LE BALAFRE

 

bay horse
1990 - 1m 63

Breeder : Comte Maurice de Lastours

 

 

RACE RECORD


7 races, 3 wins, placed 3 times and 872 000 FF.

At 2 :
Prix Primesautier (8 f - Maisons-Laffitte)

At 3 :
Prix Jean Prat (Gr.1 - 9,25 f), Matchem (L. - 9 f), 2nd Omnium II, 6th Piaget d'Or (L.)

At 4 :
3rd Prix de la Butte Mortemart (L.)

 

 

PEDIGREE

GROOM DANCER
b. 1984

 BLUSHING GROOM
ch. 1974

 Red God  Nasrullah (Nearco - Mumtaz Begum)
 Spring Run (Menow - Boola Brook)
 Runaway Bride  Wild Risk (Rialto - Wild Violet)
 Aimée (Tudor Minstrel - Emali)

 FEATHERHILL
b. 1978

 Lyphard Northern Dancer (Nearctic - Natalma)
 Goofed (Court Martial - Barra II)
 Lady Berry  Violon d'Ingres (Tourment - Flûte Enchantée)
 Moss Rose (Mossborough - Damasi)

 TUNERIA
b. 1968

 TANERKO
br. 1953

 Tantième  Deux Pour Cent (Deiri - Dix Pour Cent)
 Terka (Indus - La Furka)
 La Divine  Fair Copy (Fairway - Composure)
La Divine (Blue Skies - La Traviata)

 TORREFRANCA
br. 1961

 Sicambre  Prince Bio (Prince Rose - Biologie)
 Sif (Rialto - Suavita)
 Torbella
bb. 1955
 Tornado (Tourbillon - Roseola)
 Djebellica (Djebel - Nica)

 

 

 

PRODUCE RECORD

 

Private stallion standing at Haras d'Ellon, LE BALAFRE was sold to the National French Studs in 2001.

Main winners

POLAR ROCHELAIS, Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris (Gr.1), Prix des Drags (Gr.2 - st.), Murat (Gr.2 - st.), 2nd Prix Troytown (Gr.3 - st.), Rigoletto (L. - st.), William Head (L. - st.), 3rd Prix Maurice Gillois (Gr.1), Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris (Gr.1), Prix du Président de la République (Gr.3 - st.), Héros XII (Gr.3 - st.), Robert de Clermont-Tonnerre (Gr.3 - st.), 4th Prix Troytown (Gr.3 - st.), 5th Prix La Haye Jousselin (Gr.1), Murat (Gr.2 - st.)
BASTA DE FROM - Prix d'Estruval (Gr.3 - flat race - AQPS)
PAON DU HOUX, Grand Steeple-Chase de Bordeaux (L.), 2nd Prix Lutteur III (L. - st.), 3rd Prix Morgex (Gr.3 - st.)
UNIQUE DES SOURCES - Prix Dominique Sartini (L.)
UBU ROCHELAIS - Prix Journaliste (L.), Romati (L.), 2nd Prix Renaud du Vivier (L. - st. - Pau)
KISS DELACOUR - Grand Cross de Craon (L.)
ADORINHA - Prix Finot (L. - fillies)
Quick Baby, Grand Steeple-Chase Cross-Country de Fontainebleau, 2nd Prix Gaston de Bataille - Grand Cross de Pau (L.), Grand Cross de Craon (L. - twice), 3rd Prix Gaston de Bataille - Grand Cross de Pau (L.), 4th Prix Gaston de Bataille - Grand Cross de Pau (L.)
Upsie, Prix Jacques de Vienne (Saint-Cloud), 3rd Irish Strawberry Hurdle (Gr.2), 4th IFG European Breeders Fund Mares Hurdle (Gr.3), Limestone Lad Hurdle (Gr.3)

ROYAL FOU, Grand Steeple-Chase des Flandres (twice 11, 14 - Waregem)
STAR DES PLANCHES, Grand Cross-Country de Dieppe
TOMY, 4th Grand Critérium de Bordeaux (L.), ULTRABALLE, 4th Grand Steeple-Chase du Conseil Départemental de la Mayenne (L. - twice 16, 17), CORDY, BLUSHING SPIRIT, GROOM SPIRIT, POP GIRL, HUSSARD, SPIRISSIMA, FUNNY MARTINE, QUERIDAL, TIGNANELLO, TRY AND FLY, BARAGOUIN, ZURITA, MANDRIN DES AIGLES, SIKAY, ECLAT ROYAL, BOYLENE, MY LITTLE WILLIE, LE SAHARIEN, GIULIO, TADJIK, LOZERE, VANNES, ...

 

 

 

LE BALAFRE

By GROOM DANCER. 13 races, 8 wins at 2 and 3 (5 Gr.) and 1 680 400 FF.
 

