Bigstone | |
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Sire | Last Tycoon |
Grandsire | Try My Best |
Dam | Batave |
Damsire | Posse |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 8 February 1990[1] |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Dayton Ltd |
Owner | Daniel Wildenstein |
Trainer | Élie Lellouche |
Record | 14:5-3-2 |
Earnings | £578,226 |
Major wins | |
Prix Omnium (1993) Sussex Stakes (1993) Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (1993) Prix d'Ispahan (1994) Prix de la Forêt (1994) |
Bigstone (8 February 1990 – 2002) was an Irish-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a three-year-old he became the only French-trained horse to win both of Britain's most important all-aged mile races, the Sussex Stakes and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. Unraced as a two-year-old, Bigstone raced fourteen times, winning five times in a racing career which lasted from March 1993 until November 1994. After his successes in England in 1993 he added two more Group One races in France as a four-year-old, winning the Prix d'Ispahan and the Prix de la Forêt. He was then retired to stud where he had mixed success as a sire of winners.