Shangamuzo
| Shangamuzo | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Klairon |
| Grandsire | Clarion |
| Dam | French Fern |
| Damsire | Mossborough |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 13 March 1973 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven |
| Owner | E Charles |
| Trainer | John Sutcliffe Gavin Hunter Michael Stoute |
| Record | 34:8-9-5 |
| Major wins | |
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King George V Stakes (1976) Top Rank Club Handicap (1976) Doncaster Cup (1977) Sagaro Stakes (1978) Ascot Gold Cup (1978) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating -p (1975), 108 (1976), 121 (1977), 125 (1978), 113 (1979) | |
Shangamuzo (13 March 1973 – after 1989) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the Ascot Gold Cup in 1978. A specialist stayer, he won eight of his thirty-four races, finished second nine times and third on five occasions.
He showed promise as a two-year-old in 1975, despite being beaten in all three of his races. In the following season he established himself as a good performer in handicaps, winning five races including the King George V Stakes at Royal Ascot and finishing second in the Jockey Club Cup. In 1977 he emerged as a top-class stayer despite winning only once from eleven starts: he won the Doncaster Cup and was placed in the Paradise Stakes, Yorkshire Cup, Queen Alexandra Stakes and Jockey Club Stakes. Shangamuzo reached his peak as a five-year-old in 1978 when he engaged in a series of races against the outstanding French-bred stayer Buckskin. Shangamuzo decisively defeated Buckskin in both the Sagaro Stakes and the Ascot Gold Cup but after sustaining an injury in the Goodwood Cup he was beaten by his rival in the Doncaster Cup and the Jockey Club Cup.
After an unsuccessful campaign in 1979 he was retired to stud in Brazil, where he had some success as a sire of winners.
Shangamuzo, was a big, powerful, dark chestnut horse with a small white star and a white sock on his right hind leg bred in England by Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven. His sire Klairon was a top-class racehorse whose wins included the Poule d'Essai des Poulains in 1955. Apart from Shangamuzo, he sired the Champion Stakes winner Lorenzaccio and Prix Jacques Le Marois winner Luthier. Klairon was a representative of the Byerley Turk sire line, unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who descend directly from the Darley Arabian. Shangamuzo was one of several winners produced by his dam French Fern, a high-class racemare who won the Ribblesdale Stakes in 1960 and was rated 118 by Timeform. As a descendant of the broodmare French Kiss, she was a distant relative of the Breeders' Cup Mile winner Barathea.
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