Buckskin (racehorse)
| Buckskin | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Yelapa |
| Grandsire | Mossborough |
| Dam | Bete a Bon Dieu |
| Damsire | Herbager |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1 April 1973 |
| Country | France |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Dayton Ltd. |
| Owner | Daniel Wildenstein |
| Trainer |
Angel Penna, Sr. Peter Walwyn Henry Cecil |
| Record | 19:10-3-2 |
| Major wins | |
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Prix de Barbeville (1977) Prix Jean Prat (1977) Prix du Cadran (1977, 1978) Doncaster Cup (1978) Jockey Club Cup (1978) Henry II Stakes (1979) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 130 (1977), 133 (1978), 131 (1979) Gilbey Champion Stayer (1977) Timeform best stayer (1978, 1979) |
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Buckskin (1 April 1973–1995) was a French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Unraced as a two-year-old, he was trained in France in 1976 and 1977 before being transferred to race the United Kingdom in 1978 and 1979. A specialist stayer, he overcame serious physical problems to win several major long distance races including the Prix du Cadran (twice), Prix de Barbeville, Prix Jean Prat, Doncaster Cup, Jockey Club Cup and Henry II Stakes. He was also the beaten favourite in three successive runnings of the Ascot Gold Cup. After his retirement from racing, he became a very successful sire of National Hunt horses.
Buckskin was a "lengthy" bay horse with a small white star and a white sock on his right hind foot bred by Dayton Ltd. the breeding company of his owner Daniel Wildenstein. His sire Yelapa won the Grand Criterium in 1968 and stood as a breeding stallion in France for three years with moderate results before being exported to Japan in 1973. Buckskin's dam Bete a Bon Dieu (French for Ladybird) was an unraced daughter of Herbager.
Buckskin was sent into training with the Argentinian Angel Penna, Sr.. Penna trained may of Wildenstein's best horses including Allez France, Crow, Flying Water and Pawneese.
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