Scratch (horse)

Scratch
Sire	Pharis
Grandsire	Pharos
Dam	Orlamonde
Damsire	Asterus
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1947
Country	France
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Marcel Boussac
Owner	Marcel Boussac
Trainer	Charles Semblat
Record	12: 7-1-0 (incomplete)
Major wins
Solario Stakes (1949) Prix de Guiche (1950) Prix Greffulhe (1950) Prix du Jockey Club (1950) St Leger Stakes (1950) Prix Jean Prat (1951)
Awards
Timeform rating: 134

Scratch, also known as Scratch II (foaled 1947) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the Prix du Jockey Club and the classic St Leger Stakes in 1950. Scratch won the Solario Stakes in England as a two-year-old and emerged as one of the best of a very strong generation of French-trained colts in the following year. He won the Prix de Guiche and Prix Greffulhe in the early part of the year and then defeated the year's outstanding three-year-old colt Tantieme in the Prix du Jockey Club. In the autumn of 1950 he won the St Leger by defeating Vieux Manoir, who had beaten him in the Grand Prix de Paris. He won the Prix Jean Prat as a four-year-old before being retired to stud where he had an unremarkable record as a sire of winners in Europe and South America.

Scratch was a chestnut horse with a white star and a white sock on his right hind leg bred by his owner Marcel Boussac. He was sired by Pharis, the undefeated winner of the 1939 Grand Prix de Paris. Scratch's dam Orlamonde was an unsuccessful racehorse but produced several other winners including Damno, who won the Prix d'Arenberg. Orlamonde's dam Naic was a half sister of the Prix du Jockey Club winner Ramus and also produced the Grand Prix de Deauville winner Jock. Scratch was sent into training with Charles Semblat at Chantilly.

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