Oath (horse)

Oath
Racing colours of The Thoroughbred Corp
Sire	Fairy King
Grandsire	Northern Dancer
Dam	Sheer Audacity
Damsire	Troy
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1996
Country	Ireland
Colour	bay
Breeder	Mrs Max Morris
Owner	The Thoroughbred Corp.
Trainer	Henry Cecil
Record	7: 3-1-1
Earnings	₤647,419
Major wins
Dee Stakes (1999) Epsom Derby (1999)
Last updated on August 24, 2007

Oath (foaled 22 April 1996) is a retired Thoroughbred race horse, bred in Ireland and trained in the United Kingdom, best known for winning the 1999 Epsom Derby. He was injured in his next race and never ran again. He is currently an active sire in India.

Oath was foaled on 22 April 1996 in Ireland. He is a small, "neat" bay horse bred in Ireland by Mrs Max Morris. He was from one of the last groups of foals sired by the Northern Dancer stallion Fairy King out of the Troy mare Sheer Audacity. Apart from Oath, Fairy King, who died in 1999, sired the winners of over five-hundred races, including Helissio (Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe) and Falbrav (Japan Cup).

His dam, Sheer Audacity produced several good winners,the most notable being Pelder, who won three Group One races, including the Prix Ganay.

As a yearling, Oath was sent to the Goffs sales in County Kildare, where he was bought for IR£450,000 by The Thoroughbred Corporation, a syndicate headed by the Saudi prince Ahmed bin Salman (1958–2003). Like all of Salman's horses, which included War Emblem, Point Given and Royal Anthem, Oath raced in a distinctive white bridle.