Sicambre | |
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Sire | Prince Bio |
Grandsire | Prince Rose |
Dam | Sif |
Damsire | Rialto |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1948 |
Country | France |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Haras de Saint Pair du Mont |
Owner | Jean Stern |
Trainer | Max Bonaventure |
Record | 9: 8-1-0 |
Earnings | not found |
Major wins | |
Grand Criterium (1950) Prix de Guiche (1951) Prix Greffulhe (1951) Prix Hocquart (1951) French Classic Race wins: Prix du Jockey Club (1951) Grand Prix de Paris (1951) |
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Awards | |
Leading sire in France (1966) Timeform rating:135 |
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Horse (Equus ferus caballus) |
Sicambre (1948-1975) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and Champion sire. He was bred by Jean Stern at his Haras de Saint Pair du Mont in Le Cadran, Calvados. Stern raced and owned him throughout his life.
Trained by Max Bonaventure, in the only defeat of his career, Sicambe finished second in the 1950 Prix Morny. He then won the 1950 Grand Criterium, France's most important race for two-year-olds. At age three, Sicambre won three important conditions races plus two French Classics, the Prix du Jockey Club and Grand Prix de Paris, in the process earning an impressive Timeform rating of 135.
Sicambre was retired to stand at stud beginning in 1952 at his owners Haras de Saint Pair du Mont where he died on April 30, 1975 and was buried in their equine cemetery. The leading sire in France in 1966, Sicambre sired: [1]
Through his daughter Sicalade, Sicambre was the damsire of Sea Bird who won the 1965 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and who earned the highest Timeform rating in history.