Saxon Warrior | |
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Sire | Deep Impact |
Grandsire | Sunday Silence |
Dam | Maybe |
Damsire | Galileo |
Sex | Colt |
Foaled | 26 January 2015[1] |
Country | Japan |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt or Northern Farm |
Owner | Derrick Smith, Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor |
Trainer | Aidan O'Brien |
Record | 9: 4-2-1 |
Earnings | £1,112,467 |
Major wins | |
Beresford Stakes (2017) Racing Post Trophy (2017) 2000 Guineas (2018) |
Saxon Warrior (foaled 26 January 2015) is a Japanese-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2017 he was one of the best colts of his generation in Europe, winning all three of his races including the Beresford Stakes and the Racing Post Trophy. On his three-year-old debut the colt won the 2000 Guineas before finishing fourth when odds-on favourite for the 2018 Epsom Derby. He went on to be placed in the Irish Derby, Eclipse Stakes and Irish Champion Stakes.