Reference Point (horse)

Reference Point
Racing colours of Louis Freedman
SireMill Reef
GrandsireNever Bend
DamHome on the Range
DamsireHabitat
SexStallion
Foaled26 February 1984
CountryGreat Britain
ColourBay
BreederLouis Freedman
OwnerLouis Freedman
TrainerHenry Cecil
Record10: 7-1-1
Earnings$1,252,819
Major wins
William Hill Futurity (1986)
Dante Stakes (1987)
Epsom Derby (1987)
K. George VI & Q. Elizabeth Stakes (1987)
Great Voltigeur Stakes (1987)
St. Leger Stakes (1987)[1]
Awards
British Horse of the Year (1987)
Honours
Timeform rating: 139
Last updated on August 28, 2007

Reference Point (26 February 1984– December 1991) was a British Thoroughbred race horse and sire. In a career which lasted from August 1986 to October 1987 he ran ten times and won seven races. As a three-year-old he overcame sinus problems before winning York's Dante Stakes, the Derby, Ascot's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, the Great Voltigeur and St. Leger in 1987. It was not until 2012 that another Derby winner contested the St. Leger; when Camelot attempted, and failed, to win the English Triple Crown. His final race of the season resulted in failure in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp, Paris when an abscess was later found to have been responsible for his below-par performance.

  1. ^ The Sporting Life Flat Results In Full 1986. Queen Anne Press. 1986. pp. 480, 554, 634. ISBN 0-356-12576-9.