Turtle Island | |
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Sire | Fairy King |
Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
Dam | Sisania |
Damsire | High Top |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 16 March 1991[1] |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Ron Con Ltd and Swettenham Stud |
Owner | Robert Sangster |
Trainer | Peter Chapple-Hyam |
Record | 13:6-1-3 |
Earnings | £416,083 |
Major wins | |
Norfolk Stakes (1993) Phoenix Stakes (1993) Gimcrack Stakes (1993) Greenham Stakes (1994) Irish 2,000 Guineas (1994) |
Turtle Island (16 March 1991 – 4 July 2014) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was one of the leading British two-year-olds of 1993 when he won four of his seven races including the Norfolk Stakes, Phoenix Stakes and Gimcrack Stakes. In the following year he won the Greenham Stakes before winning the Irish 2,000 Guineas by fifteen lengths. He was beaten in his three remaining races and was retired to stud, where he had some success as a sire of winners.