Saddlers' Hall | |
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Sire | Sadler's Wells |
Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
Dam | Sunny Valley |
Damsire | Val de Loir |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 26 May 1988 |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Ballymacoll Stud |
Owner | |
Trainer | Michael Stoute |
Record | 15: 6-4-0 |
Earnings | £438,833 |
Major wins | |
King Edward VII Stakes (1991) John Porter Stakes (1992) Ormonde Stakes (1992) Coronation Cup (1992) Princess of Wales's Stakes (1992) |
Saddlers' Hall (26 May 1988 – April 2008) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After finishing fifth in his only race as a juvenile he developed into a high class staying colt in 1991, winning the King Edward VII Stakes and finishing second the St Leger. He reached his peak in the first half of the following season, winning four consecutive Group races: the John Porter Stakes, Ormonde Stakes, Coronation Cup and Princess of Wales's Stakes. He was retired to stud at the end of the year and had some success as a breeding stallion, siring the St Leger winner Silver Patriarch. He died in 2008 at the age of twenty.
Saddlers' Hall was a bay horse with a white blaze and a white sock on his left hind leg bred in Ireland by the Ballymacoll Stud. He was from the third crop of foals sired by Sadler's Wells, who won the Irish 2000 Guineas, Eclipse Stakes and Irish Champion Stakes in 1984 went on to be the Champion sire on fourteen occasions. Saddlers' Hall's dam, Sunny Valley, also bred at Ballymacoll, had previously produced the outstanding racemare Sun Princess and was the direct female ancestor of the St Leger winner Millenary and the double Breeders' Cup Turf winner Conduit.