Fanfreluche (horse)
| Fanfreluche | |
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| Sire | Northern Dancer |
| Grandsire | Nearctic |
| Dam | Ciboulette |
| Damsire | Chop Chop |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 1967 |
| Country | Canada |
| Colour | Dark Bay/Brown |
| Breeder | J. Louis Lévesque |
| Owner | J. Louis Lévesque |
| Trainer | Yonnie Starr |
| Record | 21-11-6-2 |
| Earnings | $238,688 |
| Major wins | |
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Princess Elizabeth Stakes (1969) Natalma Stakes (1969) Manitoba Derby (1970) Alabama Stakes (1970) Benson & Hedges Invitational Handicap (1970) Quebec Derby (1970) |
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| Awards | |
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TRA United States Champion 3-Year-Old Filly (1970) Canadian Horse of the Year (1970) Sovereign Award for Outstanding Broodmare (1978) |
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| Honours | |
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Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1981) Fanfreluche Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack |
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| Last updated on February 9, 2010 | |
Fanfreluche (April 9, 1967 – 1999) was a Canadian-bred Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.
Fanfreluche was a bay mare bred in Canada. She was named by her French Canadian owner Jean-Louis Levesque for the title character of a popular children's television show on the French-language division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Successfully raced in Canada as a two-year-old, at age three Fanfreluche's performances in both Canada and the United States earned her the Sovereign Award for Canadian Horse of the Year. Fanfreluche was voted American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly in 1970 by the Thoroughbred Racing Association. Office Queen won the rival Daily Racing Form poll in the last year that champions were voted on separately.
At the end of her three-year-old racing season, Fanfreluche was sold as a broodmare prospect to prominent American horseman Bertram R. Firestone for a then world-record price of $1.3 million. Bred to notable stallion Buckpasser, in 1972 she produced the two-time Canadian Horse of the Year L'Enjoleur.
In June 1977, while in foal to Secretariat, Fanfreluche was abducted from Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky. In December, five months after her disappearance, the FBI located her 158 miles south near the small town of Tompkinsville, not far from the Tennessee border. Fanfreluche was being kept by a family who said they had found her wandering along the country road. Returned safely to Claiborne Farm, in the spring of 1978 Fanfreluche gave birth to her foal, a colt given the French language name "Sain Et Sauf", which in English translates as Safe And Sound.
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