Val de Loir: Difference between revisions

Val de Loir
Val de Loir
Sire	Vieux Manoir
Grandsire	Brantome
Dam	Vali
Damsire	Sunny Boy
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1959
Country	France
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Robert Forget
Owner	Marquise du Vivier
Trainer	Max Bonaventure
Record	21: 7-2-2
Earnings	US$268,771 (equivalent)
Major wins
	Prix Noailles (1962); Prix du Jockey Club (1962); Prix Hocquart (1962); Grand Prix de Deauville (1963)
Awards
	Leading sire in France (1973, 1974, 1975); Leading broodmare sire in Britain & Ireland (1981)

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 11:13, 20 October 2012

Val de Loir (May 7, 1959 - October 30, 1974) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse who won important races in France including the French Derby and was a Champion sire.

Val de Loir stood at Haras de Sassy in Saint-Christophe-le-Jajolet in Lower Normandy. He notably sired Grand Prix de Paris winners Chaparral (1969) and Tennyson (1973), the 1968 Epsom Oaks winner, La Lagune, the 1970 Gran Premio de Madrid winner, Ifniri, and the 1976 Irish Oaks and Prix Vermeille winner, Lagunette.

Among his other offspring, Val de Loir was the damsire of 1981 Epsom Derby winner Shergar, the 1983 Epsom Oaks winner, Sun Princess, and Green Dancer, winner of the 1975 French 2,000 Guineas and the Leading sire in France in 1991.

This article about a racehorse is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 ==References==
 * [http://www.pedigreequery.com/val+de+loir Val de Loir's pedigree and racing stats]
-* [http://www.tbheritage.com/Search.html search page for Val de Loir records at ''Thoroughbred Heritage'']
+* [http://www.tbheritage.com/Search.html search page for Branch of Ton records at ''Thoroughbred Heritage'']