Glint of Gold
| Glint of Gold | |
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| Sire | Mill Reef |
| Grandsire | Never Bend |
| Dam | Crown Treaure |
| Damsire | Graustark |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 5 April 1978 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Paul Mellon |
| Owner | Paul Mellon |
| Trainer | Ian Balding |
| Record | 17: 10-6-1 |
| Major wins | |
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Gran Criterium (1980) Warren Stakes (1981) Derby Italiano (1981) Grand Prix de Paris (1981) Great Voltigeur Stakes (1981) Preis von Europa (1981) John Porter Stakes (1982) Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (1982) Grosser Preis von Baden (1982) |
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| Awards | |
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Timeform rating: 128 (1981), 127 (1982) Gilbey Racing Middle Distance Champion (1982) |
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Glint of Gold (5 April 1978 – 1990) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. A middle-distance specialist, he was noted for his toughness and consistency, winning ten races, finishing second six times and third once in a seventeen race career which lasted from July 1980 until September 1981. He won races in four countries including six at Group One level. His major victories included the Gran Criterium and Derby Italiano in Italy, the Grand Prix de Paris and Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in France, the Preis von Europa and Grosser Preis von Baden in Germany and the Great Voltigeur Stakes and John Porter Stakes in Britain. He was also placed in the Epsom Derby, St Leger Stakes, Coronation Cup and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He was retired to stud at the end of the 1982 season and had modest success as a sire of winners.
Glint of Gold was a strongly-built, good-looking bay horse with a white star bred by his owner Paul Mellon. He was sired by Mellon's stallion Mill Reef and American-bred horse who won the Epsom Derby, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1971. Mill Reef's other offspring included Reference Point, Milligram, Shirley Heights, Lashkari and Doyoun. Glint of Gold was the first foal of his dam Crown Treasure, a daughter of Graustark who was sent to Europe in to be covered by Mill Reef and remained there for several years owing to import restrictions. A year after Glint of Gold was foaled, Crown Treasure produced his full-brother Diamond Shoal, an outstanding middle-distance performer who won the Gran Premio di Milano, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, Grosser Preis von Baden in 1983. She later produced Crystal Spirit, a leading hurdler who won the Sun Alliance Hurdle and the Cleeve Hurdle in 1991.
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