Brief Truce

Brief Truce
Sire	Irish River
Grandsire	Riverman
Dam	Falafel
Damsire	Northern Dancer
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	8 May 1989
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Moyglare Stud
Owner	Moyglare Stud
Trainer	Dermot Weld
Record	9: 4-3-2
Earnings	£348,870
Major wins
Amethyst Stakes (1992) Gallinule Stakes (1992) St James's Palace Stakes (1992)

Brief Truce (foaled 8 May 1989) was an American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After winning his only race as a juvenile in 1991 he improved in the spring of the following year to finish third in the Irish 2000 Guineas and win both the Amethyst Stakes and the Gallinule Stakes. In June he recorded his biggest win when he defeated a very strong field in the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot. Later that year he was placed in the Prix du Moulin, Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and Breeders' Cup Mile. After his retirement from racing he had some success as a breeding stallion in Australia.

Brief Truce was a bay horse with a white star bred in Kentucky by his owners, the Moyglare Stud. He was one of the best horses sired by Irish River, the leading colt of his generation in France, whose wins included the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Prix d'Ispahan, Prix Jacques le Marois and Prix du Moulin. As a breeding stallion he sired several other major winners including Hatoof and Paradise Creek. Brief Truce's dam Falafel, won one minor race and was a daughter of Queen's Statute, an outstanding broodmare whose other descendants have included Awaasif, Lammtarra, Hector Protector, Bosra Sham and Pour Moi.