Dr Devious

Dr Devious
Racing colours of Sidney H. Craig
Sire	Ahonoora
Grandsire	Lorenzaccio
Dam	Rose of Jericho
Damsire	Alleged
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	10 March 1989
Country	Ireland
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Lyonstown Stud
Owner	Luciano Gaucci Sidney H. Craig
Trainer	Peter Chapple-Hyam
Record	15: 6-4-0
Earnings	₤812,294
Major wins
Superlative Stakes (1991) Vintage Stakes (1991) Dewhurst Stakes (1991) Epsom Derby (1992) Irish Champion Stakes (1992)

Dr Devious (foaled 10 March 1989) is an Irish-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred race horse. In a career which lasted from May 1991 until November 1992, he ran fifteen times and won six races. He is most notable as the winner of the Epsom Derby in 1992. Dr Devious's other most significant wins came in the Dewhurst Stakes and the Irish Champion Stakes. He was the second horse, after Bold Arrangement in 1986, to run in both the Kentucky Derby and the Epsom Derby.

Bred by Lyonstown Stud, near Cashel, County Tipperary, Dr Devious was sired by Ahonoora out of the mare Rose of Jericho, a daughter of two-time Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Alleged. As a son of Ahonoora, he is a representative of the Byerley Turk sire line, unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who descend directly from the Darley Arabian. Rose of Jericho was an unraced mare who also produced the Greenlands Stakes winner Archway. He was purchased by Italian businessman Luciano Gaucci, owner of the Allevamento White Star breeding and racing operation who had had great success in the late 1980s with the colt Tony Bin. Dr Devious, who was reportedly named after a super villain was trained throughout his career by Peter Chapple-Hyam.

In the spring of 1991, the two-year-old Dr Devious won the May Maiden Stakes at Newbury, then in June ran second in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot. Ridden for the remainder of the year by Willie Carson, in July he won the Superlative Stakes at Newmarket and in August the Vintage Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse. Back at Newmarket, on 2 October he finished a head second to Young Senor in a crowded field in the Tiffany Highflyer Stakes then just over two weeks later ran in the Group One seven furlong Dewhurst Stakes, Britain's most prestigious race for two-year-olds. He took the lead a furlong from the finish and won by two and a half lengths from Great Palm.