Arbar (horse)

Arbar
Sire	Djebel
Grandsire	Tourbillon
Dam	Astronomie
Damsire	Asterus
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1944
Country	France
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Marcel Boussac
Owner	Marcel Boussac
Trainer	Charles Semblat
Record	9: 7-2-0
Major wins
King George VI Stakes (1947) Prix Jean Prat (1948) Prix du Cadran (1948) Ascot Gold Cup (1948)
Awards
Timeform top-rated horse (1948) Timeform rating 135

Arbar (1944 – after 1959) was a French racehorse and sire. A horse with a strong, stamina-rich pedigree he was unraced as a two-year-old but proved himself one of the best European three-year-olds of 1947, despite a narrow defeat in the St Leger Stakes. In the following season he established himself as the best stayer in Europe with wins in the Prix du Cadran in France and the Ascot Gold Cup in Britain. He was injured at Goodwood in July and was retired to stud, where he had some success as a sire of winners.

Arbar was a bay horse with an "Arab-like" head white star, bred by his owner Marcel Boussac at his Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard in Neuvy-au-Houlme in Lower Normandy.

Arbar's dam was the highly successful broodmare, Astronomie, whose other progeny included Marsyas, the undefeated Caracalla, and the Epsom Oaks winner Asmena. Arbar's sire Djebel, also bred and raced by Boussac, won the 2000 Guineas in 1941 and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe two years later. He went on to become Leading sire in France on four occasions, and sired many important winners including My Babu, Galcador and Coronation. Djebel's success as a breeding stallion was largely responsible for the survival of the Byerley Turk sire line. Because of the presence of certain American bloodlines in the pedigree of his sire Tourbillon, Djebel was considered "half-bred" (non-Thoroughbred) by the General Stud Book until 1949.

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