Exhibitionnist

Exhibitionnist
Sire	Solario
Grandsire	Gainsborough
Dam	Lady Wembley
Damsire	Tredennis
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1934
Country	France
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Victor Sassoon
Owner	Victor Sassoon
Trainer	Joseph Lawson
Record	6: 3–1–0 (incomplete)
Major wins
1000 Guineas (1937) Epsom Oaks (1937)

Exhibitionnist (foaled 1934) was a French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare, best known for winning two Classics in 1937. The filly won three times from six races in a racing career which lasted from 1936 until July 1937. After winning as a two-year-old she finished second on her three-year-old debut to Mid-day Sun, a colt who went on to win the Epsom Derby. Exhibitionnist then won the 1000 Guineas over one mile at Newmarket and at Epsom Oaks over one and a half miles at Epsom Downs Racecourse a month later. She finished fourth in her only subsequent race and was retired to stud, where she had some success as a broodmare.

Exhibitionnist was a bay mare with a white blaze bred in France by her owner Sir Victor Sassoon, a British businessman and hotelier. The filly was sired by Solario, who won the St Leger Stakes in 1925 before becoming a highly successful sire. The successes of Exhibitionnist contributed significantly towards Solario winning the British sires' championship in 1937. Exhibitionnist's dam, Lady Wembley won three races before being bought by Sassoon for 750 Guineas as a prospective broodmare. Lady Wembley was a daughter of Captive Princess, a mare who won the Irish Oaks and Irish St Leger in 1916.

Sassoon sent the filly to be trained by Joseph Lawson at his stables at Manton in Wiltshire. Although her name was sometimes "corrected" in the press, it was officially spelled with a double n, because of a mistake by a French clerk when her name was being registered.

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