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Ambiorix (horse)

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After Ambiorix retired from racing, Marcel Boussac believed that he would have more value as a sire in the United States where the vast majority of race distances suited his record best. He was then sold for
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In 1948 Ambiorix made three starts. He finished off the board in his racing debut in the French Prix de Chatou and then easily won the Selsey Stakes at
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After being pensioned, Ambiorix died at age twenty-nine in January 1975 at Claiborne Farm and is buried the farm's equine cemetery.
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Ambiorix spent the rest of his life at Claiborne Farm, where he sired fifty-one stakes race winners and was the
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honors. Racing at age three in 1949, Ambiorix made four starts. Jockey Poincelet guided the colt to wins in the
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to distinguish him from another Ambiorix , also by Tourbillon) was a French Champion Two-Year-Old
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in 1931 and Leading sire in France in 1939. Ambiorix was a half-brother to Source Sucree (dam of
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and the Leading sire in France in 1931. The dam of Ambiorix II was Lavendula, a daughter of
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in distance rather than the European Classic distance of 12 furlongs or more.
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Through his daughter Fantan II, Ambiorix was the damsire of
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Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland
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Tourbillon
Ksar
Pharos
Stallion
Bay
Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard
Marcel Boussac
Charles Semblat

£
Grand Criterium
French Champion Two-Year-Old-Colt
Leading sire in North America
Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland
Thoroughbred
racehorse
Marcel Boussac
Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard
Orne
Tourbillon
Leading sire in France
Ksar
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Pharos
Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland
Turn-To
My Babu
Charles Semblat
Roger Poincelet

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