Byword (horse)

Byword
Sire	Peintre Celebre
Grandsire	Nureyev
Dam	Binche
Damsire	Woodman
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	13 February 2006
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Juddmonte Farms
Owner	Khalid Abdullah
Trainer	Andre Fabre
Record	16: 7-2-1
Earnings	£699,385
Major wins
Prix Pelleas (2009) Prix Jacques Laffitte (2010) Prix du Muguet (2010) Prince of Wales's Stakes (2010) Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord (2011) Prix Dollar (2011)
Awards
Top-rated older male horse in France (2010)

Byword (foaled 13 February 2006) is a British-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Unraced as a two-year-old, he showed promising form, winning two of his four races including the listed Prix Pelleas. In the following year he emerged as a world-class performer, winning the listed Prix Jacques Laffitte before defeating strong fields in both the Prix du Muguet and the Prince of Wales's Stakes. In the same year he also finished second in the Prix d'Ispahan and third in the International Stakes and was rated one of the twenty best racehorses in the world. As a five-year-old he added wins in the Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord and the Prix Dollar before being retired to stud. He is currently (2015) standing a breeding stallion in South Africa.

Byword is a chestnut horse with a broad white blaze and a long white sock on his left hind leg, bred in the United Kingdom by his owner, Khalid Abdullah's, Juddmonte Farms. He was sired by the American-bred Peintre Celebre who won the Prix du Jockey Club, Grand Prix de Paris and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1997. Peintre Celebre's other progeny included Pride and the Hong Kong Derby winner Collection. Byword'd dam Binche made no impact as a racecourse, but has been a very successful broodmare, also producing the multiple Grade I winner Proviso. During his racing career he was trained in France by Andre Fabre.

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