Tyrnavos (horse)

Tyrnavos
Sire	Blakeney
Grandsire	Hethersett
Dam	Stilvi
Damsire	Derring-Do
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	17 February 1977
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	George Cambanis
Owner	George Cambanis
Trainer	Bruce Hobbs
Record	9: 3-1-1
Major wins
Craven Stakes (1980) Irish Derby (1980)
Awards
Timeform rating 124 (1979), 129 (1980)

Tyrnavos (17 February 1977 – 30 August 2003) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, best known for his win in the 1980 Irish Derby. As a two-year-old he showed promise by winning one of his three races and finishing second in the Dewhurst Stakes. In the following year he won the Craven Stakes, but was well-beaten in the 2000 Guineas, Dante Stakes and Epsom Derby, before recording a 25/1 upset victory the Irish Derby at the Curragh Racecourse. He was retired to stud at the end of the year and had limited success as a sire of winners.

Tyrnavos was a "very impressive looking" dark-coated bay horse with no white markings, bred in England by his owner George Cambanis. His dam Stilvi was bought by Cambanis as a yearling and became a top-class racehorse, winning the King George Stakes and Duke of York Stakes and an outstanding broodmare. Before Tyranvos, she had produced Tachypous (Middle Park Stakes) and Tromos (Dewhurst Stakes) and she went on to produce the Coronation Stakes winner Tolmi. He was from the sixth crop of foals sired by Blakeney the winner of the 1969 Epsom Derby, who stood as a breeding stallion at the National Stud. Cambanis named his colt after a town in Thessaly and sent him into training with Bruce Hobbs at the Palace House stable in Newmarket, Suffolk.

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