Haras de Saint Pair du Mont is a

Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are ...

horse breeding farm at Le Cadran near Cambremer in

Calvados Calvados (, , ) is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples or pears, or from apples with pears. History In France Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known record of Nor ...

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. The business was founded circa the 1880s by renowned horseman, Leonce Delatre whose estate sold the property to

Evremond de Saint-Alary Count Evremond de Saint-Alary (1868–1941) was a leading owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses in France. Heir of a well known family from the French West Indies, as a young man in his twenties Saint-Alary became involved in horse racing a ...

in the early 1890s. On his death in 1941, Saint-Alary left the property to a lady friend, Mademoiselle Frémont-Tousch. Following her death, the farm was acquired by Jean Stern. In 1971, Stern's daughter, Madame Sanjust di Teulada, took over management of the property and the following March at Auteuil Racecourse disposed of a large portion of the bloodstock. In 1998 a Swedish gentleman named Goranson purchased the farm which still operates to this day under the management of Thierry de Chambord. Over the years, Haras de Saint Pair du Mont became famous for both racing and breeding such horses as

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, Omnium II, Bruleur, Leading sire in France in 1921, 1924, and 1929,

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, and Sicambre. Under Jean Stern, the stable was involved in both

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and steeplechase racing. His jump horses won the Paris Grand Steeplechase on four occasions and the 1950 Gran Premio Merano in

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References

Haras de Saint Pair du Mont official website

External links

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