Jack Hobbs (horse)

Jack Hobbs
Jack Hobbs at the 2015 Epsom Derby
Sire	Halling
Grandsire	Diesis
Dam	Swain's Gold
Damsire	Swain
Sex	Colt
Foaled	2 March 2012
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Brown
Breeder	Minster Stud
Owner	Bailey, Hall & Hood Godolphin & Partners
Trainer	John Gosden
Record	9: 4-2-2
Earnings	£1,238,216
Major wins
Irish Derby (2015) September Stakes (2015)
Last updated on 17 October 2015

Jack Hobbs (foaled 2 March 2012) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. After winning his only race as a juvenile, he established himself as a potentially top-class colt with a twelve length win in a race at Sandown on his three-year-old debut. He finished second to his stable companion Golden Horn in both the Dante Stakes and the Epsom Derby before winning the Irish Derby by five lengths. He ran twice more in 2015, winning the September Stakes before being beaten when favourite for the Champion Stakes. His 2016 season was badly disrupted by injury and he ran only twice, failing to complete his first start and being beaten on his eventual reappearance.

Jack Hobbs is a brown colt with a small white star and three white socks bred in the United Kingdom by Willie Carson's Gloucestershire-based Minster Stud. He was sired by Halling, a top-class performer who won two editions of both the Eclipse Stakes and the International Stakes. Before Jack Hobbs, Halling's best offspring included Opinion Poll (Dubai Gold Cup), Cavalryman (Grand Prix de Paris) and Norse Dancer (Earl of Sefton Stakes). Jack Hobbs's dam Swain's Gold was a Kentucky-bred mare who won three races at Turf Paradise in 2004. Swain's Gold was daughter of the Orchid Handicap winner Golden Pond who was in turn a granddaughter of Connaught's half-sister Daffodil Day. Before foaling Jack Hobbs, Swain's Gold had produced the successful handicapper Niceofyoutotellme and a mare named Mrs Greeley who won three minor races.