Prix Lupin (Gr.1), Condé (Gr.3), Guiche (Gr.3), Daphnis (Gr.3), du Prince d'Orange (Gr.3), Hérod (L.), Omnium II (L.), 3rd Critérium de Saint-Cloud (Gr.2).

At stud since 1988.

Also Sire of LORD OF MEN (Prix de la Salamandre - Gr.1), PURSUIT OF LOVE (Prix Maurice de Gheest - Gr.2 and $ 303 039), LITTLE AUDREY (The Hochi Hai Yonsai Himba Tokubetsu - Gr.2 and $ 1 014 690), FAT CHOY TOGETHER (Queen Mother's Cup and $ 516 276), DANCIENNE (Prix du Conseil de Paris - Gr.2), KABOOL (Prix du Rond-Point - Gr.2), GOOSE BAY (Oaks d'Italia - Gr.2), ASTAIR (Prix Daphnis - Gr.3), EGERTON (Baden Württemberg Trophy - Gr.3)...

1st dam
TUNERIA, 1 win, 2nd Prix Coronation (L.). Dam of 7 winners :
  - HAGG HAGG (Habitat), 6 wins in Italy and L 26 570 000. Sire in Peru.
- LOU PIGUET (Habitat), 3 wins, Prix de la Jonchère (Gr.3), Prix des Ventes (L.), 2nd Prix de la Forêt (Gr.1), du Palais Royal (Gr.3), 3rd Prix Maurice de Gheest (Gr.3), Edmond Blanc (Gr.3), du Muguet (Gr.3), 4th Prix du Rond-Point (Gr.3), Saint-Roman (Gr.3), Messidor (Gr.3) and 686 000 FF. Sire.
- MYTHILENE (Targowice), 2 wins and 125 000 FF. Dam of 3 winners :
- CHAMISENE (Pharly), 3 wins, Prix de Malleret (Gr.2), de Sandringham (Gr.3), 4th Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (Gr.1), Prix de la Grotte (Gr.3) and 531 550 FF. Dam of :
     - Christmas Card, 2 wins, 2nd Prix Ch. et H. Rouher (L.) and 307 500 FF.
  - ARMANTIEU (Double Form), 2 wins, 4th Prix Djebel (L.) and 251 500 FF.
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LE BALAFRE

2nd dam
Torrefranca, 2 wins, 2nd Handicap de la Tamise (L.). Dam of 6 winners :
  - Tour Blanche (Le Fabuleux), unraced. Dam of winners :
    - BLANC RIVAGE, 6 wins, Prix de Pontarmé (L.), de la Ville de Trouville (L.), 2nd Prix Djebel (L.). Sire in the Netherlands.
- Danilova, placed. Dam of :
      - Comic Muse, 6 wins, 2nd Norvegian St Leger (L.)
  -  Tuneria (see above)
- SABREWING (Petingo), 1 win in G B. Dam of 4 winners
:
    - STREAMERTAIL, 2 wins in England. Dam of 3 winners :
       - JACAMAR, 5 wins, Chesham St. (L.), 3rd Bernard van Cutsem St. (L.)
  - LAST REQUEST (Dancer's Image), 1 win. Dam of 7 winners :
    - Mawsuff, 7 wins, 2nd Forego Hdp. (Gr.2), New York Racing Association Mile Hdp. (L.). Sire in the USA.
- DANKESTON, 4 wins, Frankfurt Pokal (Gr.3), 2nd Premio Parioli (Gr.2), 3rd Prix de la Jonchère (Gr.3), 4th Prince of Wales St. (Gr.2)

