| Pebbles | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Sharpen Up |
| Grandsire | Atan |
| Dam | La Dolce |
| Damsire | Connaught |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 1981 |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Marcos Lemos |
| Owner | Marcos Lemos Sheikh Mohammed |
| Trainer | Clive Brittain |
| Record | 15: 8-5-0 |
| Earnings | £1,182,140 |
| Major wins | |
| Nell Gwyn Stakes (1984) 1,000 Guineas (1984) Sandown Mile (1985) Eclipse Stakes (1985) Champion Stakes (1985) Breeders' Cup Turf (1985) | |
| Awards | |
| British Horse of the Year (1985) Timeform Horse of the Year (1985) U.S. Champion Female Turf Horse (1985) European Champion (6½ – 10½ furlongs) (1985) British Champions Series Hall of Fame (2023) | |
| Honours | |
| Grade III Pebbles Stakes at Belmont Park Timeform rating: 135 | |
| Last updated on 16 November 2022 | |
Pebbles (27 February 1981–9 September 2005) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career which lasted from 1983 until 1985, she ran fifteen times and won eight races. After showing good form as a two-year-old in 1983, she won the 1000 Guineas as a three-year-old the next spring. In 1985 Pebbles produced her most notable performances, becoming the first filly to win the Eclipse Stakes and then defeating an exceptionally strong field in the Champion Stakes. On her final racecourse appearance she became the first British-trained racehorse to win a Breeders' Cup race, when she won the Breeders' Cup Turf. She is regarded as one of the greatest fillies of the modern era.[1]