Meneval

Meneval
Sire	Le Fabuleux
Grandsire	Wild Risk
Dam	Nalee
Damsire	Nashua
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	30 March 1973
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Mrs G M Humphrey
Owner	Mrs George Getty II J R Fluor
Trainer	Vincent O'Brien Stephen A. DiMauro
Record	17: 5-2-0
Major wins
Ballysax Stakes (1976) Nijinsky Stakes (1976) Gallinule Stakes (1976) Irish St Leger (1976) Hardwicke Stakes (1977)
Awards
Top-rated Irish-trained older horse (1977) Timeform rating 92p (1975), 128 (1976), 129 (1977)

Meneval (30 March 1973 – after 1995) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Bred in Kentucky and sent to race in Ireland as a yearling and showed considerable promise when finishing second on his only start as a two-year-old in 1975. In the following year he was undefeated in four starts, winning the Ballysax Stakes, Nijinsky Stakes and Gallinule Stakes in spring and then returning after a lengthy break to record his biggest victory in the Irish St Leger. As a four-year-old he won the Hardwicke Stakes but failed to live up to expectations that he would become a leading contender for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He failed to reproduce his European form when campaigned in the United States in 1978. He later stood as a breeding stallion in the United States and Ireland but had little success as a sire of winners.

Meneval was a "strong, very good-looking" bay horse with a small white star bred in Kentucky by Mrs G M Humphrey. As a yearling he was put up for auction at Keeneland and bought for $170,000 by representatives of Mrs George Getty II. He was sent to Europe and entered training with Vincent O'Brien at Ballydoyle.

His sire Le Fabuleux was a successful French racehorse who won the Prix du Jockey Club in 1964 and went on to sire several good winners including Dauphin Fabuleux and Effervescing. Meneval's dam Nalee won the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and came from an outstandinf family, being a daughter of Levee and a full-sister to Shuvee.

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