Horsename: | Roi Dagobert (FR) |
Sire: | Sicambre (FR) |
Grandsire: | Prince Bio (FR) |
Dam: | Dame d'Atour (FR) |
Damsire: | Cranach (FR) |
Sex: | Stallion |
Foaled: | 16.2.1964 |
Country: | France |
Colour: | dkb/br |
Record: | 8: 4-3-0 |
Earnings: | FF1,208,254 |
Race: | Prix Lupin (1967) Prix Greffulhe (1967) Prix Noailles (1967) |
Updated: | 31 October 2010 |
Roi Dagobert (FR) (foaled 16.2.1964) was a Thoroughbred racehorse (dkb/br.), by Sicambre (FR) out of Dame d'Atour (FR) (unraced).[1] [2] He was a champion three-year-old in France in 1967.[3]
From eight starts he won four races, including the Prix Lupin (2100 m), the Prix Greffulhe (ridden by Yves Saint-Martin) (2100 m) and the Prix Noailles (then 2200 m), all at Longchamp. He was placed three times, including second in the Critérium de Saint-Cloud at Saint-Cloud and third in the Prix Ganay at Longchamp. His career total earnings were FF1,208,254.[4]
Roi Dagobert stood at stud in the US from 1969 to 1973, in France from 1974 to 1985 and in Germany from 1986 to ?.[5]
He sired On The Sly (USA) (1973), winner of 14 races including the Lou Smith Memorial Handicap, Rosemont Stakes, Jockey Club Gold Cup (Group 1), Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (Group 2).-G2, Whirlaway Handicap, Donald P. Ross Handicap (Group 2) and Grey Lag Handicap (Group 2);[6] and Abary (DE) (1980), winner of the Grosser Preis von Berlin (Group 1 - twice), Großer Preis der Badischen Wirtschaft (Group 2 - twice)[7]
He was broodmare sire of Made of Gold (USA)(1989), winner of the Royal Lodge Stakes (Group 2) and second in the Prix de la Salamandre (Group 1)[8]