Jacinth (horse)

Jacinth
Sire	Red God
Grandsire	Nasrullah
Dam	Jaffa
Damsire	Right Royal
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1970
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	William Hill
Owner	Lady Butt
Trainer	Bruce Hobbs
Record	7: 5-2-0
Major wins
Cheveley Park Stakes (1972) Coronation Stakes (1973) Falmouth Stakes (1973) Goodwood Mile (1973)
Awards
Top-rated British-trained two-year-old (1972) Timeform top-rated two-year-old (1972) Timeform rating: 133

Jacinth (1970–1992) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In a racing career which lasted from May 1972 until August 1973 she won five of her seven races and finished second in the other two. In 1972 she was rated the best two-year-old of either sex in Britain on the strength of a five length win in the Cheveley Park Stakes. In the following season she was beaten when odds-on favourite for the classic 1000 Guineas but went on to win the Coronation Stakes, Falmouth Stakes and Goodwood Mile. She was retired to stud and had some success as a dam of winners. She died in 1992.

Jacinth was a big, powerful, good-looking bay mare with a white sock on her left hind leg bred by the stud of the British bookmaker William Hill. She was sired by Red God a successful racehorse in Europe and North America who had a lasting influence on Thoroughbred racing as the sire of the stallion Blushing Groom. Jacinth's dam Jaffa, was a successful racehorse over long distances and a granddaughter of Daring Miss, whose other descendants included Humble Duty and the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner Danseuse du Soir.

As a yearling in 1969, the filly was sent to the Houghton Sales at Newmarket, Suffolk where she was bought by Sir Kenneth Butt for 16,500 guineas. She raced in the colours of Sir Kenneth's wife and was trained by Bruce Hobbs at his Palace House stable in Newmarket. Jacinth was ridden in all of her major races by the South African-born jockey John Gorton.

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