- L'Enjoleur
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = L'Enjoleur
caption =
sire =Buckpasser
grandsire =Tom Fool
dam = Fanfreluche
damsire =Northern Dancer
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1972
country =Canada flagicon|Canada
colour = Bay
breeder =Jean-Louis Lévesque
owner =Jean-Louis Lévesque
trainer =Yonnie Starr
record = 30:15-4-2
earnings= $546,079
race =Clarendon Stakes (1974)Laurel Futurity (1974)Cup and Saucer Stakes (1974)Coronation Futurity Stakes (1974)
Summer Stakes (1974)Winnipeg Futurity (1974)Prince of Wales Stakes (1975)Manitoba Derby (1975)Quebec Derby (1975)
Colonel R. S. McLaughlin Handicap (1975)Canadian Classic Race wins:
Queen's Plate (1975)
awards = Canadian 2-Yr-Old Champion (1974)
Canadian 3-Yr-Old Champion (1975)
Canadian Horse of the Year (1974 & 1975)
honours =Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2007)
updated= March 17, 2008L'Enjoleur (1972 - January 26, 2000) was a Canadian
Thoroughbred race horse. Bred and owned by prominentMontreal businessmanJean-Louis Lévesque , L'Enjoleur was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee,Buckpasser , a son of another Hall of Famer,Tom Fool . He was out of the racing mare Fanfreluche, a daughter of the 20th Century's most influential sire,Northern Dancer .Trained by
Yonnie Starr , in 1974 L'Enjoleur was voted theSovereign Award as Canadian champion two-year-old plus the most prestigious of all, theSovereign Award for Horse of the Year . Included in his 1974 wins was the important Grade 1Laurel Futurity inBaltimore . At age three, L'Enjoleur earned both titles again, becoming the first repeat winner of "Horse of the Year" honors in the award's 25 year history.L'Enjoleur's 1975 campaign included victory in the first two legs of the Canadian Triple Crown. He captured the
Queen's Plate in June then thePrince of Wales Stakes in July before finishing third on thegrass in the AugustBreeders' Stakes . L'Enjoleur was retired to stud at the end of the 1975 season with a race record of 15-4-2 in 30 starts.As a sire, L'Enjoleur produced two champions, seven group/graded stakes winners, and 32 overall stakes winners. After ill health forced Jean-Louis Lévesque (1911-1994) to sell his stable, in 1993 L'Enjoleur was sent to a breeding farm in
Ohio where he led the Ohio general sire list on five occasions including four consecutive years from 1995 through 1998.Pensioned, L'Enjoleur died at the age of 28 in 2000 at Highland Meadows Farm near
Petersburg, Ohio .In 2007, L'Enjoleur was inducted into the
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame .Racing wins at age 2:
*Laurel Futurity
* Ontario Foaled Stakes
*Coronation Futurity
*Cup and Saucer Stakes
* Summer Stakes
* Winnipeg Futurity
*Clarendon Stakes Racing wins at age 3:
* Carling O'Keefe Invitational Handicap
*Queen's Plate
*Prince of Wales Stakes
*Manitoba Derby
*Quebec Derby
* Colonel R. S. McLaughlin Handicap
* Harry Jeffrey HandicapReferences
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/lenjoleur L'Enjoleur's pedigree and stats]
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