Vayrann

Vayrann
Sire	Brigadier Gerard
Grandsire	Queen's Hussar
Dam	Val Divine
Damsire	Val de Loir
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	7 April 1978
Country	Ireland
Colour	Brown
Breeder	Aga Khan IV
Owner	Aga Khan IV
Trainer	Francois Mathet
Record	8: 4-1-1
Major wins
Prix Jean de Chaudenay (1981) Prix du Prince d'Orange (1981) Champion Stakes (1981)
Awards
Timeform rating: 133 (1981), 123 (1982)

Vayrann (foaled 7 April 1978) was an Irish-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a three-year-old in 1981 he won four of his six races including the Prix Jean de Chaudenay, Prix du Prince d'Orange and Champion Stakes. His victory in the latter race was only confirmed at the end of a protracted and controversial process after he failed a post-race drug test. He was injured on his second appearance in 1982 and was retired to stud, where he had moderate success as a sire of winners.

Vayrann was a brown horse with a large white star and a white coronet on his left hind foot officially bred by his owner Aga Khan IV in Ireland. He was one of the best horses sired by Brigadier Gerard who won seventeen of his eighteen races between 1970 and 1972 and is rated the second best British-trained racehorse since 1947 (after Frankel by the independent Timeform organisation. Vayrann's dam Val Divine (bred by Francois Dupre) was a moderate racehorse but a very good broodmare who produced the Queen Anne Stakes winner Valiyar and the Oak Tree Invitational Stakes winner Yashgan as well as the dams of Natroun (Prix du Jockey Club) and Vereva (Prix de Diane). The Aga Khan bought Val Divine at the dispersal of Dupre's bloodstock: at the time she was carrying the unborn foal who would later be named Vayrann.

Vayrann 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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