- Le Pacha
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Le Pacha
caption =
sire = Biribi
grandsire = Rabelais
dam = Advertencia
damsire = Kasar
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1938
country =France flagicon|France
colour = Bay
breeder = Andre Schwob
owner = Philippe Gund
trainer = John Cunnington
record = 12: 9-?-?
earnings = £15,080 (equivalent)
race =Prix Hocquart (1941)Prix Greffulhe (1941)Prix Lupin (1941)Prix Royal-Oak (1941)Prix du Prince d'Orange (1942)French Classic Race wins:
Prix du Jockey Club (1941)Grand Prix de Paris (1941)Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1941)
awards=French Champion Three-Year-Old Colt
honours = Prix le Pacha atSaint-Cloud Racecourse
updated= July 23, 2007Le Pacha (foaled in 1938) was a Champion French
Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Andre Schwob, his dam was Advertencia, a daughter of two-time Arc winner, Ksar. He was sired by Biribi who won the 1926Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and who was a son of the three-timeLeading sire in France , Rabelais.Raced by Philippe Gund, Le Pacha was trained by John Cunnington whose family founded the English Racing Colony in
Chantilly, Oise . The dominant three-year-old in wartime France in 1941, Le Pacha went undefeated while winning the preeminent races for his age group, thePrix du Jockey Club and the then 3,000 meterGrand Prix de Paris . He followed these important wins by defeating older horses in winning thePrix de l'Arc de Triomphe , thus becoming the first of only two horses to ever win all three of theFrench Classic Races open to colts.In 1942, Le Pacha's best results were a win in the
Prix du Prince d'Orange and a second toDjebel in theGrand Prix de Saint-Cloud . Retired to stud duty, he met with modest success as a sire while standing at Prince Aly Khan'sHaras de Saint-Crespin nearLe Mesnil-Mauger inLower Normandy .References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/le+pacha Le Pacha's pedigree and partial racing stats]
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