Hidden Treasure (horse)
# Hidden Treasure (horse)

Hidden Treasure (foaled 1957 in Ontario) is a Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse who was voted Horse of the Year in 1961.

## Background

Hidden Treasure was a bay horse and raced by prominent horseman, Bill Beasley. He was sired by the 1953 Kentucky Derby winner, Dark Star. His dam was Ratine, a daughter of the undefeated 1935 English Triple Crown winner, Bahram. He was trained by Robert Bateman.

## Racing career

Hidden Treasure won the 1959 Display, Carleton and Summer Stakes and ran second to Victoria Park in the two most important races for Canadian two-year-olds, the Cup and Suaucer and Coronation Futurity Stakes. As a three-year-old, Hidden Treasure won a number of important races but after stepping on a nail, ran fifth in the 1960 Queen's Plate before winning the Breeders' Stakes. Following a year in which Hidden Treasure's wins included the 1961 Durham Cup, Canadian Maturity, Connaught Cup and Jacques Cartier Stakes, the then four-year-old was voted Canadian Horse of the Year honours. At five, Hidden Treasure won the 1962 Fort Erie Handicap while setting a new Fort Erie Racetrack track record for 6.5 furlongs and at age six won the Canadian Handicap.

## Stud record

Retired to stud duty, Hidden Treasure sired a limited number of horses in a short career. Through his daughter Fiddly Dee he is the damsire of Fiddle Dancer Boy, winner of the 1981 Queen's Plate.

## Pedigree

Pedigree of Hidden Treasure :

| Sire Dark Star | Royal Gem | Dhoti | Dastur |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sire Dark Star | Royal Gem | Dhoti | Tricky Aunt |
| Sire Dark Star | Royal Gem | French Gem | Beau Fils |
| Sire Dark Star | Royal Gem | French Gem | Fission |
| Sire Dark Star | Isolde | Bull Dog | Teddy |
| Sire Dark Star | Isolde | Bull Dog | Plucky Liege |
| Sire Dark Star | Isolde | Fiji | Bostonian |
| Sire Dark Star | Isolde | Fiji | O Girl |
| Dam Ratine | Bahram | Blandford | Swynford |
| Dam Ratine | Bahram | Blandford | Blanche |
| Dam Ratine | Bahram | Friar's Daughter | Friar Marcus |
| Dam Ratine | Bahram | Friar's Daughter | Garron Lass |
| Dam Ratine | Monel | Sir Greysteel | Roi Herode |
| Dam Ratine | Monel | Sir Greysteel | Grania |
| Dam Ratine | Monel | La Muiron | Durbar |
| Dam Ratine | Monel | La Muiron | Santa Maria |
