Nononito

Nononito
Sire	Nikos
Grandsire	Nonoalco
Dam	Feuille d’Automne
Damsire	Crystal Palace
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1991
Country	France
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Mme P-D Beck
Owner	Patrick Sebagh
Trainer	Jean Lesbordes
Record	22: 3-5-2 (flat) 13: 6-3-1 (hurdles)
Earnings	£ 247,615
Major wins
Prix de Barbeville (1995) Prix du Cadran (1996)
Awards
European Champion Stayer (1996)

Nononito was a French champion Thoroughbred race horse and sire. A specialist stayer, he ran twenty-two times on the flat and thirteen times over hurdles in a career which lasted from 1994 until 1998. Although he won only three of his flat races, he was noted for his consistency and ran prominently in numerous top class staying events in France and England. In 1996 he recorded his most important victory in the Group One Prix du Cadran and was awarded the title of European Champion Stayer at the Cartier Racing Awards. After his retirement from racing he had some success at stud as a sire of jump racers before his death in 2007.

Nonito was a dark-coated bay horse with a white star. His sire, the Prix Edmond Blanc winner Nikos had some success with his progeny on the flat but is much better known as a sire of jumpers including the Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Master Minded and the Grade I winners Cenkos (Maghull Novices' Chase) and Nakir (Arkle Challenge Trophy). Nononito’s dam, Feuille d’Automne won one race and was a half sister of the Prix Noailles and Prix Hocquart winner Jeu de Paille.

Unraced as a two-year-old, Nononito first appeared on the racecourse when he ran three times in the autumn of 1994. He finished fifth on his debut in the Prix du Prince d'Orange over 2000m at Longchamp, then ran second in a race over the same course and distance in October before winning the Listed Prix Le Fabuleux at Saint-Cloud in late November.

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