Leading Counsel
| Leading Counsel | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Alleged |
| Grandsire | Hoist The Flag |
| Dam | Society Column |
| Damsire | Sir Gaylord |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 12 March 1982 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Swettenham Stud |
| Owner | Robert Sangster |
| Trainer | Vincent O'Brien |
| Record | 11: 5-2-0 |
| Major wins | |
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Leopardstown Stakes (1984) Minstrel Stakes (1985) Irish St Leger (1985) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 106p (1984), 122 (1985), 114 (1986) | |
Leading Counsel (12 March 1982 – after 2006) was an American-bred Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He showed great promise when winning the Leopardstown Stakes on his only start as a two-year-old in 1984 and was regarded as a leading contender for the following year's Epsom Derby. In 1985 he won the Minstrel Stakes and started favourite for the Irish 2000 Guineas but recorded his biggest success on his final run of the year when he won the Irish St Leger. He won one of his three races as a four-year-old before being retired from racing. As a breeding stallion he had considerable success as a sire of National Hunt horses.
Leading Counsel was a "big, lengthy" brown stallion with white socks on his front legs bred in Kentucky by his owner, Robert Sangster's Swettenham Stud. Sangster had acquired the colt in utero when buying the broodmare Society Column for $435,000 in January 1982. Leading Counsel was sent to Europe and entered training with Vincent O'Brien at Ballydoyle.
Society Column was a high-class racemare who won seven races including the Chrysanthemum Handicap in 1971 and produced several other good winners including the Princess Royal Stakes winner Sylph. She was a grand-daughter of the American broodmare Manzana (foaled 1948), whose other descendants included Typecast and Siberian Express. Leading Counsel was sired by Alleged who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1977 and 1978. Alleged later became a successful breeding stallion, and a strong influence for stamina: his best winners included Miss Alleged, Shantou, Law Society, Legal Case and Midway Lady.
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