St. Paddy
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| St. Paddy | |
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| Sire | Aureole |
| Grandsire | Hyperion |
| Dam | Edie Kelly |
| Damsire | Bois Roussel |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1957 |
| Country | Great Britain  |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Sir Victor Sassoon |
| Owner | Sir Victor Sassoon |
| Trainer | Noel Murless |
| Record | 14: 9-2-2 |
| Earnings | £97,193 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Royal Lodge Stakes (1959) Dante Stakes (1960) Great Voltigeur Stakes (1960) Jockey Club Stakes (1961) Eclipse Stakes (1961) Hardwicke Stakes (1961) British Classic Race wins: |
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| Honours | |
| Deltic locomotive 55001 was named St. Paddy | |
| Infobox last updated on: 15:56, Thursday June 12, 2008 (UTC). | |
St. Paddy (1957-1984) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by Sir Victor Sassoon, he was out of the mare Edie Kelly and sired by Aureole, a winner of the Coronation Cup and King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes. His grandsire, Hyperion, and his damsire, Bois Roussel, both won the Epsom Derby.
Trained by Noel Murless and ridden by Lester Piggott, St. Paddy was the winner of the 1960 Epsom Derby and St. Leger Stakes. His performances in both 1960 and 1961 were instrumental in making his sire Aureole the Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland both years.
St. Paddy was retired after the 1961 racing season to stand at stud at Beech House Stud in Newmarket. As a sire, he met with reasonable success, notably siring Connaught, winner of the Eclipse Stakes and Jupiter Island, a multiple graded stakes race winner including the Japan Cup. St. Paddy was pensioned in 1981 and died in 1984 at the age of twenty-seven. He is buried at Beech House Stud.
Deltic locomotive 55001 was named St. Paddy, one of eight of the class named after racehorses.
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