Armiger (horse)

Armiger
Sire	Rainbow Quest
Grandsire	Blushing Groom
Dam	Armeria
Damsire	Northern Dancer
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	15 February 1990
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Juddmonte Farm
Owner	Khalid Abdullah
Trainer	Henry Cecil
Record	7: 3-2-0
Earnings	£238,553
Major wins
Racing Post Trophy (1992) Chester Vase (1993)
Awards
Top-rated British two-year-old (1992)

Armiger (15 February 1990 – after 2002) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a two-year-old in 1992 he made an immediate impact, winning on his debut and then recording a six-length victory over a strong field in the Group One Racing Post Trophy. He was rated the best British juvenile of his generation. On his first appearance of 1993 he won the Chester Vase but lost his remaining four races but he did finish second in the Prix Lupin and the St Leger. At the end of his racing career he was retired to become a breeding stallion in Japan but had limited success as a sire of winners.

Armiger was a chestnut horse with a broad white blaze and three long white socks bred in England by his owner Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms. He was sired by Rainbow Quest who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe before becoming a very successful breeding stallion. Rainbow Quest's other progeny included Quest for Fame, Saumarez, Raintrap, Nedawi Spectrum and Millenary. Armiger won one minor race at Windsor Racecourse from six starts as a three-year-old in 1988. She was a granddaughter of Treasure Chest, a Florida-bred broodmare whose other descendants have included Glint of Gold, Diamond Shoal and Ensconse (Irish 1000 Guineas).

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