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winner Djamy into second by three lengths with Fauche le Vent in third place. After the race he was described in the press as "possibly the best three-year-old in the world". In August, Sardanapale won the Prix Eugène Adam at
Maisons-Laffitte by five lengths from Oreste and Djamy but it proved to be
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and started the 1.95/1 favourite in a twelve-runner field. La Farina led from the start and when George Stern moved
Sardanapale up to challenge 800 metres out, the two colts drew away from the rest of the field. After a prolonged struggle, Sardanapale got the better of his rival 100 metres from the
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After his retirement from racing
Sardanapale became a breeding stallion in France, standing at Rothschild's stud at Chaumont en Vexin before moving to the Haras de la Fontaine in 1926. The best of his offspring included Fiterari, a colt who won the
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As a yearling, Sardanapale was offered for sale with a reserve price of ÂŁ1000, but was bought back by his owner when the bidding reached ÂŁ1,200. Rothschild sent the colt into training with James d'Okhuysen.
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finish and won by a neck, with a gap of four lengths back to Durbar in third place. Among the spectators was the
Austrian ambassador who left the course on hearing the news of the
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Sardanapale was one of the leading French two-year-olds of 1913. He began his racing career with a win in the Prix
Yacowlef, for previously unraced horses over 1000 metres at
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16:French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
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888:Equineline
820:"THE TURF"
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597:Gemma (GB)
549:La Foudre
491:Assessment
477:Top Flight
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529:Le Pompon
385:Prix Daru
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