Try My Best

Try My Best
Sire	Northern Dancer
Grandsire	Nearctic
Dam	Sex Appeal
Damsire	Buckpasser
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	28 April 1975
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	E. P. Taylor
Owner	Robert Sangster
Trainer	Vincent O'Brien
Record	5: 4-0-0
Earnings	£48,389
Major wins
Larkspur Stakes (1977) Dewhurst Stakes (1977) Vauxhall Trial Stakes (1978)
Awards
Irish Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1977) English Champion Two-year-old Colt (1977)
Last updated on May 14, 2010

Try My Best (1975–1993) was an American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse.

Try My Best was a bay horse with three white socks bred by E. P. Taylor. Try My Best was sired by Northern Dancer out of the mare Sex Appeal, who also produced his full brother El Gran Senor. The colt was conditioned for racing by the Irish trainer, Vincent O'Brien.

At age two Try My Best won the G III Larkspur Stakes at Leopardstown Racecourse in Ireland and the Group One Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse in England. The unbeaten 1977 Champion Two-Year-Old of England and Ireland won the Vauxhall Trial Stakes at Phoenix Park Racecourse at age three in 1978 following which owner Robert Sangster syndicated the colt for US$6 million. Try My Best then shocked his owners and the betting public when he finished last in the Classic 2,000 Guineas Stakes to winner, Roland Gardens. Injured, Try My Best never returned to racing.

Try My Best was notably the sire of:

At age seventeen, Try My Best was sent to breeders in Japan.

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