Piccolo | |
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Sire | Warning |
Grandsire | Known Fact |
Dam | Woodwind |
Damsire | Whistling Wind |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 8 May 1991[1] |
Died | 17 April 2016[2] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Stanley Estate and Stud Co |
Owner | T Leigh John Mitchell John White |
Trainer | Mick Channon |
Record | 21: 4-4-4 |
Earnings | £267,710 |
Major wins | |
Chipchase Stakes (1994) Nunthorpe Stakes (1994) King's Stand Stakes (1995) |
Piccolo (8 May 1991 – 17 April 2016) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He showed promising but unremarkable form in his early career, winning one of his first ten starts. In the summer of his three-year-old season he was switched to sprint distances and became a top class performer, winning the Chipchase Stakes before being awarded the Nunthorpe Stakes on the disqualification of Blue Siren. He returned as a four-year-old in 1995 and won the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot. Apart from his victories he also finished second in both the Haydock Sprint Cup and the July Cup. After his retirement from racing he became a successful breeding stallion.