St. Amant (horse)
| St. Amant | |
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St. Amant
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| Sire | St. Frusquin |
| Grandsire | St. Simon |
| Dam | Lady Loverule |
| Damsire | Muncaster |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1901 |
| Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Leopold de Rothschild |
| Owner | Leopold de Rothschild |
| Trainer |
Alfred Heyhoe Tom Cannon, Jr |
| Record | 21: 6-3-5 |
| Earnings | £ |
| Major wins | |
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Coventry Stakes (1903) 2000 Guineas Stakes (1903) Epsom Derby (1904) Jockey Club Stakes (1905) |
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St. Amant (1901–1920) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from 1903 to 1906 he ran twenty-one times and won six races. As a three-year-old in 1901 he won both the 2000 Guineas Stakes and the Epsom Derby, but failed to win the English Triple Crown when he was well beaten in the St. Leger by the filly Pretty Polly. He was kept in training for two more seasons but won only one more race before being retired.
St. Amant was bred by his owner, Leopold de Rothschild, at his Southcourt Stud at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire. His sire St. Frusquin was an outstanding racehorse who won the 2000 Guineas Stakes and the Eclipse Stakes in 1896. As a stallion he was leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland on two occasions and sired the Classic winners Rosedrop (1910 Epsom Oaks), Flair (1906 1000 Guineas) and Quintessence (1903 1000 Guineas). St. Amant's dam, Lady Loverule, never appeared in a race but was descended from the 1867 Oaks winner Hippia. St. Amant was trained for most his career by Alfred Hayhoe at Palace House, Newmarket, Suffolk.
St. Amant was one of the best two-year-old colts of his generation, but was no match for the filly Pretty Polly who beat him easily on the two occasions they met. He was successful at Royal Ascot on his debut in June, where he won the Coventry Stakes and followed up in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Goodwood in July, beating Henry The First by half a length after "a grand race". He was then sent to Doncaster for the Champagne Stakes in which he finished third to Pretty Polly. He won a Rous Memorial Stakes at Newmarket in October, but later that month faced Pretty Polly again at the same course in the Middle Park Plate, regarded as the year's most important two-year-old race. He proved the best of the colts but finished three lengths behind the filly.
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