Spearmint (horse)
| Spearmint | |
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| Sire | Carbine |
| Grandsire | Musket |
| Dam | Maid of the Mint |
| Damsire | Minting |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | April 6, 1903 |
| Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Sir Tatton Sykes |
| Owner | Major Eustace Loder |
| Trainer | Peter-Purcell Gilpin |
| Record | 5: 3-1-0 |
| Earnings | Not found |
| Major wins | |
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Epsom Derby (1906) Grand Prix de Paris (1906) |
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| Last updated on 17 May 2009 | |
Spearmint (1903–1924) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and a sire. In a brief racing career which lasted from 1905 until June 1906, he ran five times and won three races. After showing moderate form in 1905, he won the Epsom Derby on his seasonal debut at age three and then became the first British horse for twenty years to win France's most important race, the Grand Prix de Paris. He became a successful breeding stallion, siring major winners in Europe and the United States. His daughters produced the winners of eight classic races. Spearmint was placed on the winning sires and brood-mare sires lists on several occasions.
Spearmint was a bay horse with a white blaze and a white sock on his left foreleg who stood 16 hands high. He was bred by Sir Tatton Sykes at the famous Sledmere Stud in Yorkshire. He was by the outstanding racehorse and sire Carbine, a New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame and Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee to whom he was said to bear a striking resemblance. His dam was the unraced mare Maid of the Mint, by Minting. The mating of Spearmint's parents had actually been arranged by the Maid of the Mint's owner, Sir James Duke, but an expensive lawsuit then forced him to sell the now pregnant mare to Sir Tatton Sykes. Spearmint was doubly inbred to in the 4th and 5th generations (4m x 4f x 5f).
Spearmint was sent to the Doncaster sales as a yearling and was purchased by Major Eustace Loder, who had been impressed by the colt when viewing him at Sledmere. The price of 300 guineas reflected the low opinion held by British breeders of Spearmint's sire. Spearmint was sent into training with Peter Purcell-Gilpin at Newmarket where, according to press reports, he was known as "Tom".
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