Ajax (1901 – 15 February 1915) was an undefeated French

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racehorse who won the 1904

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and

Grand Prix de Paris The Grand Prix de Paris is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and i ...

and was an influential sire.

Breeding

Bred and raced by Edmond Blanc, he was by

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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 the

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in 1906 and then in 1908 to

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.Pryor, Peter, ''The Classic Connection'', Cortney Publications, Luton, 1979

Racing record

Ajax was trained by Robert Denman and ridden by jockey, George Stern. In 1904 the three-year-old colt won the two most prestigious races in France, the

and the

before retiring undefeated after five starts. At

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, Ajax was an influential stallion who sired Union (his first classic winner and the 3rd dam of

Le Pacha Le 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 1926 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and who was a son ...

) and Teddy. His daughters produced the undefeated Havresac II, Invershin, Massine and Le Correge. Ajax died on 15 February 1915.

Pedigree

''Note: b. = Bay, br. =

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, ch. = Chestnut'' * Ajax was

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3x4 to

Galopin Galopin (1872–1899) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from June 1874 until October 1875 he ran nine times and won eight races. He was one of the best British two-year-olds of 1874, winning his fir ...

. This means that the stallion appears once in the third generation and once in the fourth generation of his pedigree.

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External links

Ajax at ''Thoroughbred Heritage''
1901 racehorse births 1915 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in France Racehorses trained in France French Thoroughbred Classic Race winners Undefeated racehorses Thoroughbred family 2-i

Breeding

Racing record

Pedigree

See also

References

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