Roi Dagobert (FR) | |
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Sire | Sicambre (FR) |
Grandsire | Prince Bio (FR) |
Dam | Dame d'Atour (FR) |
Damsire | Cranach (FR) |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 16.2.1964 |
Country | France |
Colour | dkb/br |
Record | 8: 4-3-0 |
Earnings | FF1,208,254 |
Major wins | |
Prix Lupin (1967) Prix Greffulhe (1967) Prix Noailles (1967) | |
Last updated on 31 October 2010 |
Roi Dagobert (FR) (foaled February 16 1964) was a Thoroughbred racehorse (dkb/br.), by Sicambre (FR) out of Dame d'Atour (FR) (unraced). [1] [2] He was a champion three-year-old in France in 1967. [3]
From eight starts he won four races, including the Prix Lupin (2100 m), the Prix Greffulhe (ridden by Yves Saint-Martin) (2100 m) and the Prix Noailles (then 2200 m), all at Longchamp. He was placed three times, including second in the Critérium de Saint-Cloud at Saint-Cloud and third in the Prix Ganay at Longchamp. His career total earnings were FF1,208,254. [4]
Roi Dagobert stood at stud in the US from 1969 to 1973, in France from 1974 to 1985 and in Germany from 1986 to ?. [5]
He sired On The Sly (USA) (1973), winner of 14 races including the Lou Smith Memorial Handicap, Rosemont Stakes, Jockey Club Gold Cup (Group 1), Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (Group 2).-G2, Whirlaway Handicap, Donald P. Ross Handicap (Group 2) and Grey Lag Handicap (Group 2); [6] and Abary (DE) (1980), winner of the Grosser Preis von Berlin (Group 1 - twice), Großer Preis der Badischen Wirtschaft (Group 2 - twice) [7]
He was broodmare sire of Made of Gold (USA)(1989), winner of the Royal Lodge Stakes (Group 2) and second in the Prix de la Salamandre (Group 1) [8]
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