Jupiter Island | |
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Sire | St. Paddy |
Grandsire | Aureole |
Dam | Mrs Moss |
Damsire | Reform |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 23 February 1979[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Marquess of Tavistock |
Owner | S. M. Threadwell Marquess of Tavistock |
Trainer | Clive Brittain |
Record | 41: 14-4-6 |
Major wins | |
Ebor Handicap (1983) St. Simon Stakes (1983, 1986) John Porter Stakes (1985) Hardwicke Stakes (1985) Prix du Conseil de Paris (1985) Japan Cup (1986) | |
Awards | |
Timeform rating: 74 (1981), 94 (1982), 119 (1983), 116 (1984), 126 (1985), 121 (1986) |
Jupiter Island (23 February 1979 – 25 July 1998) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He won fourteen of his forty-one races in a six-year racing career which lasted from 1981 until 1986. He showed useful but unexceptional form until the late summer of 1983 when he won the Ebor Handicap and followed up with a win in the St. Simon Stakes. He reached his peak as a six-year-old in 1985 when he won the John Porter Stakes, Hardwicke Stakes and Prix du Conseil de Paris. His final season was disrupted by injury problems, but he ended his career with his biggest success when he became the first British-trained horse to win the Japan Cup.