Zafonic

Zafonic
Sire	Gone West
Grandsire	Mr. Prospector
Dam	Zaizafon
Damsire	The Minstrel
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1 April 1990
Country	United States
Colour	Brown/Black
Breeder	Juddmonte Farms
Owner	Khalid Abdullah
Trainer	Andre Fabre
Record	7: 5-1-0
Earnings	£374,042
Major wins
Prix Morny (1992) Prix de la Salamandre (1992) Dewhurst Stakes (1992) 2,000 Guineas (1993)
Awards
European Champion Two-Yr-Old Colt (1992)
Last updated on February 5, 2007

Zafonic (1 April 1990 – 7 September 2002) was a European Thoroughbred racehorse bred in Kentucky. He was the 1992 European Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and won the following year's 2,000 Guineas.

Zafonic was sired by the Mr. Prospector stallion Gone West, out of the Seaton Delaval Stakes winner Zaizafon, a daughter of The Minstrel. He was owned and bred by Khalid Abdullah and conditioned by the French trainer Andre Fabre.

Racing at age two, Zafonic went undefeated. After winning a minor race at Deauville in August, he followed up with a win in the Group One Prix Morny at the same course ten days later. Three weeks later in the Prix de la Salamandre at Longchamp, he took the lead in the straight and pulled clear to beat Kingmambo by three lengths. He then was shipped to the Newmarket Racecourse in the United Kingdom where he won the Dewhurst Stakes by four lengths in "very impressive" style. His 1992 performance earned him the Cartier Racing Award as Europe's Champion Two-Year-Old Colt.

At three, Zafonic started at 10-1 ON for his debut in the Prix Djebel but lost his unbeaten record when he was beaten a short head by Kingmambo. Sent back to Newmarket for the British Classic, the 2,000 Guineas, Zafonic won by 3½ lengths from Barathea and breaking a 45-year-old course record. In the Sussex Stakes, the colt burst a blood vessel and finished seventh.

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