Caracalla (horse)

Caracalla
Sire	Tourbillon
Grandsire	Ksar
Dam	Astronomie
Damsire	Asterus
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1942
Country	France
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Marcel Boussac
Owner	Marcel Boussac
Trainer	Charles Semblat
Record	8: 8-0-0
Major wins
Grand Prix de Paris (1945) Prix Royal Oak (1945) Ascot Gold Cup (1946) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1946)

Caracalla (also known as Caracalla II, 1942 – after 1955) was a French racehorse and sire. Unraced as a two-year-old and never competing at a distance shorter than 2,400 metres he was undefeated in eight races in a racing career which lasted from the spring of 1945 until October 1946. Caracalla excelled over extended distances, winning the Grand Prix de Paris and the Prix Royal Oak in France and the Ascot Gold Cup in Britain. On his final appearance he proved himself capable of beating top class opposition at middle distances when he won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He was then retired to stud, where his record was disappointing.

Caracalla was an exceptionally good-looking bay horse with a narrow white blaze and white socks on his hind legs, bred by his owner Marcel Boussac at his Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard in Neuvy-au-Houlme in Lower Normandy.

Caracalla's dam was the highly successful broodmare, Astronomie, whose other progeny included Marsyas, Arbar, and the Epsom Oaks winner Asmena. Caracalla's sire Tourbillon, also bred and raced by Boussac, won the Prix du Jockey Club in 1931 and went on to become Leading sire in France on three occasions. Tourbillon'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 Tourbillon's pedigree, his offspring were considered "half-bred" (non-Thoroughbred) by the General Stud Book.

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