About: Moorestyle

Moorestyle (1977–1984) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was unfashionably bred, sold cheaply as a yearling and began his career in minor races. As a three-year-old however, he improved to become the one of the outstanding British sprinters of the post-war era and was named the best horse of the year in Europe by all the major rating organisations. He was also an outstanding horse over seven furlongs. His wins that year included the July Cup at Newmarket, the Haydock Sprint Cup, the Prix de l'Abbaye and the Prix de la Forêt. He had further successes as a four-year-old and was retired to stud at the end of 1981. He had little opportunity to prove himself as a stallion, dying of grass sickness in 1984.