Dylan Thomas (horse)
| Dylan Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Danehill |
| Grandsire | Danzig |
| Dam | Lagrion |
| Damsire | Diesis |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2003 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Tower Bloodstock |
| Owner | Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor |
| Trainer | Aidan O'Brien |
| Record | 18:10-4-1 |
| Earnings | £3,368,912 |
| Major wins | |
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Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial (2006) Irish Derby (2006) Irish Champion Stakes (2006, 2007) Prix Ganay (2007) K. George VI & Q. Elizabeth Stakes (2007) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2007) |
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| Awards | |
| Irish Champion 3yr old & Horse Of the year. European Horse of the Year (2007) European Champion Older Horse (2007) |
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| Last updated on 3 February 2009 | |
Dylan Thomas (foaled 23 April 2003) is a retired Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. In a racing career which lasted from June 2005 until December 2007, he ran twenty times and won ten races. After winning two minor races in 2005 he improved to become one of the leading European three-year-olds of 2006, winning the Irish Derby and the Irish Champion Stakes as well as finishing a close third in the Epsom Derby. In 2007 he won three of Europe's most important weight-for-age races, taking the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, a second Irish Champion Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. His performances led to his being named European Horse of the Year in 2007.
Dylan Thomas is a bay horse bred in Ireland by Tower Bloodstock. He was trained in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien and owned by Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor. He was sired by Danehill out of Lagrion, a daughter of Diesis. Dylan Thomas is a half brother to the 2001 European champion two-year-old filly, Queen's Logic and to the 2012 1000 Guineas winner Homecoming Queen.
Dylan Thomas made his first racecourse appearance in a maiden race at Tipperary on 30 June. Ridden by Kieren Fallon, he started even money favourite and won by a length from Galantas. He was off the racecourse until 10 September when he ran in the Irish Breeders' Foal Levy Stakes at Leopardstown. He took the lead two furlongs from the finish and won by three quarters of a length from Royal Power despite hanging badly to the right in the closing stages. Dylan Thomas was then sent to England to contest the Group Three Autumn Stakes at Salisbury on 8 October. Ridden by Johnny Murtagh, he started 13/8 favourite, but after leading briefly in the straight he finished second by a neck to Blitzkrieg. The future Dubai World Cup winner Well Armed finished fourth. Three weeks later, Dylan Thomas was moved up to Group One class for the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster. He made little impression and finished sixth of the seven runners behind Palace Episode.
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