Charles Semblat
| Charles Semblat | |
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| Occupation | Jockey, Trainer |
| Born | 7 April 1897 Saint-Sornin-Lavolps, France |
| Died | 10 July 1972 Chantilly, France |
| Major racing wins | |
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As a jockey: British Classic Race wins: Major French race wins: As a trainer: British Classic Race wins: Prix du Jockey Club (6) Grand Prix de Paris (1) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (4) |
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| Honours | |
| French Champion Jockey (1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1934) British Champion Trainer (1951) |
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| Significant horses | |
| Pearl Cap, Motrico, Djebel, Ardan, Marsyas, Caracalla, Arbar, Coronation, Galcador | |
As a jockey:
British Classic Race wins:
2000 Guineas (1)
Major French race wins:
Prix du Jockey Club (3)
Grand Prix de Paris (1)
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (3)
As a trainer:
British Classic Race wins:
Epsom Derby (1)
Epsom Oaks (1)
St. Leger Stakes (2)
Charles Henri Semblat, (1897–1972) was a French jockey and racehorse trainer. Semblat was leading French jockey for more than twenty years before his riding career was ended by injury. He subsequently had an even more successful career as trainer for the owner-breeder Marcel Boussac. In 1950 he became Champion Trainer in Britain without ever visiting the country. Semblat is the only person to have both ridden and trained the winner of France's most important race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Semblat became an apprentice jockey at a young age and rode his first winner at the age of 13 in 1910. For a time he rode both on the flat and over jumps, before specialising in the former discipline. He attracted the attention of some of the leading figures French racing and became closely associated with the Chantilly trainers William Cunnington and Frank Carter. Among the horses he rode for Carter were Mon Talisman (Prix du Jockey Club and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1927), Pearl Cap (Arc de Triomphe 1931) and Clairvoyant (Prix du Jockey Club and Grand Prix de Paris).
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