Triptych (horse)

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Triptych

Sire	Riverman
Grandsire	Never Bend
Dam	Trillion
Damsire	Hail To Reason
Sex	Filly
Foaled	1982
Country	France
Colour	Bay
Owner	Alan Clore Peter M. Brant
Trainer	David Smaga David O'Brien Patrick Biancone
Record	41: 14 - 19 - 8
Earnings	~£1,500,000
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Prix Marcel Boussac (1984) Irish 2,000 Guineas (1985) La Coupe (1986) Champion Stakes (1986, 1987) Prix Ganay (1987) Coronation Cup (1987, 1988) International Stakes (1987) Irish Champion Stakes (1987) Prix du Prince d'Orange (1988)
Infobox last updated on: January 14, 2008.

Triptych was an amazingly tough filly who went on racing until the age of six, travelling around the world always taking on the very best. She ran 41 times; of those, 12 were Pattern races, including nine Group 1 events. She was placed another 19 times, all but one of them in Group 1 races, and her worldwide earnings amounted to more than £1,500,5000. Her first big win came in the 1984 Prix Marcel Boussac, when she was trained by David Smaga in France, but she moved to David O'Brien in Ireland for her second season when she beat the colts in the Irish 2,000 Guineas and was runner-up in the Epsom Oaks to Oh So Sharp. At four in 1986, Triptych won the Champion Stakes and La Coupe, by which time she had joined Patrick Biancone. She was placed in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Eclipse Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. In 1987 she excelled herself, winning the Coronation Cup (which she also won in 1988), Prix Ganay, Champion Stakes (both English and Irish versions) and the Matchmaker International Stakes. She retired after the 1988 season.