Be My Guest | |
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Sire | Northern Dancer |
Grandsire | Nearctic |
Dam | What a Treat |
Damsire | Tudor Minstrel |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 12 April 1974 |
Country | United States |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | Walter Haefner |
Owner | 1) Diana Guest Manning 2) Coolmore Stud |
Trainer | Vincent O'Brien |
Record | 7: 4-1-0 |
Earnings | US$49,869 (equivalent) |
Major wins | |
Waterford Crystal Mile (1977) Blue Riband Trial Stakes (1977) Desmond Stakes (1977) | |
Awards | |
Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland (1982) |
Be My Guest (12 April 1974 – 19 February 2004)[1] was an American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and champion sire in Britain. He was bred in Kentucky by Walter Haefner, a Swiss businessman and owner of Moyglare Stud Farm in Ireland. Sired by Northern Dancer, his dam was What a Treat, the 1965 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and a daughter of the 1947 2,000 Guineas Stakes winner, Tudor Minstrel.
Be My Guest was sold at the 1975 Goffs [1] yearling sale for a then British and European record price of 127,000 guineas. His new owner, Diana Guest Manning, was the daughter of Frederick Guest and his wife Amy Phipps of the American Phipps family who have been major long-time figures in thoroughbred racing in the United States.