Raintrap (foaled 1990 in Great Britain) is a British
Thoroughbred
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racehorse and
sire.
Background
Raintrap was a chestnut horse bred in England by his owner Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms. He was sired by
Rainbow Quest
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who won the
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
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before becoming a very successful breeding stallion. Rainbow Quest's other progeny included
Quest for Fame,
Saumarez,
Sunshack,
Nedawi
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,
Armiger
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,
Spectrum
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and
Millenary
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. Sunshack's dam Suntrap was a successful racemare who won three minor races and finished third in both the
Prix d'Aumale
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and the
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. As a broodmare went on to produce Raintrap's full-brother Sunshack.
Raintrap was sent into training with
André Fabre
André Fabre (born 9 December 1945) is a French thoroughbred horse racing trainer.
The son of a diplomat, Fabre graduated from university with a law degree but then decided to pursue a career in thoroughbred horse racing. He began by working in ...
in France.
Racing career
Raintrap made his racing debut on April 24, 1993, with a second-place finish in a three-horse field in the Prix Le Pacha at
Saint-Cloud Racecourse
Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud is a grass race course for Thoroughbred flat horse racing opened in 1901 at 1 rue du Camp Canadien in Saint-Cloud near Paris, France. During World War 1, the race course site housed the No. 4 Canadian Stationary Hospita ...
. He then won three races in a row: the Prix Nimbus, the G3
Prix Berteux, and the G2
Prix Kergorlay
The Prix Kergorlay is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 3,000 metres (about 1â…ž miles), and it is scheduled t ...
. In October at
Longchamp Racecourse
The Longchamp Racecourse (french: Hippodrome de Longchamp) is a 57 hectare horse-racing facility located on the Route des Tribunes at the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, France. It is used for flat racing and is noted for its variety of interlaced ...
in Paris, he ran second in the
Prix de Lutèce, then won the
G1 Prix Royal Oak
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.
Racing at age four, Raintrap was fourth in England's
Ascot Gold Cup, then back in France won the Prix Du Carrousel at
Evry
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. On October 16, 1994, he won the most important race of his career at
Woodbine Racetrack
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in
Toronto
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, Canada. Earning the second win for trainer André Fabre in the
Canadian International Stakes
The Canadian International Stakes is a Grade I stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years of age and up on Turf. It is held annually in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The current purse is
Since its creatio ...
, Raintrap captured the prestigious race in a course record time of 2:25.6 for 1½ miles. Turned over by his owner to American trainer
Bobby Frankel, three weeks later on November 5, Raintrap finished tenth to winner
Tikkanen in the November 5, 1994,
Breeders' Cup Turf, then was shipped to
Tokyo Racecourse
is located in Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1933 for horse racing, it is considered the "racecourse of racecourses" in Japanese horseracing. It has a capacity of 223,000, with seating for 13,750.
Tokyo Racecourse hosts numerous G1 (Grade 1) r ...
in Japan, where on November 27 he ran thirteenth and last to
Marvelous Crown
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in the
Japan Cup
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.
As a five-year-old, Raintrap was third in the
Carleton F. Burke Handicap
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at
Santa Anita Park
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in
Arcadia, California. At age six, he won Santa Anita's Cedar Key Stakes and the 1¾ mile
San Juan Capistrano Handicap
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. Later that year at
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Arlington Park
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, he was second by a nose in the
Stars and Stripes Handicap and fourth in the
Arlington Handicap
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. In September 1996, he finished eighth and last in the
Man o' War Stakes
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at
Belmont Park in
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.
Stud record
Retired to
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in 1997, Raintrap has not been successful as a sire, although he has sired some winners over jumps.
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Pedigree
References
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External links
Video at YouTube of Raintrap winning the 1994 Rothmans International Stakes
1990 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom
Racehorses trained in France
Racehorses trained in the United States
Horse racing track record setters
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