St Nicholas Abbey (horse)

St Nicholas Abbey
St Nicholas Abbey at the 2012 Coronation Cup
SireMontjeu
GrandsireSadler's Wells
DamLeaping Water
DamsireSure Blade
SexStallion
Foaled13 April 2007
CountryIreland
ColourBay
BreederBarton Bloodstock & Villiers Synd
OwnerDerrick Smith, Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier
TrainerAidan O'Brien
Record21: 9-2-7
Earnings£4,954,590
Major wins
Beresford Stakes (2009)
Racing Post Trophy (2009)
Ormonde Stakes (2011)
Coronation Cup (2011, 2012, 2013)
Breeders' Cup Turf (2011)
Dubai Sheema Classic (2013)
Honours
European Champion Two-year-old colt (2009)

St Nicholas Abbey (13 April 2007 – 14 January 2014) was an Irish thoroughbred racehorse. He was the leading European two-year-old of 2009 and recovered from a disappointing three-year-old season to win the Coronation Cup and the Breeders' Cup Turf in 2011. He won the Coronation Cup for a second time in 2012 and the Dubai Sheema Classic in 2013. In June 2013 he won the Coronation Cup for an unprecedented third time. He was briefly the biggest money-winning racehorse trained in Europe. His career was ended prematurely due to injury in July 2013, and he was euthanized on 14 January 2014 while undergoing colic surgery.