- Hector Protector
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Hector Protector
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sire = Woodman
grandsire =Mr. Prospector
dam = Korveya
damsire =Riverman
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1988
country = United States
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Flaxman Holdings Ltd
owner =Stavros Niarchos
trainer =Francois Boutin
record = 12: 9-0-0
earnings = £590,086
race =Prix La Fleche (1990)Prix de Cabourg (1990)
Grand Critérium (1990)Prix Morny (1990)Prix de la Salamandre (1990)Poule d'Essai des Poulains (1991)Prix de Fontainebleau (1991)Prix Jacques Le Marois (1991)
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updated= CURRENTTIME, CURRENTDAYNAMECURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTDAY CURRENTYEAR (UTC )Hector Protector (foaled 1988 in
Kentucky ) is an American-bredThoroughbred racehorse who competed primarily inFrance . Owned and bred byStavros Niarchos , he was conditioned for racing byFrancois Boutin .At age two, under jockey
Freddy Head , Hector Protector won threeGroup One races, the 1990 Grand Critérium,Prix Morny , and thePrix de la Salamandre . Ridden by Head at age three, the colt finished fourth to winner Generous in the1991 Epsom Derby inEngland . Back in France, he won two more Group Ones, the 1991Poule d'Essai des Poulains and thePrix Jacques Le Marois .Retired from racing, Hector Protector was purchased by
Zenya Yoshida , the prominentJapan ese horseman and owner of Shadai Farm inShiraoi, Hokkaido . Yoshida brought him to stand at stud in Japan.References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/hector+protector Hector Protector's pedigree and partial racing stats]
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