Acamas (horse)
| Acamas | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Mill Reef |
| Grandsire | Never Bend |
| Dam | Licata |
| Damsire | Abdos |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2 May 1975 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Marcel Boussac |
| Owner |
Marcel Boussac Aga Khan IV |
| Trainer | Guy Bonnaventure Francois Mathet |
| Record | 11:3-2-1 |
| Major wins | |
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Prix Lupin (1978) Prix du Jockey Club (1978) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 126 (1977), 130 (1978) Top-rated French three-year-old (1978) |
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Acamas (foaled 2 May 1975) was a British-bred French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. The last notable horse owned by the French breeder Marcel Boussac he showed promise as a two-year-old in 1977 when he finished a close third in the Grand Criterium. He reached his peak in the following year when he won the Prix Lupin and the Prix du Jockey Club, coming from an apparently impossible position in the latter race. He then finished second in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in England, but was later disqualified after failing a dope test. At the end of his three-year-old season he was retired to stud but proved largely infertile.
Acamas was a strong, deep-bodied bay horse with a white coronet on his left hind foot bred in the United Kingdom by Marcel Boussac. He was one of many successful racehorses sired by Mill Reef, an American-bred horse who won the Epsom Derby, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1971. His dam Licata, was a very good racemare who won the Prix Cleopatre and Prix de Malleret in 1972. She was even better as a broodmare, going on to produce the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner Akarad and the 1982 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Akiyda. Boussac sent his colt into training with Guy Bonnaventure.
Acamas won over 1100 metres on his debut and was then moved up sharply in class for the Group One Prix Robert Papin over the same distance at Évry Racecourse on 1 August. He started 5/4 favourite but finished tenth of the fourteen runners behind Vific. After a two month break, Acamas was moved up in distance for the Grand Criterium over 1600 metres at Longchamp Racecourse on 9 October. Starting a 28/1 outsider he produced his best performance of the year as he finished third, beaten three quarters of a length and a neck by Super Concorde and Pyjama Hunt.
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