Camelot (horse)

Camelot
Camelot at 2012 Epsom Derby
Sire	Montjeu
Grandsire	Sadler's Wells
Dam	Tarfah
Damsire	Kingmambo
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	15 March 2009
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al-Khalifa
Owner	Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor
Trainer	A P O'Brien
Record	9:6-2-0
Earnings	£1,710,766
Major wins
Racing Post Trophy (2011) 2000 Guineas (2012) Epsom Derby (2012) Irish Derby (2012) Mooresbridge Stakes (2013)
Awards
European Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (2012) Irish Horse of the Year (2012)

Camelot (foaled 15 March 2009) is a British-bred, Irish-trained thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the leading European two-year-olds of 2011 and won the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster. He was made the winter favourite for the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby. On his three-year-old debut, Camelot won the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and followed up by winning the Derby at Epsom and the Irish Derby at the Curragh. His bid for the Triple Crown failed when he lost to Encke in the St Leger.

Camelot is a dark-coated bay horse with an interrupted white stripe, bred by Sheikh Abdulla Bin Isa Al-Khalifa. The colt was reared at the Highclere Stud near Newbury in Berkshire, where his "paddock playmate" was a foal who went on to be named Bonfire. In October 2010, Camelot was sent as a yearling to the Tattersalls sales at Newmarket, where he was bought for 525,000 guineas by the bloodstock agent Dermot "Demi" O'Byrne on behalf of the Coolmore organisation. Like most Coolmore horses, he was sent into training with Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle. For racing purposes, Camelot is registered as being owned by Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier and Michael Tabor.

Camelot is one of many top-class horses sired by Montjeu. Others include the Derby winners Motivator, Authorized and Pour Moi, the St Leger winners Scorpion and Masked Marvel, and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Hurricane Run. Camelot's dam, the Kentucky-bred Tarfah, was a good racemare who won the Group Three Dahlia Stakes in 2004.