Lammtarra

Lammtarra
Lammtarra at the Arrow Stud in 2002.
Sire	Nijinsky
Grandsire	Northern Dancer
Dam	Snow Bride
Damsire	Blushing Groom
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	2 February 1992
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Gainsborough Farms
Owner	Saeed bin Maktoum al Maktoum
Trainer	Alex Scott (1994) Saeed bin Suroor (1995)
Record	4: 4-0-0
Earnings	£1,271,075
Major wins
Washington Singer Stakes (1994) Epsom Derby (1995) K. George VI & Q. Elizabeth Stakes (1995) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1995)
Awards
European Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1995)
Last updated on 20 October 2012

Lammtarra (2 February 1992 – 7 July 2014) was an undefeated Thoroughbred racehorse who won three Group One races in 1995 and was voted the Cartier Three-Year-Old European Champion Colt. He won the Epsom Derby in record time, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He is one of only two horses to win all three races, the other being Mill Reef.

The colt was owned by Saeed bin Maktoum al Maktoum, whose father, Sheikh Maktoum, bred Lammtarra at his Gainsborough Farm in Versailles, Kentucky. He was sired by Nijinsky by Northern Dancer out of the Epsom Oaks winner, Snow Bride by Blushing Groom (FR). He was inbred to Northern Dancer in the second and fourth generations (2m x 4f).

Lammtarra won his only race as a two-year-old, in the Washington Singer Stakes at Newbury. As a three-year-old, Lammtarra was trained by Saeed bin Suroor and ridden by Frankie Dettori, with the Derby as his main target.

Lammtarra's Epsom Derby triumph in June 1995 came just months after the tragic fatal shooting of his young trainer Alex Scott. Scott was killed at his Newmarket stables in September 1994, at the age of 34.