St Nicholas Abbey (horse)

St Nicholas Abbey
St Nicholas Abbey at the 2012 Coronation Cup
Sire	Montjeu
Grandsire	Sadler's Wells
Dam	Leaping Water
Damsire	Sure Blade
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	13 April 2007
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Barton Bloodstock & Villiers Synd
Owner	Derrick Smith, Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier
Trainer	Aidan O'Brien
Record	21: 9-2-7
Earnings	£4,954,590
Major wins
Beresford Stakes (2009) Racing Post Trophy (2009) Ormonde Stakes (2011) Coronation Cup (2011, 2012, 2013) Breeders' Cup Turf (2011) Dubai Sheema Classic (2013)
Honours
European Champion Two-year-old colt (2009)

St Nicholas Abbey (13 April 2007 – 14 January 2014) was an Irish thoroughbred racehorse. He was the leading European two-year-old of 2009 and recovered from a disappointing three-year-old season to win the Coronation Cup and the Breeders' Cup Turf in 2011. He won the Coronation Cup for a second time in 2012 and the Dubai Sheema Classic in 2013. In June 2013 he won the Coronation Cup for an unprecedented third time. He was briefly the biggest money-winning racehorse trained in Europe. His career was ended prematurely due to injury in July 2013, and he was euthanised in January 2014 while undergoing colic surgery.

St Nicholas Abbey, a bay horse with a white star and stripe and two white feet, was bred in Ireland by Barton Bloodstock & the Villiers Syndicate, a group associated with the Coolmore Stud. He is one of many top-class middle-distance horses and stayers sired by Montjeu. Others include the Derby winners Pour Moi, Authorized, Camelot and Motivator, the St Leger winners Scorpion and Masked Marvel and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Hurricane Run. St Nicholas Abbey's dam, Leaping Water was an unraced daughter of the Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Flamenco Wave and a half-sister of the Group One winners Ballingarry (Canadian International Stakes), Aristotle (Racing Post Trophy) and Starborough (St. James's Palace Stakes).