Finasseur

Finasseur
Sire	Winkfield's Pride
Grandsire	Winkfield
Dam	Finaude
Damsire	Clamart
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1902
Country	France
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Edmond Blanc
Owner	Michel Ephrussi
Trainer	James d'Okhuysen
Record	17: 7-5-2 £25,586
Earnings	£25,586 (equivalent)
Major wins
Prix des Chênes (1904) Prix du Jockey Club (1905) Grand Prix de Paris (1905) Prix du President de la Republique (1905) Grand Prix de Bruxelles (1905)
Honours
Prix Finasseur at Saint-Cloud Racecourse

Finasseur (1902–1909) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse who, at age three, won the two most prestigious races in France.

Finasseur was bred by Edmond Blanc at his Haras de Jardy stud farm at Marnes-la-Coquette about sixteen kilometers west of central Paris and purchased for racing by Michel Ephrussi, a wealthy businessman connected to the Rothschild banking family of France.

Ephrussi entrusted the colt's race conditioning to trainer James d'Okhuysen.

Sent to race at age two, Finasseur notably won the 1904 Prix des Chênes at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris.

As a three-year-old, Finasseur was the dominant horse in French racing, winning the Prix du President de la Republique at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse, the then 1½ mile French Derby at Chantilly Racecourse. He was ridden to victory by future United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee Nash Turner. An American, Turner came to France for fellow American owner/trainer H. Eugene Leigh and chose to make his permanent home there. Finasseur then won what was the most prestigious race in France at the time, the Grand Prix de Paris. His other major win came in the at the Hippodrome de Boitsfort in the Boitsfort suburb of Brussels, Belgium.