Spectrum (horse)

Spectrum
Racing colours of Arnold Weinstock
Sire	Rainbow Quest
Grandsire	Blushing Groom
Dam	River Dancer
Damsire	Irish River
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	8 May 1992
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Ballymacoll Stud
Owner	Simon Weinstock
Trainer	Peter Chapple-Hyam
Record	9: 4-1-1
Earnings	£352,081
Major wins
Irish 2000 Guineas (1995) Champion Stakes (1995)

Spectrum (foaled 8 May 1992) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from October 1994 until August 1996 he ran nine times and won four races. As a three-year-old in 1995 he won the Irish 2000 Guineas but was injured when starting second favourite for the Epsom Derby. He returned in autumn to win the Champion Stakes over ten furlongs at Newmarket. After a disappointing four-year-old season he was retired to stud where he became a successful sire of winners.

Spectrum was a bay horse with a narrow white star and three white socks bred by 's Ballymacoll Stud in County Meath, Ireland. He was sired by Rainbow Quest who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe before becoming a very successful breeding stallion. Rainbow Quest's other progeny included Quest for Fame, Saumarez, Raintrap, Nedawi and Millenary. Spectrum's dam River Dancer never raced but was an influential broodmare who also produced the dams of Conduit and Petrushka.

During his racing career, Spectrum was owned by Arnold Weinstock in partnership with his son Simon. The colt was trained by Peter Chapple-Hyam and ridden in all of his races by John Reid.

Spectrum never contested a maiden race, beginning his racing career in the Whatcombe Stakes over one mile on heavy ground at Newbury Racecourse on 22 October 1994. Starting the 8/11 favourite against four opponents, he took the lead two furlongs from the finish and won easily by ten lengths.