Carotene (horse)

Carotene
SireGreat Nephew
GrandsireHoneway
DamCarrot Top
DamsireHigh Hat
SexFilly
Foaled1983
CountryCanada
ColourChestnut
BreederKinghaven Farms
OwnerKinghaven Farms
TrainerRoger Attfield
Record40: 12-8-5
Earnings$1,267,092
Major wins
Breeders' Stakes (1986)
Toronto Cup Stakes (1986)
Wonder Where Stakes (1986)
Nassau Stakes (1987)
Matchmaker Handicap (1987)
New Hampshire Sweepstakes Handicap (1987)
Yellow Ribbon Stakes (1987)
Pan American Handicap (1988)
Awards
Canadian Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly (1986)
Canadian Champion Turf Horse (1986, 1987, 1988)
Canadian Champion Older Female Horse (1987, 1988)
Honours
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2003)
Carotene Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack

Carotene (foaled 1983 in Ontario) is a Canadian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who holds the filly or mare record for winning the most Sovereign Awards. Bred by David Willmot's Kinghaven Farms, she was a daughter of the British sire Great Nephew, who also sired Epsom Derby winners Grundy and Shergar. Carotene's dam was Carrot Top, a mare David Willmot purchased in foal from the Whitney family at the 1982 dispersal sale of their bloodstock in the United Kingdom.