Pure Grain

Pure Grain
Sire	Polish Precedent
Grandsire	Danzig
Dam	Mill Line
Damsire	Mill Reef
Sex	Mare
Foaled	23 February 1992
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	W & R Barnett Ltd
Owner	Robert Barnett
Trainer	Michael Stoute
Record	11: 5-1-2
Earnings	£277,625
Major wins
Prestige Stakes (1994) Musidora Stakes (1995) Irish Oaks (1995) Yorkshire Oaks (1995)

Pure Grain (23 February 1992 – September 2014) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In 1994 she won two of her five races including the Prestige Stakes as well as finishing third in the Princess Margaret Stakes and fourth when favourite for the Fillies' Mile. In the following year she emerged as one of the best middle distance fillies of her generation in Europe with wins in the Musidora Stakes, Irish Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks. She also finished third in the Epsom Oaks and fifth in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. After her retirement from racing she had some success as a dam of winners.

Pure Grain was a dark bay or brown mare with a white star bred by William and Robert Barnett. She was sired by Polish Precedent, a lightly-raced horse who won the Prix Jacques le Marois and the Prix du Moulin in 1989 before sustaining his only defeat when finishing second to Zilzal in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. He later became a very successful breeding stallion, siring Pilsudski, Rakti, Darsi, Court Masterpiece and Polish Summer (Dubai Sheema Classic). Pure Grain's dam Mill Line was a daughter of the Barnetts' racemare Quay Line, who won the Park Hill Stakes in 1979.

The filly was sent into training with Michael Stoute at his Freemason Lodge Stable in Newmarket, Suffolk. She was ridden in all of her races by John Reid.

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