Sayani (horse)
| Sayani | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Fair Copy |
| Grandsire | Fairway |
| Dam | Perfume |
| Damsire | Badruddin |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1943 |
| Country | France |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Haras de Piencourt-Bailleul |
| Owner | Mme Joseph Lieux |
| Trainer | Joseph Lieux |
| Record | 15: 10-1-3 |
| Major wins | |
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Prix d'Arenberg (1945) Prix Edmond Blanc (1946) Prix Daphnis (1946) Jersey Stakes (1946) Prix Jacques le Marois (1946) Cambridgeshire Handicap (1946) |
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| Awards | |
| Leading sire in France (1953) | |
Sayani (1943 – after 1958) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was best known for his form as a three-year-old in 1946 when he won several important stakes races in England and France including the Prix Edmond Blanc, Prix Daphnis, Jersey Stakes and Prix Jacques le Marois. His best performance however, came when he recovered from a poor start to win the Cambridgeshire Handicap under a record weight. He was then retired to stud and became a successful breeding stallion first in France and later in Brazil.
Sayani was a big, heavily-built bay horse, variously described as resembling an "ox" or a "bullock" bred in France by Brian Guiness at the Haras de Piencourt-Bailleul. He was probably the best horse sired by Fair Copy, who won the Middle Park Stakes and finished second in the 1937 St Leger. Sayani's dam Perfume was a very successful broodmare who also produced the 2000 Guineas winner My Babu and was the female-line ancestor of the Irish Derby English Prince.
Sayani was trained in France by Joseph Lieux and raced in the ownership of his trainer's wife. Lieux developed an unusual training regimen which seemed to suit the colt. He would bring him to peak fitness a week to ten days before a race and then gave him no serious exercise until he actually ran.
Sayani showed good form as a two-year-old, recording his most important success in the Prix d'Arenberg over 1100 metres at Longchamp Racecourse.
In the spring of 1946, Sayani established himself as a leading contender for the major three-year-old races with wins in the Prix Edmond Blanc 1,600 metres at Saint-Cloud and the Prix Daphnis over 1850 metres at Le Tremblay. He was then moved up in class and started odds-on favourite for the Poule d'Essai des Poulains but finished third to Pactole.
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