Balmont (horse)

Balmont
Sire	Stravinsky
Grandsire	Nureyev
Dam	Aldebaran Light
Damsire	Seattle Slew
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	11 March 2001
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Sanford Robertson
Owner	Jug Handle Ranch/Dan Byrne
Trainer	Jeremy Noseda
Record	18: 4-3-3
Earnings	£279,028
Major wins
Gimcrack Stakes (2003) Middle Park Stakes (2003)

Balmont (foaled 11 March 2001) is an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He had his greatest success as a two-year-old in 2003 when he won the Gimcrack Stakes and was awarded the win in the Middle Park Stakes on the disqualification of Three Valleys. He remained in training until the age of five but never won again although he ran well in several major sprint races, being placed in the July Cup, Golden Jubilee Stakes, Temple Stakes and Phoenix Sprint Stakes. After the end of his racing career he stood as a breeding stallion in Ireland ,Australia and now stands at the Jug Handle Ranch in Alberta Canada.

Balmont is a bay horse with no white markings bred in Kentucky by his owner Sanford Robertson. The colt was sent to race in Europe and was trained throughout his track career by Jeremy Noseda at Newmarket in England.

He was from the first crop of foals sired by Stravinsky who won the July Cup and the Nunthorpe Stakes in 1999, a year in which he was voted Cartier Champion Sprinter. The best of his other runners have included the Group One winning sprinters Benbaun (Prix de l'Abbaye) and Soldier's Tale,

Balmont was the first foal of Aldebaran Light who showed some racing ability, winning three races at River Downs as a three-year-old in 1999. She was descended from Queen Sucree who was the dam of Cannonade, a half-sister to both Halo and Tosmah and a close relative of Northern Dancer and L'Emigrant.

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