- Finasseur
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Finasseur
caption =
sire =Winkfield's Pride
grandsire = Winkfield
dam = Finaude
damsire = Clamart
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1902
country =France flagicon|France
colour = Chestnut
breeder =Edmond Blanc
owner =Michel Ephrussi
trainer =James d'Okhuysen
record = 17: 7-5-2 £25,586
earnings = £25,586 (equivalent)
race =Prix des Chênes (1904)
Prix du President de la Republique (1905)
Grand Prix de Bruxelles (1905)French Classic Race wins:
Prix du Jockey Club (1905)Grand Prix de Paris (1905)
awards=
honours = Prix Finasseur atSaint-Cloud Racecourse
updated= CURRENTTIME, CURRENTDAYNAMECURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTDAY CURRENTYEAR (UTC )Finasseur (1902-1909) was a French
Thoroughbred racehorse who, at age three, won the two most prestigious races in France. He was bred byEdmond Blanc at hisHaras de Jardy stud farm atMarnes-la-Coquette about sixteen kilometers west of centralParis and purchased for racing byMichel Ephrussi , a wealthy businessman connected to theRothschild banking family of France .Ephrussi entrusted the colt's race conditioning to trainer,
James d'Okhuysen . Sent to race at age two, Finasseur notably won the 1904Prix des Chênes atLongchamp Racecourse in Paris.As a three-year-old, Finasseur was the dominant horse in French racing, winning the Prix du President de la Republique at
Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse , the then 1½ mile French Derby atChantilly Racecourse . He was ridden to victory by future United States Racing Hall of Fame inducteeNash Turner . An American, Turner came to France for fellow American owner/trainerH. Eugene Leigh and chose to make his permanent home there. Finasseur then won what was the most prestigious race in France at the time, theGrand Prix de Paris . His other major win came in theGrand Prix de Bruxelles at theHippodrome de Boitsfort in the Boitsfort suburb ofBrussels ,Belgium .Retired to stud duty at his owner's
Haras du Gazon inNormandy , Finasseur had only been bred to a few mares when he injured himself in his stall and broke a leg bone. The injury forced his owner to euthanize the valuable horse. Of note, a Finasseur filly named Stanzia was purchased in utero by Haras San Ignacio inArgentina . Her colt, Solpido, was a successful runner who broke several Argentinian time records.References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/finasseur Finasseur's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A00E4DE103AE733A2575AC2A9639C946497D6CF May 29, 1905 "New York Times" article on Finasseur winning the Prix du Jockey Club]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A0CE0D81431E733A25751C1A9609C946497D6CF June 12, 1905 "New York Times" article on Finasseur winning the Grand Prix de Paris]
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