Top Ville
| Top Ville | |
|---|---|
| Sire | High Top |
| Grandsire | Derring-Do |
| Dam | Sega Ville |
| Damsire | Charlottesville |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 5 April 1976 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Aga Khan IV |
| Owner | Aga Khan IV |
| Trainer | Francois Mathet |
| Record | 10:6-1-1 |
| Major wins | |
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Prix Saint-Roman (1978) Prix de Conde (1978) Prix de Guiche (1979) Prix Lupin (1979) Prix du Jockey Club (1979) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 120 (1978), 129 (1979) | |
Top Ville (5 April 1976 – after 1994) was an Irish-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In the autumn of 1978, the colt established himself as one of the leading two-year-old colts in France with wins in the Prix Saint-Roman, Prix de Conde. In the following year, he took his winning run to six with victories in the Prix de Guiche, Prix Lupin and Prix du Jockey Club, beating top-class opponents including Irish River and Le Marmot. He was beaten in his two remaining races and was retired to stud, where he became a successful and influential breeding stallion.
Top Ville was a dark-coated bay horse with a white star and a white sock on his left hind leg bred in Ireland by his owner Aga Khan IV. He was sired by High Top, who won the 2000 Guineas in 1972 and later became a successful breeding stallion. His other progeny included the Oaks Stakes winner Circus Plume and the St Leger winner Cut Above. Top Ville's dam, Sega Ville who was bred and owned by the widow of Francois Dupre, was a successful racehorse who won the Prix de Flore in 1971, and a daughter of the outstanding racemare La Sega, who won the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and the Prix de Diane in 1962. Top Ville was her second foal. Top Ville was trained by the veteran Francois Mathet at Chantilly. Mathet had trained many of the best French racehorses of the 20th century including Tantieme, Relko, and Reliance.
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