Order of St George (horse)

Order of St George
Racing silks of Michael Tabor and Lloyd J Williams
Sire	Galileo
Grandsire	Sadler's Wells
Dam	Another Storm
Damsire	Gone West
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	22 February 2012
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Paget Bloodstock
Owner	Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Lloyd Williams
Trainer	Aidan O'Brien
Record	21: 11-6-1
Earnings	£1,902,090
Major wins
Irish St Leger Trial Stakes (2015, 2016, 2017) Irish St Leger (2015, 2017) Saval Beg Stakes (2016, 2017) Ascot Gold Cup (2016) British Champions Long Distance Cup (2017)
Awards
Top-rated Irish racehorse (2015) World's top-rated racehorse (Extended distance) (2015) Cartier Champion Stayer (2016)

Order of St George (foaled 22 February 2012) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a specialist stayer whose wins include two Irish St Legers and an Ascot Gold Cup.

As a two-year-old in 2014 he showed promising but unremarkable form, easily winning a maiden race on his third appearance but being beaten when tried in higher class in two subsequent starts. In the following year he was campaigned exclusively against older horses over extended distances. After being narrowly beaten by Bondi Beach on his first appearance of the season he recorded wide-margin victories in his three other races, winning a minor race at Down Royal, the Irish St Leger Trial Stakes and the Irish St Leger. At the end of the season he was rated the seventh-best racehorse in the world.

In 2016 he won the Saval Beg Stakes, Irish St Leger Trial and the Ascot Gold Cup as well as finishing third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. As a five-year-old he was narrowly beaten in the Ascot Gold Cup but recorded repeat wins in the Saval Beg Stakes, Irish St Leger Trial and Irish St Leger and also won the British Champions Long Distance Cup.

Order of St George is a bay horse with a small white star bred in Ireland by Paget Bloodstock. He was sired by Galileo, who won the Derby, Irish Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2001. Galileo is now one of the world's leading stallions and has been champion sire of Great Britain and Ireland five times. His other progeny include Cape Blanco, Frankel, Golden Lilac, Nathaniel, New Approach, Rip Van Winkle and Ruler of the World. Order of St George's dam Another Storm showed modest racing ability, winning one minor race from four attempts but was a daughter of the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly Storm Song. Storm Song was a descendant of the American broodmare Friar's Carse who is the female-line ancestor of many major winners including Rachel Alexandra, Sword Dancer and Hail To All.