Edredon Bleu (26 April 1992 – 28 September 2018) was an

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racehorse. He was bred in France but trained for most of his racing career in the United Kingdom. He was a specialist steeplechaser who recorded most of his wins over two and two-and-a-half miles, but was capable of winning major races over longer distances. In a ten-year racing career he ran fifty-seven times and won twenty-five races. His most important successes when winning the

Queen Mother Champion Chase The Queen Mother Champion Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. As part of a sponsorship agreement with the onl ...

in 2000 and the

King George VI Chase The King George VI Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of ...

in 2003. Edredon Bleu was euthanised on 28 September 2018 at the age of 26.

Racing career

In 2000, Edredon Bleu won the

while ridden by

Tony McCoy Sir Anthony Peter McCoy (born 4 May 1974), commonly known as AP McCoy or Tony McCoy, is a Northern Irish former National Hunt horse racing jockey. Based in Ireland and the UK, McCoy rode a record 4,358 winners, and was Champion Jockey a reco ...

. He also won the 2003

and four renewals of the

Peterborough Chase The Peterborough Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt racing, National Hunt Steeplechase (horse racing), chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Huntingdon ...

from 1998 to 2001.

References

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