Dauphin Fabuleux is a Canadian

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. Bred by

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member, Don McClelland, he was purchased for $77,000 at the 1983 CTHS yearling auction by

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. Dauphin Fabuleux was out of the mare Jansum Regal, a daughter of 1968

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, Viceregal. His

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sire, Le Fabuleux, was a winner of several major races including the

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and was the

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in 1980. Conditioned for racing by trainer

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. Racing at age two in 1984, he won four of the most important races for two-year-olds in Canada, two on turf, and two on dirt. He was sent to

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to compete in the November 10th inaugural running of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile in which he finished sixth to winner Chief's Crown. At year end, Dauphin Fabuleux earned

honors, the first of a record nine for Sam-Son Farm. At age three, Dauphin Fabuleux met with limited racing success before being retired to stud where he met with modest success, notably siring French King, a Canadian multiple stakes winner including the Coronation Futurity Stakes.

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