| Touching Wood | |
|---|---|
 Racing colours of Maktoum Al Maktoum | |
| Sire | Roberto |
| Grandsire | Hail To Reason |
| Dam | Mandera |
| Damsire | Vaguely Noble |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 11 May 1979 |
| Country | USA |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Pin Oak Stud |
| Owner | Maktoum Al Maktoum |
| Trainer | Harry Thomson Jones |
| Record | 9-3-4-2 |
| Major wins | |
| Welsh Derby (1982) St Leger Stakes (1982) Irish St. Leger (1982) | |
| Awards | |
| Timeform: 91p (1981), 127 (1982) | |
Touching Wood (1979–2004) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the classic St Leger Stakes in 1982. Touching Wood was still a maiden when he finished second to Golden Fleece in the 1982 Epsom Derby. In the autumn of 1982 he became the first horse in 53 years to win both the St Leger Stakes and the Irish St. Leger and was the first classic winner owned by a member of the Maktoum family.[1] He was retired to stud and had some success as a sire of winners before his death in New Zealand in 2004.
- ^ "Obituary: Tom Jones". Daily Telegraph. 27 December 2007. Retrieved 2013-05-25.