| Horsename: | Patron |
| Sire: | Grand Flaneur |
| Grandsire: | Yattendon |
| Dam: | Olga |
| Damsire: | Piscator |
| Sex: | Stallion |
| Foaled: | 1890 |
| Country: | Australia |
| Colour: | Chestnut |
| Owner: | F W Purches |
| Trainer: | Richard Bradfield |
| Record: | 43: 9-11-5[1] |
| Race: | VRC Sires' Produce (1893) Caulfield Guineas (1893) Canterbury Plate (1893) VRC St Leger (1894) Craven Plate (1894) Melbourne Cup (1894) |
Patron (foaled 1890) was an Australian bred thoroughbred racehorse that is most notable for winning the 1894 Melbourne Cup.
Patron started at odds of 33/1 in the 1894 Melbourne Cup, with his full brother, Ruenalf, also in the race as the 3/1 favourite. Patron would win the race by three-quarters of a length with his older brother finishing unplaced.
There was no trophy awarded to the winner of the race in 1894 as the country was suffering an economic depression.[2]
In 1897 Patron was sold to an English client of the International Horse Agency in London.[3]