LE ROI SOLEIL (FR) b. H, 1895
{5-f} DP = 0-0-0-0-0 (0) DI = Inf CD = Inf - 10 Starts, 8 Wins, 1 Places, 1 Shows Career Earnings: 506,625 francs |
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| Owner: Alphonse James de Rothschild Breeder: Baron de Rothschild, Haras de Meautry Winnings: 10 Starts: 8 - 1 - 1, 506,625 francs
Considered one of the greatest French runners of all time.
1897, 2 starts: WON Prix Yacowlef (DEA 1000m), Premier Critérium (LCH 1100m)
1898, 5 starts:
WON Prix Hocquart (LCH 2500m), Prix Greffulhe (LCH 2100m), Grand Prix de Paris (LCH 3000m; easily defeating Gardefeu by a length), Prix Royal-Oak (LCH 3000m; defeating Gardefeu by 3/4 length)
2ND Prix Lupin (LCH 2100m; to Gardefeu by a neck after the jockey lost his whip)
1899, 3 starts:
WON Prix du Cadran (LCH 4200m), Prix Rainbow (LCH 5000m)
3RD Prix Boiard (ML 2000; to Fourire & Railleur, after being off 6 months since winning the Royal Oak)
Retired to Haras de Meautry in July 1899. Main photo taken in 1898; below in 1902. Died at Meautry in November 1917.
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Family Summary: 1-a (1), 1-o (1), 2-i (1), 3-m (3), 3-n (2), 4-l (1), 5-d (4), 5-f (7), 5 (3), 7 (1), 8 (3), 10-a (3), 12-c (4), 14-d (2), 14-a (2), 19-a (3), 20-a (5), 21 (2), 24 (2), 31 (4), 37 (1),
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