Troy (horse)

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Troy

Sire	Petingo
Grandsire	Petition
Dam	La Milo
Damsire	Hornbeam
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1976
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Ballymacoll Stud
Owner	Sir Michael Sobell & Lord Weinstock
Trainer	Dick Hern
Record	11: 8-2-1
Earnings	£450,494
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Vintage Stakes (1978) Sandown Classic Trial (1979) Predominate Stakes (1979) Irish Derby Stakes (1979) King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1979) Benson and Hedges Gold Cup (1979) British Classic Race wins: Epsom Derby (1979)
Racing Awards
U. K. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1979) Timeform rating: 137
Infobox last updated on: July 17, 2007.

Troy (1976-1983) was an British Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned by industrialist Sir Michael Sobell and his son-in-law Lord Weinstock, under trainer Dick Hern the colt notably won the 1979 Epsom and Irish Derbys en route to earning 3-Year-Old Champion honors as well as the British flat racing Champion Owner title for Sobell. Of his eleven lifetime starts, Troy won eight, finished second twice, and was third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe to the French filly, Three Troikas.

[edit] As a stallion

Troy was syndicated by the Queen's manager of racing, Lord Porchester, for a then record price of £7.2 million and retired to stud duty in 1980. In what was a very short career, Troy sired Helen Street, winner of the 1985 Irish Oaks and France's Prix du Calvados. As a broodmare, Helen Street produced Street Cry, the sire of 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense. By another daughter, Sheer Audacity, Troy was also the damsire of the 1999 Epsom Derby winner, Oath.

Troy also sired Walensee who raced in France and won the 1985 Prix Vermeille and was voted that country's Champion 3-Year-Old Filly. Through another daughter, Cocotte, Troy was the damsire of Pilsudski, the 1997 European Champion Older Horse.

After only four seasons as a stallion, the seven-year-old Troy died at stud of a perforated bowel in May 1983. He is buried at Highclere Stud in Burghclere Newbury, Berkshire.