Tattersalls Ireland Sale Stakes. In the following year he won the Greenham Stakes and the Prix Jean Prat, finished second in the 2000 Guineas, Poule d'Essai des Poulains and St James's Palace Stakes and ran third in the Prix de la Forêt. As a four-year-old in 2011 he added victories in the Sandown Mile, Summer Mile Stakes and Premio Vittorio di Capua before being retired to stud at the end of the year.
Dick Turpin | |
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Sire | Arakan |
Grandsire | Nureyev |
Dam | Merrily |
Damsire | Sharrood |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 30 April 2007[1] |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Brown |
Breeder | John McEnery |
Owner | John Manley |
Trainer | Richard Hannon, Sr |
Record | 20: 9-3-1 |
Earnings | £977,579 |
Major wins | |
Richmond Stakes (2009) Tattersalls Ireland Sale Stakes (2009) Greenham Stakes (2010) Prix Jean Prat (2010) Sandown Mile (2011) Summer Mile Stakes (2011) Premio Vittorio di Capua (2011) |