Sassafras (horse)

Sassafras (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Sassafras


caption =
sire = Sheshoon
grandsire = Precipitation
dam = Ruta
damsire = Ratification
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1967
country = France flagicon|France
colour = Bay
breeder = Dollanstown Stud
owner = Arpad Plesch. Racing silks: Light blue, red spots, red cap.
trainer = Francois Mathet
record = 11: 6-2-1
earnings = US$595,139 (equivalent)
race = Prix Royal-Oak (1970)
Prix La Force (1970)
Prix du Jockey Club (1970)
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1970)
awards= Champion 3-year-old colt in France (1970)
honours =
updated= January 21, 2007

Sassafras (1967-1988) was an French Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.

Owned by Arpad Plesch he was trained by Francois Mathet and ridden in most of his races by Yves Saint-Martin. He was the champion 3-year-old colt in France, 1970. Sassafrás won six races out of 11 starts: the Prix de la Bresbe, the Prix Androcles, the Prix La Force, the Prix Royal-Oak, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I), and the Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby) (Fr-I).

He also took 2nd Place in the Prix Lagrange and 3rd Place in the Prix Lupin. He sensationally upset the great English Triple Crown winner Nijinsky to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe by a rapidly narrowing head in 1970.

Sent to the United States for stud duty, Sassafras died in 1988 and is buried at Pillar Stud in Lexington, Kentucky.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/sassafras Sassafrás' pedigree]


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