Quest for Fame (horse)

Quest for Fame
Racing colours of Khalid Abdullah
Sire	Rainbow Quest
Grandsire	Blushing Groom
Dam	Aryenne
Damsire	Green Dancer
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	15 February 1987
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Juddmonte Farms
Owner	Khalid Abdullah
Trainer	Jeremy Tree Roger Charlton Robert J. Frankel (USA)
Record	15: 4-4-2
Earnings	₤937,398
Major wins
Epsom Derby (1990) San Luis Obispo Handicap (1992) Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap (1992)
Last updated on August 26, 2007

Quest for Fame (foaled 1987) is a British-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred race horse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from October 1989 until November 1992, he ran fifteen times and won four races. His most notable success came in 1990 when he won The Derby. He was later trained in the United States, where he won the San Luis Obispo Handicap and the Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap in 1992. He was the first Epsom Derby winner to win a major race as a five-year-old since St. Gatien in 1886.

Quest For Fame was a very dark-coated bay horse who was bred by Juddmonte Farms, the breeding organisation of his owner Khalid Abdullah. His sire, Rainbow Quest, was a highly successful racehorse who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1985. He went on to become an important stallion, siring the Group One winners Nedawi, Millenary and Croco Rouge. Quest For Fame's dam, Aryenne, won the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches in 1980. Quest for Fame was sent into training with Jeremy Tree at Beckhampton in Wiltshire.

Quest For Fame made his debut in a maiden race at Newbury on 28 October 1989. He started 2/1 favourite and finished second to Tyburn Tree.

After the retirement of Jeremy Tree, the training of Quest for Fame was taken over by his assistant Roger Charlton. In April 1990, Quest For Fame returned to Newbury and recorded his first win when taking the Spring Maiden Stakes by one and a half lengths. At Chester in May he finished second of the three runners in the Chester Vase, beaten a length by Belmez.