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
SireNorthern Dancer
GrandsireNearctic
DamSex Appeal
DamsireBuckpasser
SexStallion
Foaled28 April 1975[1]
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederE. P. Taylor
OwnerRobert Sangster
TrainerVincent O'Brien
Record5: 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

Background

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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

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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.

Stud record

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Try My Best had limited fertility but was notably the sire of:

Try My Best was sent to breeders in Japan in 1992.

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Try My Best (USA), bay stallion, 1975[1]
Sire
Northern Dancer (CAN)
1961
Nearctic (CAN)
1954
Nearco Pharos
Nogara
Lady Angela Hyperion
Sister Sarah
Natalma (USA)
1957
Native Dancer Polynesian
Geisha
Almahmoud Mahmoud
Arbitrator
Dam
Sex Appeal (USA)
1970
Buckpasser (USA)
1963
Tom Fool Menow
Gaga
Busanda War Admiral
Businesslike
Best In Show (USA)
1965
Traffic Judge Alibhai
Traffic Court
Stolen Hour Mr Busher
Late Date (Family: 8f)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Try My Best pedigree". Equineline. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  2. ^ The Age – May 25, 1978