Reverence (horse)

Reverence
SireMark of Esteem
GrandsireDarshaan
DamImperial Bailiwick
SexGelding
Foaled23 March 2001
CountryUnited Kingdom
ColourChestnut
BreederMr & Mrs G Middlebrook
OwnerMr & Mrs G Middlebrook
TrainerEric Alston
Record42: 10-4-3
Earnings£ 542,609
Major wins
Temple Stakes (2006)
Nunthorpe Stakes (2006)
Haydock Sprint Cup (2006)
Flying Five Stakes (2009)
Awards
European Champion Sprinter (2006)
Last updated on August 25, 2007

Reverence is a British champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a specialist sprinter who was especially effective over five furlongs (1000m), recording all but one of his wins over the distance. Most unusually for a modern thoroughbred racehorse Reverence did not appear on a racecourse until he was four years old. In a career that has lasted from May 2005 until August 2011 he ran forty-two times and won ten races. In 2006 he won two Group One races- the Nunthorpe Stakes at York and the Sprint Cup at Haydock- and was named European Champion Sprinter at the Cartier Racing Awards. Reverence ran his last race in August 2011.