Reform (horse)

Reform
Racing colours of Michael Sobell
Sire	Pall Mall
Grandsire	Palestine
Dam	Country House
Damsire	Vieux Manoir
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1964
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Ballymacoll Stud
Owner	Michael Sobell
Trainer	Gordon Richards
Record	14: 11-2-0
Earnings	£44,721
Major wins
Granville Stakes (1966) Rous Memorial Stakes (1966) Clarence House Stakes (1966) St James's Stakes (1967) St James's Palace Stakes (1967) Sussex Stakes (1967) Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1967) Champion Stakes (1967)
Awards
Timeform top-rated three-year-old (1967) Timeform rating: 132

Reform (1964–1983) was an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from April 1966 until October 1967 he won eleven of his fourteen races. As a two-year-old he was beaten on his debut but won his remaining six races and was rated among the best colts of his generation in Britain. Reform was never entered in the British Classic Races, but proved himself to be an outstanding three-year-old in 1967, winning five of his seven starts. After winning the St James's Stakes, St James's Palace Stakes, Sussex Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes he ended his career by beating the Epsom Derby winner Royal Palace in the Champion Stakes.

Reform was a small bay horse with a white sock on his left hind leg bred by the Ballymacoll Stud in County Meath, Ireland. He was one of the best horses sired by the Queen's stallion Pall Mall, who won the 2000 Guineas in 1958. His dam, Country House, bred by Dorothy Paget, was a granddaughter of Coventry Belle, a sister of the 1000 Guineas and Oaks Stakes winner Godiva. Country House won three minor races before becoming a highly influential broodmare: apart from Reform, her descendants include the Epsom Derby winner North Light and the 2000 Guineas and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Golan.