- Peintre Celebre
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Peintre Celebre
caption =
sire = Nureyev
grandsire =Northern Dancer
dam = Peinture Bleue
damsire =Alydar
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1994
country = USA flagicon|USA
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Allez France Stables
owner =Daniel Wildenstein
trainer =André Fabre
record = 7: 5-1-1
earnings = £935,001
race =Prix Greffulhe (1997)Prix du Jockey Club (1997)Grand Prix de Paris (1997)Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1997)
awards=European Horse of the Year (1997)
European Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1997)
honours =French Horse Racing Hall of Fame
updated= June 22, 2007Peintre Celebre, (born
1994 ), is a championthoroughbred racehorse .Bred and owned by
Daniel Wildenstein (1917-2001), the renowned French art dealer and highly successful horseman, Peintre Celebre came from a line of outstanding thoroughbreds. A son of Nureyev, France's champion miler in 1980, who was in turn the son of the greatNorthern Dancer . Trained byAndré Fabre , Peintre Celebre was sparsely raced as a two year old, entering only two races, winning one and finishing third in the other.In 1997, at age three, the horse began to show his greatness on the racetrack, winning the French Derby and the
Grand Prix de Paris before facing the best horses inEurope in France's most prestigious race,Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe . Ridden byjockey Olivier Peslier , Peintre Celebre ran away from the field, winning the 1½ mile race by five lengths and breaking the track speed record by an astonishing 3.4 seconds. His victory made him only the second horse afterLe Pacha in 1941 to win all three of theFrench Classic Races open to colts.Peintre Celebre raced only five times that year, winning four and finishing second by a neck in a race where he had been boxed in. Despite the limited number of races, he was named
European Horse of the Year and the International Classification rated him world champion that year.Before the 1998 racing season, Peintre Celebre suffered a career-ending injury and was retired to breeding at
Coolmore Stud in Fethard,County Tipperary ,Ireland .Pedigree
name = Peintre Celebre
f = Nureyev
m = Peinture Bleue
ff =Northern Dancer
fm = Special
mf =Alydar
mm = Petroleuse
fff = Nearctic
ffm = Natalma
fmf = Forli
fmm = Thong
mff =Raise a Native
mfm = Sweet Tooth
mmf = Habitat
mmm = Piencia
ffff =Nearco
fffm = Lady Angela
ffmf =Native Dancer
ffmm = Almahmoud
fmff = Aristophanes
fmfm = Trevisa
fmmf = Nantallah
fmmm = Rough Shod II
mfff =Native Dancer
mffm = Raise You
mfmf = On-and-On
mfmm = Plum Cake
mmff =Sir Gaylord
mmfm = Little Hut
mmmf = Le Haar
mmmm = Petite Saguenay|References
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjr0SLeyhrI Video of Peintre Celebre's impressive win in the 1997 Prix du Jockey Club at YouTube.com]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/peintre+celebre Peintre Celebre's pedigree and partial racing stats]
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