Churchill (horse)

Churchill
Racing silks of Michael Tabor
Sire	Galileo
Grandsire	Sadler's Wells
Dam	Meow
Damsire	Storm Cat
Sex	Colt
Foaled	31 January 2014
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Liberty Bloodstock
Owner	Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Sue Magnier
Trainer	Aidan O'Brien
Record	11: 7-1-1
Earnings	£1,225,338
Major wins
Chesham Stakes (2016) Tyros Stakes (2016) Futurity Stakes (2016) National Stakes (2016) Dewhurst Stakes (2016) 2000 Guineas (2017) Irish 2,000 Guineas (2017)
Awards
Cartier Champion Two-year-old Colt (2016) Top-rated European two-year-old (2016)

Churchill (foaled 31 January 2014) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. He was rated the best two-year-old colt in Europe in 2016, winning five of his six races including the Chesham Stakes, Tyros Stakes, Futurity Stakes, National Stakes and Dewhurst Stakes. On his three-year-old debut he won the 2000 Guineas and followed up with a second Classic victory in the Irish 2,000 Guineas.

Churchill is a bay colt with a white star and three white socks bred in Ireland by Liberty Bloodstock, a breeding company associated with the Coolmore Stud organisation.

He was sired by Galileo, who won the Derby, Irish Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2001. Galileo is now one of the world's leading stallions and has been champion sire of Great Britain and Ireland eight times so far. His other progeny include Cape Blanco, Frankel, Golden Lilac, Nathaniel, New Approach, Rip Van Winkle, Found, Minding and Ruler of the World. Churchill's dam Meow showed good form as a juvenile in 2010, finishing second in the Queen Mary Stakes and winning the Listed Grangecon Stud Stakes. Meow was a daughter of the outstanding filly Airwave and closely related to the leading sprinter Jwala.