Comtesse de Loir
| Comtesse de Loir | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Val de Loir |
| Grandsire | Vieux Manoir |
| Dam | Neriad |
| Damsire | Princequillo |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 18 March 1971 |
| Country | France |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Souren Vanian |
| Owner | George Ohrstrom |
| Trainer | John Cunnington |
| Record | 15:3-6-3 |
| Major wins | |
| Prix Saint-Alary (1974) | |
| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 117 (1973), 131 (1974), 130 (1975) Timeform top-rated three-year-old (1974) Top-rated French three-year-old (1974) |
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Comtesse de Loir (1971 – after 1993) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. In her three-year racing career, she won only one important race, the Prix Saint-Alary in 1974. but was placed in numerous major events including the Criterium des Pouliches, Prix de Diane, Prix Vermeille, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (twice), Prix Ganay, Canadian International Stakes and Washington D C International. Her performance in the 1973 Arc, when she was beaten a head by Allez France, saw her rated the best three-year-old of either sex to race in Europe that year.
Comtesse de Loir was a "lightly-made, quite attractive" bay mare with no white markings bred in France by Souren Vanian. She was one of the best horses sired by Val de Loir who won the Prix du Jockey Club in 1962. Comtesse de Loir's dam Neriad won only one minor race in the United States, but became a highly influential broodmare, whose descendants included Miesque, Good Ba Ba, Kingmambo and East of the Moon.
As a yearling, the filly was offered for sale at Deauville and bought for ₣180,000by representatives of the American financier George Ohrstrom. She was sent into training with John Cunnington and ridden in all her major races by Jean-Claude Desaint.
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