Troy - Facts and Figures
Racing Career
| Raced: |
Ran: 11
Won: 8
Second: 2
Third: 1 |
| Wins: |
200th Derby Stakes, by 7l, Irish Derby Stakes, King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, Benson and Hedges Gold Cup, Guardian Classic Trial, Predominate
Stakes, Lanson Champagne Stakes, Washington Singer Stakes |
| Timeform Rating: |
137 |
| Stakes Earned: |
(Highest ever for a 3yo colt at that time) |
| Owned: |
Sir Michael Sobell |
| Bred: |
Ballymacoll Stud, Ireland (Sir Michael Sobell and the Weinstock family's
Stud) |
| Trained: |
Major Dick Hern |
| Ridden: |
Willie Carson |
| Other: |
Only horse ever to have completed the Derby-Irish Derby-King
George-B&H (now International) Stakes set. His 7l Derby win was then a post-war record
and has only been since bettered by Shergar's 10l in 1981. |
| Stud Syndication: |
£7m (then a record sum) |
Quotes from Racehorses of 1979's Comments
"The two-hundredth Derby differed from almost all its recent
predecessors in that it did turn out to be the most significant horse race
of the year in Europe. With its first prize boosted considerably to £15380,
a record for a race in Europe, the Derby produced from the winner Troy a
performance of outstanding merit by Classic standards. Seldom has there been
a more emphatic Derby winner; in the last twenty-five runnings of the Derby
only Sea-Bird's effortless victory has made a more favourable impression on
us. Troy was magnificent on Derby Day; at the time, it seemed likely that
there had arrived on the racing scene one of the best racehorses in modern
times, in all probability a European champion to rank with Mill Reef,
Nijinsky and Alleged, in our opinion the best twelve furlong horses of the
decade. Troy went on to take the Irish Sweeps Derby, the King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and the Benson and Hedges Gold Cup... "
"Troy acted on any going and was genuine and
consistent. He was, in our view, without question Europe's Horse of the
Year."
Stud Career
For information about each of Troy's individual foal crops,
click on the links below.
Troy
1981 | Troy
1982 | Troy
1983 | Troy
1984
| Stood: |
Highclere Stud, Newbury, Berks, UK, for almost four full seasons before
dying of a ruptured gut |
| Sired: |
128 Foals |
| Runners: |
101 |
| Runners/Foals: |
78.9% |
| Winners: |
65 |
| Winners/Foals: |
50.8% |
| Winners/Runners: |
64.4% |
| Group Winners: |
5
Gr.1: Helen Street, Walensee
Gr.2: Trojan Fen, Ilium
Gr.3: Helenetta |
| Group Winners/Foals: |
3.91% |
| Group Winners/Runners: |
4.95% |
| Stakes Winners: |
12 (including Group winners)
Listed winners: Papermoon(FR), Inde
Pulse, City Fortress, Grand Tour, Port Helene, Queen Helen, Lavender Mist(FR) |
| Stakes Winners/Foals: |
9.38% |
| Stakes Winners/Runners: |
11.9% |
| Group/Stakes Placed: |
29 |
| Stakes Horses/Foals: |
22.7% |
| Stakes Horses/Runners: |
28.7% |
| Sire Rankings: |
1983 Champion 1st Season
Sire by Money earned |
| Auction Records: |
Trojan Prince set European
yearling price record in 1994 |
| Broodmare sire: |
Oath (Epsom Derby 1999), Pilsudski (Japan Cup,
Breeders' Cup Turf, Eclipse Stakes, Champion Stakes twice, Irish Champion Stakes, etc.), Fastness (Eddie Read Handicap twice, etc.),
Pelder (Prix Ganay, Premio Parioli, 3yo
champion in Italy), Steamer Duck (Gran Criterium), Helen of Spain, Lady
Upstage, On Tiptoes, Break
Bread, Glowing Ardour, Enterprise Ru etc. |
| Grandsire (via sons): |
Ragmar (Prix du Jockey
Club, Prix Greffuhle etc.), Guislaine
(Prix d'Aumale, classic placed), Lucky
Lindy (Grosser Preis von Dortmund, classic placed), Worthwhile (Indian Oaks) etc. |
| Other Notable Descendents: |
Nowhere to Exit (great-grandson via mare ex a Troy mare), Group Winner and second in 1999 French
Derby;
Embraced (great-granddaughter via mare ex a Troy mare), listed
winner in 2000. |
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