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Sallust (1969–1987) was an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.He
showed good form as a two-year-old in 1971, winning two of his five races including the
Richmond Stakes, but appeared to be just below the highest class.He ran poorly on his
three-year-old debut but then won the Diomed Stakes, Prix de la Porte Maillot, Sussex
Stakes, Goodwood Mile and Prix du Moulin.By decisively defeating opponents such as High
Top and Lyphard he established himself as the best specialist miler in Europe and was rated
the best three-year-old of 1972 by Timeform.He returned to Ireland for his stud career and
had some success as a sire of winners.== Background ==
Sallust was a dark chestnut horse with a narrow white stripe and three white socks
standing 16 hands 1+1⁄2 inches high bred by the Ballymacoll Stud in County Meath,
Ireland.He was one of the best horses sired by the Queen's stallion Pall Mall, who won the
2000 Guineas in 1958.Sallust's dam Bandarilla won three minor sprint races and produced
several other winners.One of her daughters, Right Bank, was the female-line ancestor of the
Melbourne Cup winner Shocking.The colt raced in the colours of the Ballymacoll Stud's
owner Michael Sobell and was trained by Dick Hern at West Ilsley in Berkshire.He was
ridden in all but one of his races by the British jockey Joe Mercer
== Racing career ==
=== 1971: two-year-old season ===
Sallust showed promise as a two-year-old but also demonstrated a temperamental
attitude.He often sweated heavily before his races and was sometime equipped with
blinkers.In his first four races he won a maiden race at Salisbury Racecourse over five
furlongs and finished a close second to the filly Stilvi in the Group Three National Stakes.In
July, Sallust contested the Group Two Richmond Stakes over six furlongs at Goodwood
Racecourse.Ridden by Mercer, he started at odds of 2/1 and won from Touch Paper and
Yeoman.=== 1972: three-year-old season ===
On his three-year-old debut, Sallust ran in the 2,000 Guineas Trial at Kempton Park
Racecourse in April when he sweated up badly before the race and finished unplaced.At the
Derby meeting at Epsom Downs Racecourse the colt started a 14/1 outsider for the second
running of the Group Three Diomed Stakes over 8+1⁄2 furlongs on 7 June.Conceding weight
to most of his opponents, he won from Open Season and Roy Bridge.17 days after his win at
Epsom, Sallust was sent to France for the Group Three Prix de la Porte Maillot over 1400
metres at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris and won from Tamiran and Calahorra.He was the
first British-trained horse to win the race.Sallust returned to Britain in late July for the
Group One Sussex Stakes over one mile at Goodwood in which he was matched against the
2000 Guineas winner High Top.Sallust started at 9/2 and won by a head from High Top with
the Queen Anne Stakes winner Sparkler in third place.The winning time of 1:37.39 was a
new course record.Over the same course and distance on 25 August, Sallust won the
Goodwood Mile at odds of 1/2, beating the Greenham Stakes winner Martinmas and the
five-year-old Gold Rod (winner of the 1970 Prix du Moulin).In October (8th), Sallust took on
the best of the French milers including the Prix Jacques Le Marois winner Lyphard in the
Prix du Moulin over 1600 m at Longchamp.He won the race from Lyphard with the Prix
Morny winner Daring Display in third and High Top in fourth place.== Assessment ==
In the 1971 Free Handicap an official assessment of the best two-year-olds to race in
Britain, Sallust was given a rating of 123 pounds, ten pounds below the top-rated Sun
Prince, who was also owned by Sobell and trained by Hern.In 1972 the independent
Timeform organisation gave Sallust a rating of 134, making him the equal top-rated three-
year-old colt in Europe, alongside the sprinter Deep Diver.In their book, A Century of
Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris placed
Sallust in 132nd place in their list of the 200 best British or Irish horses of the 20th
century.== Stud record ==
At the end of his racing career, Sallust was bought for £250,000 by the Irish National Stud to
stand as a breeding stallion.The best of his offspring was probably the French-trained filly
Sanedtki, whose wins included the Prix de la Forêt, Prix du Moulin and Santa Margarita
Handicap.His most successful colt was Tap On Wood who recorded an upset victory over
Kris in the 1979 2000 Guineas.He also sired Gala Event, who won the Moyglare Stud Stakes
in 1983.Sallust died in 1987 at the age of eighteen.== Pedigree ==
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Crystal Latta

Sallust (1969–1987) was an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.He

had some success as a sire of winners.== Background ==

Sallust showed promise as a two-year-old but also demonstrated a temperamental

Yeoman.=== 1972: three-year-old season ===

century.== Stud record ==

in 1983.Sallust died in 1987 at the age of eighteen.== Pedigree ==

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