Almanzor (horse)
| Almanzor | |
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| Sire | Wootton Bassett |
| Grandsire | Iffraaj |
| Dam | Darkova |
| Damsire | Maria's Mon |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 11 March 2013 |
| Country | France |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Haras d'Etreham |
| Owner | Ecurie Antonio Caro & Gerard Augustin-Normand |
| Trainer | Jean-Claude Rouget |
| Record | 10: 8-0-1 |
| Earnings | £2,135,990 |
| Major wins | |
| Grand Criterium de Bordeaux (2015) Prix de Guiche (2016) Prix du Jockey Club (2016) Prix Guillaume d'Ornano (2016) Irish Champion Stakes (2016) Champion Stakes (2016) |
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| Awards | |
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Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt (2016) Top-rated European horse (2016) |
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Almanzor (foaled 11 March 2013) is a French Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old he won his first three races on provincial French tracks but was well-beaten when moved up in class for the Criterium International. In the following year he finished third on his debut but later emerged as the best horse of his generation in Europe with five consecutive victories, taking the Prix de Guiche, Prix du Jockey Club, Prix Guillaume d'Ornano, Irish Champion Stakes and Champion Stakes.
Almanzor is a bay colt with no white markings bred in Normandy by the Haras d'Etreham. In August 2014 the yearling colt was offered for sale at Deauville and bought for €100,000 by the leading French trainer Jean-Claude Rouget. During his racing career he has been trained by Rouget and owned in partnership by Ecurie Antonio Caro and Gerard Augustin-Normand.
He was from the first crop of foals sired by Wootton Bassett who won the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere in 2010. Almanzor's dam Darkova never ran in a race but was a descendant of the French broodmare Darazina, the female-line ancestor of many good winners including Darsi, Darjina and Daryaba (Prix de Diane)
Almanzor made his racecourse debut in a 1400-metre contest at La Teste-de-Buch on 28 July 2015. Ridden by Jean-Bernard Eyquem he won by one and a half lengths from Dream Dy. On 21 August he followed up with a three length win in a minor race over 1600 metres at Clairefontaine in which he was ridden by Christophe Soumillon. On 8 October the colt was moved up in class for the Listed Grand Criterium de Bordeaux and started odds-on favourite against five opponents. Ridden by Eyquem he wo by three lengths from his stablemate Camp Courage. Almanzor's final appearance of 2015 saw him stepped up to Group One level for the Criterium International over 1400 metres on very soft ground at Saint-Cloud Racecourse on 1 November. He appeared outpaced in the closing stages and finished seventh of the eight runners behind the Aidan O'Brien-trained Johannes Vermeer.
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