The Lion In Winter (IRE) 2022

Profile

5h Sea The Stars x What A Home (Lope De Vega)
Foaled Jan 31, 2022
Career: 1 starts, 0 - 0 - 0 $432,402
Trainer: A O'Brien, Hong Kong
Ownership: Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier
The Lion In Winter is a 5 year old stallion by Sea The Stars out of the Lope De Vega mare, What A Home.
Last start was 12th at Sha Tin on Dec 14, 2025 in the The Longines Hong Kong Mile (Gr.1) over 1600 metres.
Stakes performance: 1st 2024 Tattersalls Acomb Stakes (Gr.3); 2026 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Heritage Stakes (Gr.L); 2nd 2025 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Gr.1); 3rd 2025 FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile Presented by PDJF - Grade 1 (Gr.1); 2025 Qatar Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Gr.1); 2025 Prix Jean Prat (Gr.1);

Race Record

4yo
16May26
5th
Newbury
Good R L Moore (128) - 1st: Notable Speech (1.250L)
4yo
15Apr26
1st
Leopardstown
Yielding - Soft Wayne Lordan (133) 2.10 - 2nd: Expanded (0.000L)
4yo
14Dec25
12th
Sha Tin
Good Ryan Moore (56.5) 16/1 - 1st: Voyage Bubble (5.3L)
3yo
1Nov25
3rd
Del Mar
Good C Soumillon (123) - 1st: Notable Speech (hdL)
3yo
18Oct25
2nd
Ascot
Good C Soumillon (129) - 1st: Cicero's Gift (1.250L)
3yo
7Sep25
3rd
Parislongchamp
Soft Wayne Lordan (124) - 1st: Sahlan (nkL)
3yo
17Aug25
10th
Deauville
Good to Soft R L Moore (125) - 1st: Diego Velazquez (4.500L)
3yo
6Jul25
3rd
Deauville
Prix Jean Prat Gr1 1400m
Soft R L Moore (128) - 1st: Woodshauna (0.062L)
3yo
7Jun25
14th
Epsom Downs
Betfred Derby Gr1 2400m
Good Colin Keane (128) - 1st: Lambourn (2.500L)
3yo
15May25
6th
York
Good to Firm R L Moore (128) - 1st: Pride Of Arras (0.500L)
2yo
21Aug24
1st
York
Good to Firm R L Moore (129) 3.00 - 2nd: Wimbledon Hawkeye (0.000L)
2yo
20Jul24
1st
Curragh
Good Wayne Lordan (131) 7.80 - 2nd: Currawood (0.000L)