Roaring Lion (horse)
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Roaring Lion (March 11, 2015 – August 23, 2019) was an American-bred British-trained champion Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 2018 European Horse of the Year after winning the Juddemonte International Stakes, Eclipse Stakes, Irish Champion Stakes, and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes
Roaring Lion | |
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Sire | Kitten's Joy |
Grandsire | El Prado |
Dam | Vionnet |
Damsire | Street Sense |
Sex | Colt |
Foaled | (2015-03-11)March 11, 2015 |
Died | August 23, 2019(2019-08-23) (aged 4) |
Country | United States |
Colour | Grey |
Breeder | RanJan Racing Inc |
Owner | Qatar Racing |
Trainer | John Gosden |
Record | 13: 8-1-2 |
Earnings | £2,723,865 |
Major wins | |
Royal Lodge Stakes (2017) Dante Stakes (2018) Eclipse Stakes (2018) International Stakes (2018) Irish Champion Stakes (2018) Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2018) | |
Awards | |
Top-rated British 2-y-o Colt (2017) European Horse of the Year (2018) Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt (2018) World's best three-year-old (2018) |
He was the top-rated British-trained two-year-old of 2017, when he won three races, including the Royal Lodge Stakes, and suffered his only defeat when narrowly beaten by Saxon Warrior in the Racing Post Trophy. In the following year he won the Dante Stakes, the Eclipse Stakes, International Stakes, Irish Champion Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes as well as running third in the Craven Stakes, fifth in the 2000 Guineas and third in the Epsom Derby. He was euthanized following colic on August 23, 2019, at the age of four.