Mr Dinos

Mr Dinos
Sire	Desert King
Grandsire	Danehill
Dam	Spear Dance
Damsire	Gay Fandango
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	14 April 1999
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Mocklerstown House Stud
Owner	Constantine Shiacolas
Trainer	Paul Cole
Record	17: 6-4-1
Earnings	£380,957
Major wins
Prix Berteux (2002) Prix Royal-Oak (2002) Henry II Stakes (2003) Ascot Gold Cup (2003)

Mr Dinos (foaled 14 April 1999) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for his win in 2003 Ascot Gold Cup. After finishing second on his only start as a juvenile in 2001 he improved to become a top-class stayer in the following year. After winning two minor races in spring he was narrowly beaten in the Queen's Vase and the Northumberland Plate before recording his first major win in the Prix Berteux. In the autumn he finished only fifth in the St Leger but then won the Group One Prix Royal-Oak. He reached his peak in the first half of 2003 when he won the Henry II Stakes and then recorded an emphatic, six-length victory in the Gold Cup. His subsequent career was dogged by injury problems and he never won again, retiring from racing in 2005 with a record of six wins and five placings from seventeen starts. He has made little impact as a breeding stallion.

Mr Dinos is a bay horse with a small white star bred in Ireland by the County Tipperary-based Mocklerstown House Stud. As a yearling he was sent to the Goffs sale in October 2000 and was bought for IR£40,000 by Emerald Bloodstock. In the following April he was sent to England for the Tattersalls "breeze-up" sale, for which horses are galloped in public before being auctioned. He was bought for 42,000 guineas by the trainer Paul Cole. Throughout his racing career Mr Dinos was owned by the Cypriot businessman Constantinos Shiacolas and trained by Cole at the Whatcombe Estate near Wantage in Oxfordshire.

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