Sepoy (horse)

{{Infobox racehorse

| horsename = Sepoy

|image_name = Racing silks of Sheikh Mohammed.svg

|caption = Racing colours of Sheikh Mohammed

| sire = Elusive Quality

| grandsire = Gone West

| dam = Watchful

| damsire = Danehill

| sex = Colt

| foaled = 27 September 2008

| country = Australia

| colour = Chestnut

| breeder = Darley

| owner = Sheikh Mohammed

| trainer = Peter Snowden

| jockey = Kerrin McEvoy

| record = 13: 10-1-0

| earnings = A$3,880,000{{cite web |url= https://www.racenet.com.au/profiles/horse/sepoy |title= Sepoy Horse Profile Search |publisher=racenet.com.au |access-date=5 March 2023}}

| race = Blue Diamond Preview C&G (2011)
Blue Diamond Prelude C&G (2011)
Blue Diamond Stakes (2011)
Golden Slipper (2011)
Vain Stakes (2011)
Danehill Stakes (2011)
Manikato Stakes (2011)
Caulfield Sprint (2011)
Coolmore Stud Stakes (2011)

| awards = Australian Champion Two Year Old (2010/11)
Australian Champion Three Year Old Colt/Gelding (2011/12)

}}

Sepoy (foaled 27 September 2008) is a multiple Group One winning Australian thoroughbred racehorse who is most notable for winning the 2011 Golden Slipper.

Background

Sepoy is a home-bred horse of Darley Stud by world record-breaking stallion Elusive Quality out of the Danehill mare Watchful. Watchful is the full sister to Camarena, winner of the Group One Queensland Derby who in turn is the dam of Sires' Produce.

Racing career

Sepoy became the first horse since Rancher (1982) and Bel Esprit (2002) to win all three legs of the Blue Diamond series as a two-year-old.{{cite web |url= https://www.foxsports.com.au/more-sports/horse-racing/sepoy-to-emerge-as-best-one-million-dollar-blue-diamond-winner-in-more-than-two-decades-at-caulfield/news-story/0fcfd53328cb8971b519048ef678fce9 |title=Sepoy to emerge as best one million-dollar Blue Diamond winner in more than two decades at Caulfield |publisher=Fox Sports Australia|access-date=8 March 2023}}

Sepoy went on to win 10 of his 13 starts, including 4 at Group One level.

Sepoy would become Australian Champion Two Year Old in 2011 and Australian Champion Three Year Old Colt/Gelding in 2012.

Stud career

Sepoy acted as a shuttle stallion for Darley Stud between both the northern and southern hemispheres.{{cite web |url= https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/sepoy-proving-popular-successful-in-europe/ |title=Sepoy proving popular and successful in Europe |publisher=thoroughbreddailynews.com |access-date=9 March 2023}}

Sepoy was retired from stud duty after the 2021 breeding season and will spend his retirement at Woodlands Stud in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales.