Terimon

Terimon
Sire	Bustino
Grandsire	Busted
Dam	Nicholas Grey
Damsire	Track Spare
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	20 April 1986
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Grey
Breeder	Hesmonds Stud
Owner	Lady Beaverbrook
Trainer	Clive Brittain
Record	31: 4-7-4
Earnings	£498,150
Major wins
Earl of Sefton Stakes (1990, 1991) International Stakes (1991)
Awards
European Champion Older Horse 1991
Last updated on June 22, 2007

Terimon (foaled 20 April 1986) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. His most successful year was 1991, when he won the International Stakes at York and was named European Champion Older Horse at the inaugural Cartier Racing Awards. He is best known, however, for his performance in the 1989 Derby in which he finished second at odds of 500/1, the longest ever recorded for a placed horse in the race.

Terimon was a grey horse, standing 16 hands high, bred by the Hesmonds Stud in East Sussex in 1986. His sire Bustino was the best horse to race in the colours of Terimon's owner, Lady Beaverbrook. Bustino was a notable influence for stamina, being the sire of the Ascot Gold Cup winner Paean and the Coronation Cup winner Easter Sun. His dam, Nicholas Grey, from whom he inherited his colour, won the Listed Premio Carlo Chiesa and was placed in the Oaks d'Italia.

Lady Beaverbrook was considered an eccentric character who gave most of her horses names consisting of one word with seven letters (Bustino, Relkino, Terimon, Boldboy, Niniski, Mystiko, Petoski), as this was the most common form for Derby winners.

Like a much more famous grey champion Spectacular Bid, Terimon was so dark that he appeared almost black in his early racing career, although like most greys, his coat lightened as he aged.

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