Try My Best
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| Try My Best | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Northern Dancer |
| Grandsire | Nearctic |
| Dam | Sex Appeal |
| Damsire | Buckpasser |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 28 April 1975[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | E. P. Taylor |
| Owner | Robert Sangster |
| Trainer | Vincent O'Brien |
| Record | 5: 4-0-0 |
| Earnings | £48,389 |
| Major wins | |
| Larkspur Stakes (1977) Dewhurst Stakes (1977) Vauxhall Trial Stakes (1978) | |
| Awards | |
| Irish Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1977) English Champion Two-year-old Colt (1977) | |
| Last updated on May 14, 2010 | |
Try My Best (1975–1993) was an American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. A son of Northern Dancer, he won the Dewhurst Stakes in 1978 and was the top-rated two-year-old in Britain and Ireland that year.
Try My Best was a bay horse with three white socks bred by E. P. Taylor. Try My Best was sired by Northern Dancer out of the mare Sex Appeal, who also produced his full brother El Gran Senor. The colt was conditioned for racing by the Irish trainer, Vincent O'Brien.
Racing career
At age two Try My Best won the G III Larkspur Stakes at Leopardstown Racecourse in Ireland and the Group One Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse in England. The unbeaten 1977 Champion Two-Year-Old of England and Ireland won the Vauxhall Trial Stakes at Phoenix Park Racecourse at age three in 1978 following which owner Robert Sangster syndicated the colt for US$6 million. Try My Best then shocked his owners and the betting public when he finished last in the Classic 2,000 Guineas Stakes to winner, Roland Gardens.[2] Injured, Try My Best never returned to racing.