Golan (horse)

Golan
The Weinstock colours
Sire	Spectrum
Grandsire	Rainbow Quest
Dam	Highland Gift
Damsire	Generous
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1998
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Ballymacoll Stud
Owner	Exors Of The Late
Trainer	Sir Michael Stoute
Record	11: 4-2-1
Earnings	£1,212,002
Major wins
2000 Guineas Stakes (2001) Prix Niel (2001) King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2002)

Golan (foaled 24 February 1998) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire who was bred in Ireland, but trained in the United Kingdom throughout his racing career, which lasted from 2000 to 2002. He won the 2000 Guineas in 2001 and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes in 2002. He won the latter race after an eight-month absence from the racecourse.

Golan was bred in Ireland by 's Ballymacoll Stud in County Meath. On Lord Weinstock's death in 2002, his Thoroughbreds, including Golan, passed to the executors of his estate. Both his sire, Spectrum, and his dam, Highland Gift, had been bred at the Ballymacoll Stud and raced in the Weinstock colours. In fact, the families of both Golan's parents had been based at the stud for more than 60 years.

Spectrum won the Irish 2000 Guineas and the Champion Stakes as a three-year-old colt in 1995, in which he was rated the second-best British colt, behind Lammtarra. At stud, he produced the winners of more than 400 races before being exported first to South Africa and then to New Zealand. Apart from Golan, his best offspring were Gamut (Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud), Racinger (Prix du Muguet), Just James (Challenge Stakes) and Tartan Bearer.

Highland Gift won one minor race, and came from a good family, being the half-sister of the Great Voltigeur Stakes winner Bonny Scot. She has also produced Golan's full brother, the Derby runner-up Tartan Bearer.