Julio Mariner

Julio Mariner
Sire	Blakeney
Grandsire	Hethersett
Dam	Set Free
Damsire	Worden
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	24 January 1975
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Fonthill Stud
Owner	Marcos Lemos
Trainer	Clive Brittain
Record	12:3-3-0
Major wins
St Leger Stakes (1978)
Awards
Timeform rating 121 (1977), 127 (1978)

Julio Mariner (24 January 1975–26 May 2004) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1978. In a racing career which lasted from August 1977 until October 1978 he won three of his twelve starts. As a two-year-old he won only one of his five races but established himself as a top-class performer when he finished a close and unlucky second in the William Hill Futurity. After running well on his three-year-old debut he produced a series of disappointing efforts before recording an upset victory over a strong field in the St Leger. After his retirement from racing he became a successful sire of sport horses and died in the Netherlands in 2004.

Julio Mariner was an exceptionally good-looking bay horse with no white markings bred in Wiltshire by the Fonthill Stud which was managed by James Ian Morrison. He was sired by Blakeney the winner of the 1969 Epsom Derby, who was standing at the National Stud. Julio Mariner's dam Set Free was a moderate racehorse, with a best Timeform rating of 90, but she became an outstanding broodmare. She had already produced the Oaks Stakes winner Juliette Marny (also by Blakeney) and went on to produce Scintillate a filly who won the Oaks in 1979.

In 1976, Julio Mariner was sent to the Newmarket October Yearling Sales and was bought for 40,000 guineas by the Greek shipping magnate Marcos Lemos. He was sent into training with Clive Brittain at his Carlburg stable in Newmarket.

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