Mount Nelson (horse)

Mount Nelson
SireRock of Gibraltar
GrandsireDanehill
DamIndependence
DamsireSelkirk
SexStallion
Foaled7 April 2004
CountryUnited Kingdom
ColourBay
BreederCliveden Stud
OwnerDerrick Smith, Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor
TrainerAidan O'Brien
Record9: 3-1-2
Earnings£459,137
Major wins
Critérium International (2006)
Eclipse Stakes (2008)

Mount Nelson (7 April 2004 1 November 2019) was a British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the Eclipse Stakes in 2008. Mount Nelson showed great promise as a two-year-old in 2006 when he won the Critérium International less than a month after his racecourse debut. Hopes that he would become a classic contender in 2007 ended when he sustained a serious foot injury early in the year. He returned as a four-year-old to win the Eclipse and ran well in defeat in several other major races. He was then retired to stud and sired several good winners both on the flat and over jumps.