Galatea (horse)

Galatea
Sire	Dark Legend
Grandsire	Dark Ronald
Dam	Galaday
Damsire	Sir Gallahad III
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1936
Country	France
Colour	Brown
Breeder	Robert Sterling Clark
Owner	Robert Sterling Clark
Trainer	Joseph Lawson
Record	6: 3–0–1
Major wins
1000 Guineas (1939) Epsom Oaks (1939)

Galatea (also known as Galatea II; 1936–1949) was a French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare, best known for winning two Classics in 1939. The filly won three times from six races in a racing career which lasted from 1938 until June 1939. After failing to win as a two-year-old she won her first three races of 1939 including the 1000 Guineas over one mile at Newmarket and the Epsom Oaks over one and a half miles at Epsom Downs Racecourse a month later. She was beaten in her only subsequent race and was retired to stud, where she had some success as a broodmare.

Galatea was a big, powerfully built brown mare bred in France by her owner Robert Sterling Clark, an American industrialist whose fortune derived from the Singer Sewing Machine company. Her sire Dark Legend, who was twenty-two when Galatea was foaled, finished third in the 1917 Epsom Derby and later became a champion racehorse in India. At stud he was a strong influence for stamina and his best runners included Easton (runner-up in the Derby), Duplex (Prix du Jockey Club) and Dark Japan (Goodwood Cup). He later became known as the damsire of Dante and Sayajirao. Galatea's dam Galaday won seven races in the United States before becoming Clark's first winner in England in 1931. At stud, she was a successful and influential broodmare, being the direct female ancestor of many winners including Never Say Die who won the Derby and St Leger for Clark in 1954.

Clark sent the filly to be trained in England by Joseph Lawson at his stables at Manton in Wiltshire. In England she was known as Galatea II to distinguish her from an English-bred racehorse with the same name.

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