Touchstone (horse) - Stud Record

Stud Record

Touchstone was initially retired to stud duty at Moor Park, near Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, but then was brought to his owner's Eaton Stud in Cheshire. A major success as a stallion, Touchstone sired three Epsom Derby winners and was the Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland four times. Of the eight foals from the great racing mare Beeswing, five were sired by Touchstone.

His progeny included:

• Blue Bonnet (1839) - won the St. Leger Stakes
• Cotherstone (1840) - won the 2,000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby
• Flatcatcher (1845) - won 2,000 Guineas Stakes
• Lord of the Isles (1852) - won 2,000 Guineas
• Mendicant (1843) - a filly who won the 1,000 Guineas and Epsom Oaks
• Newminster (1848) - won St. Leger Stakes, Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1859 and 1863, sire of champion sires: Adventurer, Lord Clifden, and seven-time Leading Sire, Hermit
• Nunnykirk (1846) - won 2,000 Guineas, 2nd in the St. Leger Stakes
• Orlando (1841) - won the Epsom Derby, Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland (1851, 1854, 1858)
• Surplice (1845) - won the Epsom Derby and St. Leger Stakes

As late as 1859 he was described as looking "fresh and well" and his box at Eaton was reported to be one of the attractions for visitors to the Chester agricultural show. Touchstone died in 1861 aged thirty at Eaton Stud.