Carroll House

Carroll House
Racing colours of Antonio Balzarini
Sire	Lord Gayle
Grandsire	Sir Gaylord
Dam	Tuna
Damsire	Silver Shark
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	5 March 1985
Country	Ireland
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	P Clarke
Owner	Gerald Carroll Antonio Balzarini Zenya Yoshida
Trainer	Michael Jarvis
Record	20: 7-1-6
Major wins
Welsh Derby (1988) Furstenberg Rennen (1988) Grosser Preis von Baden (1988) Princess of Wales's Stakes (1989) Phoenix Champion Stakes (1989) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1989)

Carroll House (foaled 5 March 1985) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from September 1987 until July 1990 he raced twenty times in six different countries and won seven races. His most important win came in October 1989 when he won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris. His other wins included the Phoenix Champion Stakes, Grosser Preis von Baden, Princess of Wales's Stakes, Furstenberg Rennen and Welsh Derby. At the end of his racing career he was retired to become a breeding stallion in Japan and Ireland but had little success as a sire of winners.

Carroll House was a chestnut colt with a white star bred in Ireland by Mrs P Clarke. He was sired by Lord Gayle, an American-bred stallion who won the Prix Perth in 1970. Lord Gayle's other winning progeny included Blue Wind (Epsom Oaks), Desirable, Gay Lemur (Jockey Club Stakes) and the leading hurdler Pollardstown. Carroll House's dam Tuna, was of little use as a racehorse, but produced several winners including the successful handicappers Brother Kempinski and Jean-Claude.

Carroll House was sent to the sales as a foal and was sold for 15,000 guineas. A year later he was sold again for 32,000 guineas and entered the ownership of Anglo-Irish businessman Gerald Carroll. He was sent to be trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by Michael Jarvis.