Hector Protector

[1] He was a full brother to the Champion filly Bosra Sham, who was trained by Henry Cecil.

Hector Protector was a chestnut horse bred in Kentucky by Stavros Niarchos.

Ridden by Head at age three, the colt finished fourth to winner Generous in the 1991 Epsom Derby in England.

Back in France, he won two more Group Ones, the 1991 Poule d'Essai des Poulains and the Prix Jacques Le Marois.

[2] Retired from racing, Hector Protector was purchased by Zenya Yoshida, the prominent Japanese horseman and owner of Shadai Farm in Shiraoi, Hokkaido.