Apalachee (horse)

Apalachee
Apalachee at Gainesway Farm in 1981
Sire	Round Table
Grandsire	Princequillo
Dam	Moccasin
Damsire	Nantallah
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	8 February 1971
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Claiborne Farm
Owner	J. A. Mulcahy
Trainer	Vincent O'Brien
Record	5:4-0-1
Major wins
Observer Gold Cup (1973) Gladness Stakes (1974)
Awards
Top-rated British & Irish two-year-old (1973) Timeform Top-rated horse (joint) (1973) Timeform rating 137

Apalachee (1971–1996) was an American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from August 1973 until May 1974 he ran five times and won four races. In 1973 he was unbeaten in three starts including the Racing Post Trophy and was officially rated the best two-year-old in Britain and Ireland. In the following year he won on his debut but finished third to Nonoalco in the 2000 Guineas and never raced again. He was then retired to stud where he had some success as a sire of winners before his death at the age of twenty-five.

Apalachee was a tall, long-striding bay horse with a white star and one white foot, bred by Claiborne Farm in Kentucky. He was the product of a mating between two American Horses of the Year: Round Table and Moccasin. Round Table was one of the most successful grass specialists in American racing history, winning forty-three races and being named Horse of the Year in 1958. He became a highly successful breeding stallion, being the Leading sire in North America in 1972. Moccasin was named Horse of the Year as a two-year-old filly in 1965, when she was unbeaten in eight races. She came from the same branch of Thoroughbred family 5-h which produced Ridan, Thatch, Nureyev, Fairy King and Sadler's Wells.

Apalachee entered into the ownership of John Mulcahy and was sent to race in Europe. He was trained by Vincent O'Brien at his Ballydoyle stable in County Tipperary, Ireland.