Track Record

Notable Performances

1st – Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere,Gr.1

2nd – Dewhurst Stakes, Gr. 1

1st – Futurity Stakes,Gr.2

1st – Superlative Stakes,Gr.3

Horatio Nelson was bred to
be a star and he didn’t disappoint. After winning
his maiden and a Stakes race at the Curragh, he
led all the way to win the Superlative Stakes Gr.
2 at Newmarket. He next claimed the Prix Jean Luc Lagardere Gr. 1 at Longchamp.
A fortnight later in the Dewhurst Stakes Gr. 1, he had desperately bad luck in running and only just failed to peg back subsequent Derby winner Sir Percy by a short head. He looked
set to join the rank of legends as a three-year-old,
only to meet with tragedy in the Epsom Derby.

Notable Performances

1st – Dewhurst Stakes, Gr.1

1st – Epsom Derby, Gr.1

1st – Irish Derby, Gr.1

1st – King George & QEII Stakes, Gr.1

Generous was the first true superstar bred by Barronstown Stud. Winner of the Dewhurst Stakes Gr. 1 as a two-year-old, he was crowned the 1991 Champion Three-Year-Old after winning the Epsom Derby Gr. 1, Irish Derby Gr. 1 and King George I & Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Gr. 1.

Notable Performances

1st – Irish 1,000 Guineas, Gr.1

1st – Epsom Oaks, Gr.1

1st – CL Weld Stakes, Gr.3

A half-sister to Epsom Derby Gr. 1 and Irish Derby Gr. 1 winner Generous, by record-breaking sire Sadler’s Wells, Imagine herself won the Irish 1000 Guineas Gr. 1 and Epsom Oaks Gr. 1. She was Champion Three-Year-Old Filly in Ireland for her achievements on the racetrack and went on to become a top-class broodmare at stud. The dam of five Stakes horses, her first foal, Horatio Nelson, won the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere Gr. 1.

Notable Performances

1st – Shuka-Sho, Gr. 1

1st – Queen Elizabeth II, Gr. 1

1st – Rose Stakes, Gr. 2

1st – Sapporo Kinen Stakes, Gr. 2

1st – Hanshin Hima Stakes, Gr. 2

2nd – Mile Championship, Gr. 1

Bred by Barronstown Stud, Fine Motion was sold to Tatsuo Fushikido and went on to become an icon in Japan, winning seven races including the Shuka-Sho Gr. 1 and Queen Elizabeth Cup. She drew large crowds whenever she raced and was crowned the Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 2002.

Notable Performances

1st – Aral Pokal, Gr. 1

2nd – Epsom Oaks

3rd – Yorkshire Oaks, Gr.1

1st – Pretty Polly Stakes, Listed

1st – Fillie’s Trial Stakes, Listed

Bred by Barronstown Stud in partnership with Swettenham Stud, Wind in Her Hair finished second to Balanchine in the Epsom Oaks Gr. 1 and went on to win the 1995 Aral Pokal Gr. 1 at Gelsenkirchen. Later sold to Japan, she will have a lasting effect on the breed as the dam of Japanese legend Deep Impact.

Notable Performances

1st – Irish Champion Stakes, Gr. 1

1st – Coral-Eclipse Stakes, Gr. 1

1st – Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, Gr.1

Bred and sold by Barronstown, Oratorio won the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere Gr. 1 at two and defeated Epsom Derby Gr. 1 winner Motivator twice when winning the Coral Eclipse Stakes Gr. 1 and the Irish Champion Stakes Gr. 1 as a three-year-old.

Notable Victories

Ascot Gold Cup Gr.1, a record-breaking four times

Coronation Cup, Epsom, Gr. 1

Irish St. Leger, The Curragh, Gr. 1

Prix Royal-Oak, Longchamp, Gr. 1

Unbeaten at two and three years, Yeats was the hot favourite for the Epsom Derby but sadly suffered an injury that forced him to miss the race.  Back in training as a four-year-old, he won the Gr. 1 Coronation Cup at Epsom and landed another six Group 1 contests, including a record-breaking four Gold Cups at Royal Ascot, the Irish St. Leger and the Prix Royal-Oak.

Notable Victories

Irish 1,000 Guineas Gr.1, The Curragh.

Bred by Barronstown Stud, Matiya was purchased at Goffs by Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum and was trained by Ben Hanbury.  An ultra-consistent filly, she was placed in three Group 1 contests and won the Irish 1,000 Guineas by three lengths.

