Don't Forget Me (horse)

Don't Forget Me
Sire	Ahonoora
Grandsire	Lorenzaccio
Dam	African Doll
Damsire	African Sky
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	10 April 1984
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Owner	James Horgan
Trainer	Richard Hannon, Sr.
Record	10:5-1-0
Major wins
Vintage Stakes (1986) Champagne Stakes (1986) 2000 Guineas (1987) Irish 2000 Guineas (1987)
Awards
Timeform rating: 120p in 1986, 127 in 1987

Don't Forget Me (10 April 1984 – March 2010) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic 2000 Guineas in 1987. He showed promising form as a two-year-old in 1986, winning three of his four races including the Lanson Champagne Stakes and the Champagne Stakes. In the early part of 1987 he survived an injury scare to win the 2000 Guineas and completed a rare double by winning the Irish 2000 Guineas two weeks later. He was beaten in his remaining three races and was retired to stud, where he had some success as a sire of winners.

Don't Forget Me was a dark-coated bay horse with no white markings bred in Ireland. He was sired by Ahonoora, whose other offspring included the Epsom Derby winner Dr Devious. Ahonoora was a representative of the Byerley Turk sire line, unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who descend directly from the Darley Arabian. Don't Forget Me's dam African Doll was a great-granddaughter of Circassia, an influential broodmare whose other descendants included Desert King and Frankel.

As a yearling the colt was sent to the October sales at Newmarket where he was sold for 19,000 guineas. He entered the ownerhip of the County Cork-based businessman James Horgan and was sent into training with Richard Hannon, Sr..

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