Le Marmot
| Le Marmot | |
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| Sire | Amarko |
| Grandsire | Tanerko |
| Dam | Malinka |
| Damsire | Molvedo |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 14 May 1976 |
| Country | France |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Marquis R de Talhouet Roy |
| Owner | Rodolph Schafer |
| Trainer | Francois Boutin |
| Record | 14:7-2-2 |
| Major wins | |
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Prix La Rochette (1978) Prix Greffulhe (1979) Prix Hocquart (1979) Prix Niel (1979) Prix Ganay (1980) Prix Foy (1980) |
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| Awards | |
| Top-rated French three-year-old colt (1979) Top-rated French older horse(1980) Timeform rating 112 (1978), 130 (1979), 128 (1980) |
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Le Marmot (14 May 1976 – 1981) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He won two of his three race as a two-year-old in 1978 including the Prix La Rochette before emerging as a top-class performer in the following year when he won the Prix Greffulhe, Prix Hocquart and Prix Niel as well as finishing second in the Prix du Jockey Club and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and third in the Washington, D.C. International. As a four-year-old he defeated the Arc de Triomphe winner Three Troikas in the Prix Ganay and also won the Prix Niel. Le Marmot was rated one of the ten best racehorses in Europe in both 1979 and 1980. He had little opportunity to prove himself as a sire of winners, dying in 1981 at the age of five.
Le Marmot was a bay horse with a white sock on his right hind leg bred in France by the Marquis de Talhouet Roy. He was by far the best horse sired by Amarko, who finished second in the Prix d'Harcourt and several major prizes on French provincial tracks including the Grand Prix de Bordeaux and the Derby de l'Ouest. Le Marmot's dam Molinka also won several races in the French Provinces and was a granddaughter of Sanelta, who produced the Prix du Jockey Club and Grand Prix de Paris winner Sanctus.
As a yearling, Le Marmot was sent to the sales and was bought for 205,000 francs (approximately £24,200) by Rodolph Schafer. The colt was sent into training with Francois Boutin at Chantilly and was ridden in most of his races by Philippe Paquet.
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