Double Form

Double Form
Sire	Habitat
Grandsire	Sir Gaylord
Dam	Fanghorn
Damsire	Crocket
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	14 February 1975
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Baroness Thyssen
Owner	Baroness Thyssen
Trainer	Fulke Johnson Houghton
Record	19:7-4-5
Major wins
Temple Stakes (1979) King's Stand Stakes (1979) Haydock Sprint Cup (1979) Prix de l'Abbaye (1979)
Awards
Timeform rating 110p (1977), 123 (1978), 130 (1979) Gilbey Champion Sprinter (1979)

Double Form (14 February 1975–1983) was an Irish-bred British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. A specialist sprinter, he showed promise as a two-year-old in 1977, and improved to become a high-class performer in 1978. He won only one race as a three-year-old but was placed in several major sprints. In 1979 he improved again to become the highest-rated sprinter in the United Kingdom, winning the Temple Stakes, King's Stand Stakes and Haydock Sprint Cup in England and the Prix de l'Abbaye in France. He was the first horse to win both the King's Stand Stakes and the Prix de l'Abbaye. He was retired to stud where he was an immediate success but died in 1983.

Double Form was a "big, strong, good-looking" bay horse with no white markings bred in Ireland by his owner Baroness Thyssen. He was sired by Habitat, an American-bred, British-raced miler who became one of the leading European stallions of the 1970s and 1980s. His other progeny included Habibti, Marwell, Rose Bowl, Flying Water, Homing and Sigy and he was the British Champion broodmare sire on three occasions. Double Form's dam, Fanghorn was placed in the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and was also the dam of Gradiva, the ancestor of the Irish Derby winner Soldier of Fortune. Baroness Thyssen sent the colt into training with Fulke Johnson Houghton at Blewbury in Wiltshire. Double Form usually raced in blinkers

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