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Holy Roman Emperor (horse)

Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Holy Roman Emperor is a retired Thoroughbredracehorse and active sire. He was a leading two-year-old racehorse, winning four races from seven runs in Europe in

Background

Holy Roman Emperor was sired by Danehill out of a Secretariatmare. Holy Roman Emperor was trained by Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle.

Racing career

In Holy Roman Emperor won two Group One races, the Phoenix Stakes where he defeated the Coventry Stakes winner Hellvelyn and subsequent Group One winning filly Miss Beatrix and the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère where he defeated the useful French colt Battle Paint. He also defeated subsequent three-year-old mile champion Excellent Art producing a blistering turn of foot to win the Group Two Railway Stakes at the Curragh.

His greatest rival was Teofilo, to whom he finished runner-up twice, firstly in the National Stakes, and later in the Dewhurst Stakes. There was great anticipation of another year of races between the pair, but it was decided in March to retire Holy Roman Emperor to stud as a replacement for George Washington, who was suffering fertility problems (and was also a son of Danehill).

Stud career

Holy Roman Emperor has been a "shuttle stallion" for Coolmore Stud, standing at Coolmore's main farm in Ireland during the Northern Hemisphere breeding season and travelling to Coolmore's Australia farm to cover mares during the Southern Hemisphere breeding season,^[1] but for the breeding season stands only in Ireland.

Holy Roman Emperor's first runner in the UK or Ireland, High Award trained by Tommy Stack won at the Curragh on March 21, On 6 May , Holy Roman Emperor's daughter Homecoming Queen won the Guineas.

In the Year , Designs On Rome, who was later voted as the Hong Kong Horse of the Year, won the Hong Kong Classic Cup, Hong Kong Derby and Queen Elizabeth II Cup.

Notable stock

Holy Roman Emperor is the sire of 14 individual Group 1 winners: