Hellenic (horse)

Hellenic
Sire	Darshaan
Grandsire	Shirley Heights
Dam	Grecian Sea
Damsire	Homeric
Sex	Mare
Foaled	27 April 1987
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Ballymacoll Stud
Owner
Trainer	Michael Stoute
Record	6: 3-1-0
Earnings	£201,008
Major wins
Middleton Stakes (1990) Ribblesdale Stakes (1990) Yorkshire Oaks (1990)

Hellenic (25 April 1987 – 15 July 2011) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare bred by the Ballymacoll Stud. After finishing unplaced in her only start as a juvenile, she improved to become a top-class stayer in the summer and autumn of 1990. She won both the Ribblesdale Stakes and the Yorkshire Oaks before finishing second when favourite for the St Leger and being the first filly home in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. She later became an outstanding broodmare, producing Islington, and several other major winners. She was retired from breeding in 2010 and died a year later.

Hellenic was a bay mare with no white markings bred in County Meath by the Ballymacoll Stud. She was sired by Darshaan who won the Prix du Jockey Club for the Aga Khan in 1984 before becoming a successful breeding stallion. The best of his other offspring included Dalakhani, Mark of Esteem and Kotashaan. Hellenic's dam Grecian Sea won one minor race and produced several other winners. She was descended from Knighton House, a full-sister to Reform and a distant relative of North Light and Golan.

During her racing career the filly was trained at Freemason Lodge in Newmarket, Suffolk by Michael Stoute and ran in the colours of Ballymacoll's part-owner . She was ridden in all but one of her races by Walter Swinburn.

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