Touchstone (horse)
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| Touchstone | |
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| Sire | Camel |
| Grandsire | Whalebone |
| Dam | Banter |
| Damsire | Master Henry |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1831 |
| Country | Great Britain  |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster |
| Owner | Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster |
| Trainer | John Scott |
| Record | 20: 15-2-2 |
| Earnings | Not found |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Doncaster Gold Cup (1835, 1836) Ascot Gold Cup (1836, 1837) British Classic Race wins: |
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| Racing Awards | |
| Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland (1842, 1843, 1848, 1855) |
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| Infobox last updated on: October 12, 2007. | |
Touchstone (1831-1861) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and champion sire. Owned and bred by Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, he was conditioned for racing by the preeminent trainer of the day, John Scott.
His most important win as a three-year-old came in the 1834 Classc, the St. Leger Stakes. He went on to win the Doncaster and Ascot Gold Cups twice, retiring having won fifteen of his twenty starts, including six walk-overs.
[edit] A Champion sire
Touchstone was initially retired to stud duty at Moor Park, near Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, but then was brought to his owner's Eaton Stud in Cheshire. A major success as a stallion, Touchstone sired three Epsom Derby winners and was the Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland four times. Of the eight foals from the great racing mare Beeswing, five were sired by Touchstone. His progeny includes:
- Blue Bonnet (b. 1839) - won the St. Leger Stakes
- Cotherstone (b. 1840) - won the 2,000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby
- Orlando (b. 1841) - won the Epsom Derby and the St. Leger Stakes, Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland (1851, 1854, 1858)
- Mendicant (b. 1843) - a filly who won the 1,000 Guineas and Epsom Oaks
- Surplice (b. 1845) - won the Epsom Derby and St. Leger Stakes
- Flatcatcher (b. 1845) - won 2,000 Guineas
- Nunnykirk (b. 1846) - won 2,000 Guineas, 2nd in the St. Leger Stakes
- Newminster (b. 1848) - won St. Leger Stakes, Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1859 and 1863, sire of Champion sires: Adventurer, Lord Clifden, and seven-time Leading sire, Hermit
- Lord of the Isles (b. 1852) - won 2,000 Guineas
Touchstone died at Eaton Stud in 1861 at age thirty.
