Your Majesty | |
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Sire | Persimmon |
Grandsire | St. Simon |
Dam | Yours |
Damsire | Melton |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1905 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Jack Barnato Joel |
Owner | Jack Barnato Joel |
Trainer | Charles Morton |
Record | 12: 5–1–1 |
Major wins | |
St. James's Palace Stakes (1908) Eclipse Stakes (1908) St Leger Stakes (1908) | |
Awards | |
Leading British money winner (1908) |
Your Majesty (1905–1934) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire, best known for highly unpopular wins the Eclipse Stakes and the Classic St Leger Stakes in 1908. The colt ran at least twelve times and won five races in a career which lasted from June 1907 until July 1909. Your Majesty was campaigned against the best of the year's two-year-olds in 1907 but won only once from five starts. The following season he finished unplaced in the 2000 Guineas and missed the Derby through illness. He then won four races in succession: the St. James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park, the St George Stakes at Liverpool and the St Leger at Doncaster. He was the leading money-winner of the British season but his successes were poorly received owing to the unpopularity of his owner. Your Majesty stayed in training as a four-year-old but failed to win. He was retired to stud where he became highly successful as a breeding stallion in Argentina.