[horse] Friar`s Balsam (1885–1899) was an English Thoroughbred racehorse. He was the outstanding British two-year-old of 1887, when he was unbeaten in seven races. He was a sick horse when a beaten favourite in the following year`s 2000 Guineas, but returned in the autumn to beat Minting in the Champion Stakes. Friar`s Balsam was retired ...