Adding a Horse Before you add a horse to this database, please make sure that the horse doesn't already exist in the database. Also, remember that this database is open to Thoroughbred Horses only. Please help us out and do not add horses from other breeds to this database. Add/Edit Information * Horse (TB's Only):LE ROI SOLEIL * Sex: Horse Horse Colt Gelding Filly Mare * Year of birth (4 digits): Sire: Dam: Group/Grade I Winner:Yes | No Extra Optional Information (Information Last Updated: 10/11/21 ) Country of Birth(2 or 3 letter code) FR None (United States) ARG (Argentina) AUS (Australia) AUT (Austria) AZE (Azerbaijan) BAR (Barbados) BEL (Belgium) BHR (Bahrain) BIH (Bosnia and Herzegovina) BRZ (Brazil) BUL (Bulgaria) BZ (Belize) CAN (Canada) CHI (Chile) COL (Columbia) CRI (Costa Rica) CRO (Croatia) CU (Cuba) CYP (Cyprus) CZE (Czech Republic) DEN (Denmark) DR (Dominican Republic) ECU (Ecuador) FR (France) GD (Grenada) GDR (East Germany) GEO (Georgia) GER (Germany) GB (Great Britain) GR (Greece) GTM (Guatemala) GY (Guyana) HOL (Holland) HUN (Hungary) IND (India) IRA (Iran) IRE (Ireland) ISR (Israel) ITY (Italy) JAM (Jamaica) JPN (Japan) KAZ (Kazakhstan) KEN (Kenya) KWT (Kuwait) KG (Kyrgyzstan) LBY (Libya) LC (St Lucia) LEB (Lebanon) LTU (Lithuania) LU (Luxembourg) MAC (Macau) MAR (Martinique) MAL (Malaysia) MEX (Mexico) MDA (Moldova) MOR (Morocco) NZ (New Zealand) NOR (Norway) PAK (Pakistan) PAN (Panama) PER (Peru) PHI (Philippines) POL (Poland) POR (Portugal) PR (Puerto Rico) PRY (Paraguay) QA (Qatar) ROM (Romania) RUS (Russia) SDA (Saudi Arabia) SRB (Serbia) SLO (Slovakia) SVN (Slovenia) SAF (South Africa) KOR (South Korea) SPA (Spain) STK (St. Kitts) STV (St. Vincent) SWE (Sweden) SWI (Switzerland) SYR (Syria) THA (Thailand) TRI (Trinidad) TUN (Tunisia) TUR (Turkey) UAE (United Arab Emirates) USA (United States) UKR (Ukraine) URU (Uruguay) UZB (Uzbekistan) VEN (Venezuela) VNM (Vietnam) WI (West Indies) YU (Yugoslavia) ZIM (Zimbabwe) Color b No Color Bay (b) Black (blk) Black/Brown (blk/br) Brown (br) Buckskin/Dun (buck) Chestnut (ch) Dark Bay/Brown (dkb/br) Dark Chestnut (dkch) Gray (gr) Gray/Roan (gr/r) Palomino (pal) Roan (ro) White (w) Statistics Foals Runners Winners: Stakes Winners: AEI: CI: AWD: Picture URL (Log in to be able to upload your own photo) Breeder/OwnerBreeder: Owner: Information Height: Stud Fee: State Bred (2 letters) Career Record Starts: - 1st: | 2nd: | 3rd: Career Earnings (ie. $100,000 or Unraced) Blacktype Horse Yes | NoMinor Races Won Please use our Stakes Database to enter in major races won. 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) Conformation Notes Other Factual Information:(500 Chars)Retired to Haras de Meautry in July 1899. Main photo taken in 1898; below in 1902. Died at Meautry in November 1917.
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)