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Ajax (horse)

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French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
For the Australian racehorse of the same name, seeAjax II.
Ajax
SireFlying Fox (GB)
GrandsireOrme
DamAmie
DamsireClamart
SexStallion
Foaled1901
CountryFrance
ColourBay
BreederEdmond Blanc
OwnerEdmond Blanc
TrainerRobert Denman
Record5 starts, 5 wins
Major wins
Prix Noailles (1904)
Prix Lupin (1904)
Prix du Jockey Club (1904)
Grand Prix de Paris (1904)
Last updated on 29 January 2011

Ajax (1901 – 15 February 1915) was an undefeated FrenchThoroughbredracehorse who won the 1904Prix du Jockey Club andGrand Prix de Paris and was an influentialsire.

Breeding

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Bred and raced byEdmond Blanc, he was byFlying Fox and out of Amie, whose sire Clamart also won the Grand Prix de Paris. Ajax is a brother to Adam, a sire who was exported to theUnited States in 1906 and then in 1908 toAustria.[1]

Racing record

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Ajax was trained byRobert Denman and ridden byjockey,George Stern. In 1904 the three-year-old colt won the two most prestigious races in France, thePrix du Jockey Club[2] and theGrand Prix de Paris[3] before retiring undefeated after five starts.

Atstud, Ajax was an influential stallion[4] who sired Union (his first classic winner and the 3rd dam ofLe Pacha) andTeddy. His daughters produced the undefeated Havresac II, Invershin, Massine and Le Correge.[1] Ajax died on 15 February 1915.[5]

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Ajax, bay stallion, 1901
Sire
Flying Fox
b. 1896
Orme
b. 1889
Ormonde
b. 1883
Bend Or
Lily Agnes
Angelica
b. 1879
Galopin*
St.Angela
Vampire
br. 1889
Galopin*
br. 1872
Vedette
Flying Duchess
Irony
ch. 1881
Rosebery
Sarcasm
Dam
Amie
b. 1893
Clamart
ch. 1888
SaumurDollar
Finlande
Princess Catherine
ch. 1876
Prince Charlie
Catherine
Alice
b./br. 1887
Wellingtonia
ch. 1869
Chattanooga
Araucaria
Asta
br. 1877
Cambuslang
Lady Superior

Note: b. =Bay, br. =Brown, ch. =Chestnut

* Ajax wasinbred 3x4 toGalopin. This means that the stallion appears once in the third generation and once in the fourth generation of his pedigree.

See also

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References

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  1. ^abPryor, Peter,The Classic Connection, Cortney Publications, Luton, 1979
  2. ^"All the races".www.france-galop.com. Archived fromthe original on 2012-03-01.
  3. ^"All the races".www.france-galop.com. Archived fromthe original on 2012-03-01.
  4. ^Tb Heritage: Flying Fox
  5. ^Staff (1917). "Etalons Anglais".Stud Book Français.17: 2.

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