Golden Horn (horse)

Golden Horn
Golden Horn at the 2015 Epsom Derby
Sire	Cape Cross
Grandsire	Green Desert
Dam	Fleche d'Or
Damsire	Dubai Destination
Sex	Colt
Foaled	27 March 2012[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Color	Brown
Breeder	Hascombe and Valiant Studs
Owner	Anthony Oppenheimer
Trainer	John Gosden
Record	9: 7-2-0
Earnings	£4,092,497
Major wins
Feilden Stakes (2015) Dante Stakes (2015) Epsom Derby (2015) Eclipse Stakes (2015) Irish Champion Stakes (2015) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2015)
Awards
Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt (2015) Cartier Horse of the Year (2015)
Last updated on 6 October 2015

Golden Horn (foaled 27 March 2012) is a champion British Thoroughbred racehorse who was the 2015 European Horse of the Year after winning the Epsom Derby, Arc de Triomphe, Irish Champion Stakes, Eclipse Stakes, and coming second in the Breeders' Cup Turf.

In a racing career which lasted 367 days from October 2014 until October 2015 he won seven of his nine races and was never beaten by a male horse. He was bred in England by his owner Anthony Oppenheimer and was trained throughout his racing career by John Gosden.

After winning his only race as a two-year-old in 2014, Golden Horn showed improved form in the Spring of the following year to win the Feilden Stakes and then established himself as favourite for the 2015 Epsom Derby with a victory over a strong field in the Dante Stakes. After his owner paid a £75,000 supplementary entry fee, Golden Horn won the Derby on June 6, beating his stablemate Jack Hobbs into second place. On his next appearance he defeated the top-rated three-year-old colt of 2014, The Grey Gatsby, by three and a half lengths in the Eclipse Stakes. Golden Horn was subsequently withdrawn from an intended run in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes due to unsuitable going, before losing his unbeaten record when defeated by the filly Arabian Queen in York's Juddmonte International. He went on to win a controversial race for the Irish Champion Stakes in September before ending his European career with a victory in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Golden Horn ended his racing career by finishing runner-up to Found in the Breeders' Cup Turf at Keeneland.