St Reims (foaled 9 November 1999 in New Zealand) is a thoroughbred racehorse who won the New Zealand Derby in 2002.
He was a million-dollar yearling and the son of Zabeel. He broke his maiden at his fifth start. A runaway win in the Avondale Guineas at his last start before the Derby ensured that he would start favourite in the Classic. Given a ride out in front by Greg Childs, the colt was never headed and scored a narrow win.
After the Derby his career went downhill. After disappointing performances in an autumn Sydney campaign, St Reims failed to win a single race as a four-year-old. But at Hastings in the spring of 2004 he put together a string of wins against horses the quality of Waitoki Dream and Zafar, culminating in a return to Group race success in the Lindauer Grandeur Stakes at Ellerslie, the scene of his Derby triumph.
He followed that win up with the Group 2 Counties Cup, a close second in the Group 2 Waikato Cup and a second Group 1 victory in the 2005 Zabeel Classic at Ellerslie, beating Distinctly Secret and Lashed.
Following another Group 1 placing behind Xcellent in the Darley Stakes and a seventh behind the same horse in the Kelt Capital Stakes, he was retired to stand at Stoney Bridge Stud.
Stud career
St Reims had his first winner as a sire when two-year-old filly St J'adore, from his first crop, won a maiden race at Avondale on 7 May 2010.
His progeny included:
Bad Boy Brown, winner of the 2019 Great Northern Hurdles.
Tallyho Twinkletoe, winner of the 2015 Grand National Hurdles (4250m), the 2021 Grand National Steeplechase (5600m), 2021 Koral Steeplechase (4250m) and multiple prestige steeplechases in Australia.