Brantôme (horse)
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| Brantôme | ||
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| Sire: | Blandford | |
| Dam: | Vitamine | |
| Damsire: | Clarissimus | |
| Sex: | Stallion | |
| Foaled: | 1931 | |
| Country: | France | |
| Colour: | Bay | |
| Breeder: | Baron Edouard Alphonse de Rothschild | |
| Owner: | Haras de Meautry | |
| Trainer: | André Fabre | |
| Record: | 14: 12-0-0 | |
| Earnings: | $1,979,631 | |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | ||
| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Prix Robert Papin (1933) Grand Critérium (1933) Prix Morny (1933) French 2000 Guineas (1934) Prix Lupin (1934) Prix Royal-Oak (1934) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1934) Prix du Prince d'Orange (1935) Prix du Cadran (1935) |
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| Racing Awards | ||
| French Champion 2 Year-Old French Champion 3 Year-Old Timeform rating: 139 |
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Infobox last updated on: September 23, 2006. |
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Brantôme (1931-1952) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and prominent sire. Owned by the Haras de Meautry stable of Edouard Alphonse de Rothschild, Brantôme was unbeaten at ages 2 and 3 and is ranked among the best French horses ever.
Sired by Irish stallion Blandford (1919-1935) out of the mare Vitamine, as a two year-old, Brantôme won the Prix Robert Papin, Grand Critérium and the Prix Morny and was voted two year-old Champion of the year. His major victories at age three include the French 2000 Guineas, the Prix Lupin, the Prix Royal-Oak, the country's most prestigiouis horse race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe plus other significant races. Undefeated, he was voted the three-year-old Champion of the year. In 1935, at age four, Brantôme suffered his first loss. Entered in the Ascot Gold Cup in England, eleven days before the race Brantôme got loose from the stables and was not caught until after he had galloped into downtown Chantilly. The horse lost three shoes and sustained a bad cut. Despite this, his owner still sent him to compete in the Ascot Gold Cup where he finished out of the money.
After winning twelve of the fourteen races he competed in, Brantôme was retired to stand at stud. During the German occupation of France in World War II the Nazis seized some of the best racehorses in France. They shipped more than six hundred thoroughbreds out of the country. Some went to Hungary, but most were shipped to Germany for racing or for breeding at the German National Stud. Among them was the champion Brantôme who would be recovered in 1945 at the end of the War.
Brantôme proved a successful sire. Included in his offspring is Shergar. He died on July 3, 1952.
