St. Frusquin
| St. Frusquin | |
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| Sire | St. Simon |
| Grandsire | Galopin |
| Dam | Isabel |
| Damsire | Plebeian |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1893 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Leopold de Rothschild |
| Owner | Leopold de Rothschild |
| Trainer | Alfred Hayhoe |
| Record | 11:9-2-0 |
| Earnings | £32,965 |
| Major wins | |
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Middle Park Plate (1895) Dewhurst Plate (1895) 2000 Guineas (1896) Princess of Wales's Stakes (1896) Eclipse Stakes (1896) |
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St. Frusquin (1893–1914) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career that lasted from May 1895 to July 1896, he ran eleven times and won nine races. He was the best British two-year-old of 1895 when his five wins included the Middle Park Plate and the Dewhurst Plate. As a three-year-old, he added wins in the 2000 Guineas and two of the season's most valuable all-aged races: the Princess of Wales's Stakes and the Eclipse Stakes. He had a notable rivalry with Persimmon, another outstanding British colt he defeated in two of their three racecourse meetings.
St. Frusquin was a brown colt with a white star and snip, bred by his owner, the banker and philanthropist Leopold de Rothschild. He was sired by St. Simon, one of the best racehorses of his era who became a dominant stallion, being Champion sire on nine occasions between 1890 and 1901. St. Simon also sired Persimmon, St. Frusquin's chief rival in his racing career.
St. Frusquin's dam Isabel was a successful racehorse, winning eleven races before being retired to stud, where the best of her other progeny was the Richmond Stakes winner St. Gris. Rothschild sent St. Frusquin to Alfred Hayhoe, who trained his horses at the Palace House stables at Newmarket, Suffolk.
The colt was not named after a Christian saint but after an informal French expression for the entirety of a person's possessions.
St. Frusquin made his first appearance on 10 May when he won the £3,000 Royal Two-Year-Old Plate over five furlongs at Kempton. Ridden by Tommy Loates, who became his most regular jockey, he showed inexperience by hanging to the left after taking the lead but held on to win by a neck from Gulistan. He followed up with victories in the £2,000 Sandringham Cup at Sandown on 27 June, beating Labrador easily by three lengths, and the Chesterfield Stakes at Newmarket on 18 July before an attack of rheumatism interrupted his season.
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