Motrico (horse)

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Motrico

Sire	Radames
Grandsire	Rabelais
Dam	Martigues
Damsire	Doricles
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1925
Country	France
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Maurice Labrouche
Owner	Vicomte Max de Rivaud
Trainer	Maurice d'Okhuysen
Record	Not found
Earnings	Estimated at over FF2,000,000
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Critérium de Saint-Cloud (1927) Prix Miss Gladiator (1928) Prix Boiard (1928) Prix du Conseil Municipal (1929) Prix du Prince d'Orange (1930 & 1932) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1930 & 1932)
Honours
Prix Motrico at Hippodrome Saint-Cloud
Infobox last updated on: March 29, 2007.

Motrico (1925-c.1951) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse who was the third of only six horses to ever win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on two occasions.

Named for a coastal town in the province of Guipúzcoa in Spain, Motrico was a descendant through his male line of English Triple Crown champion Flying Fox. He was five years old when he won the 1930 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and was then retired to stud duty. Less than successful as a sire, he was bought back to the race track in 1932 and in the fall became the oldest "Arc" winner when he claimed victory for a second time under jockey Charles Semblat.

As a sire, the best known of Motrico's offspring was Hanhof who won the 1944 Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris and a grandson named Vulgan who became an important sire of Steeplechase horses. His last foal was born in 1950.