Notable Victories

Irish St. Leger, Gr. 1

Doncaster Cup, Gr. 2

Dante Stakes, York, Gr. 2 

Beresford Stakes, Curragh, Gr. 2

Lonsdale Stakes, Gr.2

Yorkshire Cup, Gr 2

Septimus was crowned Champion Stayer in 2007 and 2008 for producing sensational perfomances in the Irish St. Leger and Doncaster Cup, with the former success coming by an impressive 13 lengths.

Notable Performances

1st – Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf,Gr.1

1st – Windsor Castle Stakes

2nd – Prix Morny, Gr.1

The Wesley Ward-trained Hootenanny wowed the crowds when running home an impressive winner of the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot. He finished a close second to The Wow Signal in the Group 1 Prix Morny on his next and final start in Europe, before returning stateside to land the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita Park. 

Notable Performances

1st – St. Leger,Gr.1

1st – British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes, Gr. 1

1st – Park Hill Stakes,Gr.2

The tough and consistent Simple Verse won five races during her three-year-old career, culminating in back-to-back Group 1 victories. Successful in the Group 2 Park Hill Stakes as a four-year-old, she finished a neck second to Dartmouth in the Group 2 Yorkshire Cup in her final season on the track. 

Notable Performances

1st – Middle Park Stakes, Gr.1

1st – Sirenia Stakes, Gr. 3

2nd – Flying Childers Stakes, Gr.2

2nd – Norfolk Stakes, Gr.2

Perhaps the greatest achievement by The Last Lion was enever running a bad race, with the Mark Johnston-trained colt finishing in thr first three on all of his ten juvenile starts. Bred by Barronstown in partnership with Mrs Stack, he won on four occasions, three of those coming at Stakes level and culminated in a Group 1 victory in the Middle Park Stakes, beating the likes of Blue Point and Mehmas. 

Notable Performances

1st – St. Leger, Gr.1

1st – Grand Prix De Paris, Gr. 1

1st – Queen’s Vase, Gr.2

The Aidan O’Brien-trained Kew Gardens was part of a Barronstown-bred Leger double in 2018 when taking the British Classic impressively. It was his second top-level success, having won the Grand Prix De Paris earlier in the season, as well as the Group 2 Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot by four and a half lengths. 

Notable Performances

1st – Irish St. Leger, Gr.1

1st – Curragh Cup, Gr. 2

1st – Irish St. Leger Trial, Gr.3

1st – Eyrefield Stakes, Gr.3

Flag Of Honour completed a Leger double for Barronstown Stud as breeders, when beating Irish Derby hero Latrobe in the Curragh Classic. He was sent off favourite after winning the trial, as well as the Group 2 Curragh Cup earlier in the season. 

Notable Performances

1st – Irish Derby, Gr.1

2nd – Ballysax Stakes, Gr. 3

3rd – Irish Derby Trial, Gr. 3

Sovereign made all in the 2019 Irish Derby and was not for catching, as he ran home an impressive six length winner of the Curragh Classic. It marked a successful step up in trip for the Aidan O’Brien-trained colt, who has been placed on his two previous starts over ten furlongs at Group 3 level.

A 14 length winner of his maiden as a two-year-old, he rounded up his juvenile season with a third in the Group 3 Eyrefield Stakes at Leopardstown. Owned by Coolmore partners, Sovereign was bred by Barronstown Stud out of our homebred mare Devoted To You, who was runner-up in the Group 2 Debutante Stakes.

Notable Performances

1st – Prix Royal-Oak,Gr.1

1st – Prix Chaudenay, Gr. 

1st – Geoffrey Freer Stakes,Gr.3

1st – Prix Ridgeway,Listed

2nd – Classic Trial,Gr.3

Technician went from strength to strength in 2019, progressing from winning his maiden impressively in April, to gaining Group 1 glory in the Prix Royal-Oak at the end of October. The Martyn Meade-trained colt won four Stakes contests in total and looks an exciting prospect for the 2020 Ascot Gold Cup.

Notable Performances

1st – Criterium International, Gr.1

2nd – KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes, Gr. 2

2nd – Tyros Stakes, Gr. 3

2nd – Autumn Stakes, Gr. 3

Van Gogh’s impressive Group 1 success in the Criterium International saw the Aidan O’Brien-trained colt crowned Europe’s Cartier Champion 2-Year-Old Colt. A four-length winner of the mile contest, the half-brother to Horatio Nelson won a Curragh maiden in September and had been placed in three Group races. Entered in all the 2021 Classics, there is surely more to come from the son of American Pharaoh as a three-year-old.