Slip Anchor

Slip Anchor
Racing silks of Lord Howard de Walden
Sire	Shirley Heights
Grandsire	Mill Reef
Dam	Sayonara
Damsire	Birkhahn
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	5 April 1982
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Plantation Stud
Owner	Lord Howard de Walden
Trainer	Henry Cecil
Record	9: 4-3-1
Earnings	£296,722[1]
Major wins
Heathorn Stakes (1985) Lingfield Derby Trial (1985) Epsom Derby (1985)
Awards
Timeform rating 136 Top-rated European Racehorse (1985) Timeform top-rated racehorse (1985)
Last updated on 2 January 2010

Slip Anchor (1982–2011) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1985 Epsom Derby by seven lengths. After showing some promise as a two-year-old, he showed substantial improvement in the spring of 1985, winning the Derby Trial at Lingfield Park Racecourse by ten lengths before recording a rare start-to-finish win in the Derby. He was rated the best racehorse in Europe in 1985. His subsequent career was disrupted by injury, and he finished second in his other three races before being retired to stud. He had some success as a breeding stallion and died in 2011.

Slip Anchor was the fifth Epsom Derby winner whose sire (Shirley Heights) and paternal grandsire (Mill Reef) were themselves winners of Britain's premier classic.