Ksar (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Ksar


caption = Ksar, 1921
sire = Bruleur
grandsire = Chouberski
dam = Kizil Kourgan
damsire = Omnium II
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1918
country = France flagicon|France
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Evremond de Saint-Alary
owner = Madame Edmond Blanc
trainer = Walter R. Walton
record = 14: 11-3-0
earnings = US$320,000 (equivalent)
race = Prix de la Salamandre (1920)
Prix Royal-Oak (1921)
Prix Hocquart (1921)
Prix du Jockey Club (1921)
Prix Lupin (1921)
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1921 & 1922)
Prix du President de la Republique (1922)
Prix du Prince d'Orange (1922)
Prix du Cadran (1922)
Prix des Sablons (1922)
awards= Leading sire in France (1931)
honours =
updated= January 24, 2007

Ksar (1918-1937) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse who had back-to-back wins in France's most prestigious horse race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

Bred by Evremond de Saint-Alary at his Haras de Saint Pair du Mont in Normandy, Ksar was purchased by the renowned French horseman, Edmond Blanc. He died in 1920 and his widow raced Ksar, beginning at age two when he won the Prix de la Salamandre at Longchamp Racecourse. At age three, Ksar was the dominant horse in France, winning five major races including the coveted Prix du Jockey Club and the first of his two consecutive Prix de l'Arc de Triomphes. Ksar continued his dominance at age four, winning his second Arc and adding the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (Prix du President de la Republique).

As a sire

Ksar was retired after his four-year-old racing season with an impressive 11-3-0 record in his fourteen career starts. At stud at his owner's Haras de Jardy, Ksar would be an influential sire. His son Le Ksar won England's 2,000 Guineas and through his most noted son Tourbillon, Ksar was the leading sire in France in 1931. He also sired the filly Diademe who won in England and France as well as the successful Spanish broodmare, Maravilla. Among Ksar's grandsons are Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winners Djebel (1942) and Caracalla (1946). Ksar was also the damsire of the 1941 Arc winner and Three-Year-Old Champion, Le Pacha.

In his later years, Ksar was sold to American breeding interests and stood at stud at Montana Hall Stud in Virginia where he produced a number of international show jumping horses until his death in 1937 at age nineteen.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/ksar Ksar's pedigree and racing stats]
* [http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricDams/EngFoundationMares/Family3/Family3.html Brief profile of Ksar at "Thoroughbred Heritage"]