Hethersett (horse)

Hethersett
SireHugh Lupus
GrandsireDjebel
DamBride Elect
DamsireBig Game
SexStallion
Foaled1959
CountryUnited Kingdom
ColourBay
BreederMajor Lionel Brook Holliday
OwnerLionel Holliday
TrainerDick Hern
Record11: 4-3-0 (incomplete)
Major wins
Great Voltigeur Stakes (1962)
St Leger Stakes (1962)
Awards
Timeform rating 134
Timeform top-rated three-year-old (1962)

Hethersett (1959–1966) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for falling when favourite for The Derby and then winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1962. After showing promise as a two-year-old he was the highest-rated British three-year-old of 1962 when he also won the Brighton Derby Trial and the Great Voltigeur Stakes. After his success in the Leger, when he gave his trainer Dick Hern his first classic win, Hethersett never won again and was retired in 1963. He had a brief but successful stud career before he died in 1966.