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Invader. Piggott restrained the favourite in the early stages as General Ironside built up a clear lead. Meneval overtook the leader in the straight, drew right away from the field and "hacked up" by eight lengths from General Ironside with the filly Countess Eileen three lengths back in third.
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Curragh on 29 May and justified odds of 1/3 as he beat the British-trained Lost Chord by a length and a half. The O'Brien stable was badly affected by a "virus infection" is the summer of 1976 and Meneval was off the track for well over three months.
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Meneval a rating of 129 for the 1977 season, four pounds behind Sagaro and Balmerino who were there top-rated older males. In the inaugural International Classification he was given a rating of 87 making him the highest-rated older horse trained in Ireland.
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Hardwicke Stakes. Ridden as usual by Piggott he has held up towards the rear before finishing strongly and won by one and a half lengths from the French filly Ranimer (winner of the
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Meneval returned in the Irish St. Leger over one and three quarter miles at the Curragh and started the 5/6 favourite in an eleven-runner field. The best fancied of his opponents were Lost Chord, the
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as his main objective. On his first appearance of the year he sustained his first defeat for over eighteen months when he finished fifth of the seven runners behind his stablemate
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and was beaten four lengths into second place. The race had been intended to prepare the horse for the Arc, but he missed the French race and did not run again in 1977.
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Meneval was retired to become a breeding stallion in the United States. He was sent to Ireland in the late 1980s where he was used as a
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and showed considerable promise when finishing second on his only start as a two-year-old in 1975. In the following year he was undefeated in four starts, winning the
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and won easily on each occasion. On his seasonal debut he recorded his first win when he started at odds of 1/4 for the Saval Beg Stakes over ten furlongs at the
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organisation gave him a rating of 92 p (the "p" indicating that he was likely to make significant improvement) and commented that he was "sure to win races".
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clear of his rivals. In May the colt again started 1/4 favourite for the
Nijinsky Stakes over the same distance at Leopardstown and defeated the
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Timeform gave him a rating of 128, sven pounds behind their Horse of the Year
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the same distance away in third. In July he was sent to France and finished fifth to
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winner Whistling Deer by a length. Meneval was then moved up in distance for the
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sire. He sired numerous minor jump race winners but no top-class performers.
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Meneval was a "strong, very good-looking" bay horse with a small white
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Meneval was ridden in all four of his races as a three-year-old by
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His sire Le Fabuleux was a successful French racehorse who won the
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and finished second to his stablemate Semenenko. The independent
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in 1964 and went on to sire several good winners including
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Meneval remained in training as a four-year-old with the
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and came from an outstanding family, being a daughter of
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245:bred in Kentucky by Mrs G M Humphrey. As a
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188:rating 92p (1975), 128 (1976), 129 (1977)
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305:Meneval made his racecourse debut in a
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225:. As a four-year-old he won the
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654:"Meneval pedigree"
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441:Stephen A. DiMauro
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606:Hill Prince
552:Nalee (USA)
545:Sans Tares
515:Anguar (FR)
472:Le Fabuleux
447:Stud record
405:Quiet Fling
396:Royal Ascot
360:handicapper
307:maiden race
117:J. R. Fluor
31:Le Fabuleux
849:Categories
658:Equineline
637:References
495:La Grelee
421:Orange Bay
263:Ballydoyle
237:Background
145:Major wins
625:Stimulus
586:Johnstown
566:Nasrullah
504:Blandford
490:Rabelais
480:Wild Risk
437:J R Fluor
251:Keeneland
140:17: 5-2-0
41:Wild Risk
37:Grandsire
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622:Bourtai
617:Hildene
592:Sekhmet
530:Variete
525:Pinceau
459:Pedigree
409:Exceller
403:), with
319:Timeform
247:yearling
207:yearling
186:Timeform
69:Stallion
582:Segula
487:Rialto
411:in the
388:Alleged
347:Group 2
339:lengths
335:Curragh
195:Meneval
123:Trainer
101:Breeder
83:Country
55:Damsire
22:Meneval
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539:Easton
372:Sagaro
290:Shuvee
178:Awards
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137:Record
91:Colour
75:Foaled
59:Nashua
602:1953
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598:Levee
562:1952
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521:Verso
517:1950
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368:Youth
286:Levee
109:Owner
50:Nalee
797:ISBN
772:ISBN
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469:Sire
315:33/1
276:and
243:star
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550:Dam
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65:Sex
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