May Hill (horse)

May Hill
Racing silks of Percival Williams
SireHill Clown
GrandsireHillary
DamMabel
DamsireFrench Beige
SexMare
Foaled1972
CountryUnited Kingdom
ColourBay
BreederPercival Williams
OwnerPercival Williams
TrainerPeter Walwyn
Record13:4-3-4
Major wins
Duke of Edinburgh Stakes (1974)
Yorkshire Oaks (1975)
Park Hill Stakes (1975)
Awards
Timeform rating 102 p (1974), 124 (1975), 106 (1976)
Top-rated British three-year-old filly (1975)
Honours
May Hill Stakes at Doncaster Racecourse

May Hill (foaled 1972) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In a racing career which lasted from October 1974 until October 1976 she won four of her thirteen races and was placed on seven occasions. She won her only race as a two-year-old but showed moderate form in the early part of her three-year-old season. In the late summer and autumn of 1975, however, she emerged as a top-class filly, winning the Yorkshire Oaks and the Park Hill Stakes and was subsequently rated the best British filly of her generation. She remained in training in 1976, but failed to win in five races. She was then retired to stud and had some success as a broodmare. She is commemorated in the May Hill Stakes a race for two-year-old fillies at Doncaster Racecourse.