Internationally, the most important son of the immortal Carbine was Spearmint. Even though Wallace has ensured that Carbine’s influence is still well regarded in Australia, Spearmint gave the stallion world-wide importance with there likely being few, if any, international pedigrees that do not carry at least one line of Spearmint in varying forms.
Spearmint was foaled on 6 April 1903 by Sir Tatton Sykes at his famous Sledmere Stud in Yorkshire. He was by Carbine out of the Minting mare, Maid Of The Mint. Maid of the Mint was unraced. Hersire, Minting, was by Stockwell's Triple Crown winning son Lord Lyon, out of Mint Sauce, a daughter of Young Melbourne. Maid Of The Mint was a half-sister to Wargrave by Carbine who had won the Cesarewitch Handicap. It was the family of Speculum who had won the Goodwood Handicap, and the