3rd dam
TORBELLA
, 2 wins, Dewhurst St. (Gr.1), Prix de Malleret (Gr.3), 2nd Irish Oaks (Gr.1), Prix des Réservoirs (Gr.3), 3rd Newmarket Oaks (L.), 4th Prix Cléopâtre (Gr.3). Dam of 10 winners :
  - CARLEMONT (Charlottesville), 2 wins, Sussex St.(Gr.1). Sire in the USA.
- AVARAY (Val de Loir), 3 wins, Prix de la Jonchère (Gr.3). Sire.
- Torrefranca (see above).
- BELLA CARLOTTA (Charlottesville), 2 wins, Prix Finlande (L.). Dam of :
    - BEAUVALLON, 6 wins, Rank Cup Hdp. (L.), 2nd Horris Hill St. (Gr.3), St Simon St. (Gr.3). Sire.
- VALBELLE, 1 win. Dam of 3 winners :
      - Vangelis, 1 win, 2nd Berberis-Rennen (L.), 3rd Sierstorpff-Rennen (L.). Dam of :
        - VINCENZO, 8 wins, Bayerisches Zuchtrennen (Gr.1), Premio Carlo Porta (Gr.3)
- VAL D'ISERE, 1 win, Idee Festa Rennen (L.)
- Tanbure, unplaced. Dam of TIROLLING, 3 wins, Prix Ronde de Nuit (L.)
  - PRINCESSE TORA (Prince Taj), 2 wins, Prix de la Calonne at Deauville (L.), 4th Prix d'Astarté (Gr.3). Dam of 7 winners :
    - Princesse Lee (Habitat), 2 wins, 2nd Prix du Petit Couvert (Gr.3), 3rd Prix Robert Papin (Gr.1), Morny (Gr.1). Dam of :
      - PRINCESSE LIDA, 4 wins, Prix Morny (Gr.1), de la Salamandre (Gr.1), Yacowlef (L.), 2nd Prix de la Grotte (Gr.3), 3rd Grand Critérium (Gr.1), Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (Gr.1). Dam of winners.
- PRINCESSE VALI, 2 wins, Prix Belle de Nuit at Evry (L.). Dam of :
        - Tricky Princess (f.), 4 wins, placed 18 times in France and in the USA, $ 207 535, 2nd Prix Mélisande at Evry (L.), Pebbles St.(L.).
    - BOREALE, 3 wins at 2 and 3, Prix des Réservoirs (Gr.3), de l'Obélisque (L.), 2nd Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (Gr.1). 612 100 FF. Dam of 4 winners from 11 foals :
      - RIVER OF LIGHT (Irish River), 4 wins from 2 to 6 in France and in the USA, Turf Paradise Budweiser Breeders' Cup Hdp. (L.), placed 8 times, 2nd Prix Messidor (Gr.3), Quincey (Gr.3), Critérium d'Evry (L.), Prix du Pont Neuf (L.), 3rd Prix du Bois (Gr.3), Djebel (L.), 4th Prix Servanne (L.). $ 210 907. Sire.
- Loyalty (c.1997, Kaldoun), in training.
    - Nobloys, 2 wins, 4th Laurent Perrier Champagne St.(Gr.2). Sire.
- Habigael (Habitat), placed twice at 3. Dam of 3 winners :
      - SOEUR TI (f. 1995), 5 wins, Prix Finlande (L.), de Lieurey (L.), Critérium de Lyon (L.), 2nd Prix de Sandringham (Gr.3), Thomas Bryon (Gr.3) and 667 000 FF.
- Habidancer, 3 wins at 2 and 3. Dam of :
        - KALDONO (c. 1996), 2 wins, Grosser Preis von Dahlwitz (Gr.3) 99, 2nd Preis der Winterfavoriten (Gr.3), 3rd Grosser Muller Brot-Preis (Gr.2) 99.
  - TOURANGEAU (Val de Loir), 2 wins, Prix d'Iéna (L.). Sire.
- CAMBRIENNE (Sicambre), 1 win. Dam of 6 winners :
    - CRITIQUE, 6 wins, Prix d'Harcourt (Gr.2), Hardwicke St.( Gr.2), Cumberland Lodge St. (Gr.3), September St. (Gr.3). Sire.
- ROSE RED, 1 win. Dam of :
      - ZIND, 2 wins, Queen Elizabeth II Cup (L.), 3rd Racing Post Trophy (Gr.1)
- Rose of Jericho, unraced. Dam of :
        -  DR DEVIOUS, 6 wins, Derby d'Epsom (Gr.1), Dewhurst St. (Gr.1). Sire.
- ARCHWAY, 3 wins, Greenland St. (Gr.3), Waterford Testamonial St. (L.). Sire.
- ROYAL COURT, 3 wins, Robert Sice Memorial July Trophy St., Ormonde St. (Gr.3), 3rd Great Voltigeur St. (Gr.2)
- SHINKO RING, 8 wins in Japan, Takamatsunomiya Hai (Gr.1)
    - CAMBRETTA 1 win. Dam of 8 winners :
      - PLURALISME, 5 wins, Prix des Chênes (Gr.3), de Guiche (Gr.3), du Chemin de Fer du Nord (Gr.3), 3rd Prix Lupin (Gr.1). Sire in Japan.
- ONLY, 2 wins, Gilltown Stud St. (Gr.3), 2nd Moyglare Stud St. (Gr.1)
- SINGLETTA, 3 wins, Herbststuten Gatzweilers Alt. Pokal (Gr.3), Virginia St. (L.). Broodmare.
- CLASSIC TALE, 3 wins, Grand Prix Prince Rose (L.). Sire.
- GHISLAINE, 1 win. Dam of : 
        - MARK OF DISTINCTION, 5 wins, Queen Elizabeth II St. (Gr.1), Trusthouse Forte Mile (Gr.2), Queen Anne St. (Gr.2)
- Ahead, 1 win, 2nd Godolphin St. (L.)
- CRIQUETTE, 1 win, Radley St. (L.)
  - Tour Nobel, 2 wins, Prix Maurice de Gheest (Gr.3), Yacowlef (L.). Dam of winners :
    - IL TIGRE, 9 wins, Premio Alessandro Sambruna (L.). Sire in Italy.

 


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