Spearmint (horse)

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Spearmint

Sire	Carbine
Grandsire	Musket
Dam	Maid of the Mint
Damsire	Minting
Sex	Colt
Foaled	1903
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Sir Tatton Sykes
Owner	Major Eustace Loder
Trainer	Peter-Purcell Gilpin
Record	5: 3-1-0
Earnings	Not found
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Epsom Derby (1906) Grand Prix de Paris (1906)
Infobox last updated on: February 8, 2008.

Spearmint (1903-1924) was an English Thoroughbred race horse bred by Sir Tatton Sykes. He was out of the mare Maid of the Mint by Minting and sired by the New Zealand runner/stallion, Carbine, a New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame and Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee.

Purchased by Major Eustace Loder, Spearmint was trained by Peter-Purcell Gilpin. The colt's racing career was limited due to health problems and he made only five starts, winning three times, including the 1906 Epsom Derby, England's most prestigious flat race, and at Longchamp Racecourse, France's most important race at the time, the Grand Prix de Paris.

[edit] As a sire

Spearmint was a very successful sire as well as a broodmare sire. Among his offspring, he notably sired:

Sentiment (b. 1912) - dam of Night Raid, sire of Phar Lap
Plucky Liege (b. 1912) - dam of Bull Dog and Sir Gallahad III
Johren (b. 1915) - very successful racing in the United States and whose wins included the 1918 Belmont Stakes
Spion Kop (b. 1917), won 1920 Epsom Derby
Royal Lancer (b. 1919) - won the English Classic, the St. Leger Stakes, and the Irish St. Leger
Spike Island (b. 1919) - won Irish 2000 Guineas, Irish Derby