Cotherstone (horse)

Cotherstone
Cotherstone. Contemporary painting.
Sire	Touchstone
Grandsire	Camel
Dam	Emma
Damsire	Whisker
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1840
Country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	John Bowes
Owner	John Bowes John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer
Trainer	John Scott
Record	11:8-1-0
Major wins
2000 Guineas (1843) Epsom Derby (1843)

Cotherstone (1840–1864) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from September 1851 to July 1853 he ran eleven times and won eight races. After being beaten on his debut, Cotherstone won his next six races including the 1843 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby. A narrow defeat in the St. Leger Stakes prevented him from being recognised as the first winner of the English Triple Crown. He was regarded by contemporary experts as one of the best British racehorses of his era. After sustaining a serious injury in his only race in 1844 he was retired to stud where he had moderate success.

Cotherstone was a "bright" bay horse with a small white star and one white pastern, standing 15.2 hands high, bred by his owner John Bowes at his stud at Streatlam Castle in County Durham. Bowes named the colt after a nearby village. Cotherstone's dam was a mare named Emma, who had already produced the 1835 Derby winner Mündig, and went on to give birth to Mowerina, the dam of the Triple Crown winner West Australian. His sire, Touchstone, won the St Leger and two Ascot Gold Cups, before going on to be an outstandingly successful stallion. Apart from Cotherstone, his classic winners included Surplice, Orlando and Newminster and he was Champion sire on four occasions.