Pistolet Bleu

PISTOLET BLEU

Bay horse - 1 m 64
1988 - 2001

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Even if PISTOLET BLEU is not here anymore, by respect for the horse and for the breeders who believed in him, all the main performances of his colts and fillies, on the flat and over the jumps, will be updated on this page.

PEDIGREE

PISTOLET BLEU 1987

TOP VILLE
b.1976

HIGH TOP
b .1969

DERRING DO

DARIUS

CAMENAE

VIMY

SEGA VILLE ch.1958

CHARLOTTESVILLE

PRINCE CHEVALIER

LA SEGA

TANTIEME

PAMPA BELLA ch.1981

ARMOS
ch.1967

MOSSBOROUGH

NEARCO

ARDELLE

SUPREME COURT

KENDIE
b.1963

KLAIRON

CLARION

AMAGALLA

ARBAR

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In the first days of january, PISTOLET BLEU left France for Coolmore Stud, Ireland.
He unfortunately died in september 2001.

His best horses

Flat races

MAILLE PISTOL - Prix Greffulhe (Gr.2), Hocquart (Gr.2), Maurice Caillault (L.)
BALDWINA - Prix Pénélope (Gr.3)
BONNET ROUGE - Prix d'Hédouville (Gr.3), Lord Seymour (L.), 2nd Prix La Force (Gr.3)
BARINGS (Fabulous Dancer) - Grand Prix de Clairefontaine (L)
PERIODE BLEUE (Crystal Palace) - 2nd Prix Right Royal, 3rd Prix Belle de Nuit (L. - twice)
FOGGY DAY - 2nd Grand Prix de Vichy (Gr.3)
DEFLAGRATION (Trempolino) - 3rd Prix Cléopâtre (Gr.3)
UNDERSTOOD - 3rd Knickerbocker Handicap (Gr.2), Grand Prix de Clairefontaine (L.)
MISTER PACHA PACHA - Grand Prix du Nord (L.), 2nd Prix Vulcain (L.)
LE RHONE - 3rd Prix Ridgway (L.), du Lion d'Angers (L.)
WILD ARMS - 4th Prix Noailles (Gr.2)
SEX PISTOLS - 4th Prix Ronde de Nuit (L)
ROSMADEC - 4th Prix de Courcelles (L)

Jumping races

KATARINO - Triumph Hurdle Cheltenham (Gr.1), IAWS Champion Four Year Old Hurdle - Punchestown (Gr.1), 2nd Grande Course de Haies des 4 ans (Gr.1), 3rd Pertemps Learning Feltham Novices' Chase - Kempton Park (Gr.1)
GEOS - Christmas Hurdle (Gr.1), Bula Hurdle (Gr.2), Castleford Chase (Gr.2 - Wetherby), Tote Trophy Hurdle Showcasehandicap (Gr 3), 2nd Championship Hurdle (Gr.1 - Sandown), Ascot Chase (Gr.1 - Ascot), 3rd Peterborough Chase (Gr.2 - Huntingdon), Bula Hurdle (Gr.2), 4th Champion Hurdle (Gr.1 - Cheltenham), The Queen Mother Champion Chase (Gr.1 - Cheltenham)
SIZING EUROPE - Irish Champion Hurdle (Gr.1 - Leopardstown), Arkle Trophy Chase (Gr.1 - Cheltenham), The Queen Mother Champion Chase (Gr.1 - Cheltenham), Tingle Creek Chase (Gr1 - Sandown), Champion Chase (Gr.1 - Punchestown - twice), The Steeple Chase (Gr.1 - Leopardstown), Novice Chase (Gr.1 - Leopardstown), Champion Chase (Gr.2 - Gowran Park - 4 times), Tied Cottage Chase (Gr.2 - Punchestown - twice), Clonmel Oil Steeple Chase (Gr.2 - Clonmel), Greatwood Handicap Hurdle (Gr.3 - Cheltenham), 2nd Maplewood Developments Hurdle (Gr.1 - Punchestown), Jnwine.com Champion Chase (Gr.1 - Down Royal - three times), Champion Chase (Gr.1 - Punchestown - twice), The Queen Mother Champion Chase (Gr.1 - Cheltenham - twice), 3rd Champion Chase (Gr.1 - Punchestown), Tied Cottage Chase (Gr.2 - Punchestown), 4th The Queen Mother Champion Chase (Gr.1 - Cheltenham), Champion Hurdle (Gr.1 - Punchestown)
YOUR SUM MAN - Grand National (New Jersey - USA)
BALKO - Prix Georges de Talhouët-Roy (Gr.2), Congress (Gr.2), Duc d'Anjou (Gr.3), Dawn Run (L.), 2nd Prix Fleuret (Gr.3), 4th Prix Cambacérès (Gr.1)
I'MSINGINGTHEBLUES - Sharp Novices' Hurdle (Gr.2), 2nd Amlin 1965 Steeple Chase (Gr.2 - Ascot), 3rd Desert Orchid Chase (Gr.2 - Kempton), 4th Tingle Creek Chase (Gr1 - Sandown), Ascot Steeple Chase (Gr.1)
STODOUN - Grand Prix de la Ville de Nice (Grand Steeple Chase de Cagnes - Gr.3 - three times 02, 04, 08), Grande Course de Haies de Cagnes-sur-Mer (L. - twice 02, 04), Prix du Comté de Nice (L. - twice 06, 07), 2nd Grand Prix de la Ville de Nice (Grand Steeple Chase de Cagnes - Gr.3), 3rd Grand Prix de la Ville de Nice (Grand Steeple Chase de Cagnes - Gr.3), Prix Léopold d'Orsetti (Gr.3 - Enghien), Grande Course de Haies de Pau (L.), du Comté de Nice (L.), 4th Grand Prix de la Ville de Nice (Grand Steeple Chase de Cagnes - Gr.3)
BULOUGUN - Prix de Longchamp (Gr.3), Bournosienne, 2nd Prix Alain du Breil - Course de Haies d'Eté des 4 Ans (Gr.1), Amadou (Gr.2)
PARSONS PISTOL - O' Connell Transport Cork Stayers Novice Hurdle (Gr.3)
RAMSES BLEU - Prix Romati (L. - Enghien - st.), Grande Course de Haies de Pau (L.), Prix Solitaire (Enghien - st.), 2nd Grand Prix de Pau (Gr.3), Prix Antoine de Palaminy (L. - Pau - h.), Journaliste (L. - Enghien - st.), 3rd Prix Orcada (Gr.3), de la Gascogne (L. - st.), 4th Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris (Gr.1), Prix Robert de Clermont-Tonnerre (Gr.3 - twice), du Cher (L. - Enghien - h.)
GASTINA - Prix Sagan, 3rd Prix Cambacérès
AZULEJO - Grand Steeple-Chase de Lyon (L.), Prix Richard et Robert Hennessy (L.), Robert Lejeune, 3rd Prix Orcada (Gr.3), 4th Prix Maurice Gillois (Gr.1)
PISTOLERA - Prix Christian de L'Hermite (Grand Steeple-Chase des 4 Ans de Cagnes)
TRESPASS - Prix Hubert d'Aillières (L.) *, Dawn Run (L.), 3rd Prix Carmarthen (Gr.3), Rigoletto (L. - st.), 4th Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil (Gr.1), Prix Juigné (Gr.3)
POUCHKA CAT'S - Prix Guillaume de Pracomtal (L.), 3ème Prix Le Guales de Mézaubran (L.), Alain et Gilles de Goulaine (L.) *
COPPER BLEU - Jewson Novices' Handicap Steeple Chase (L.),
SNAP TIE - 2nd Stan James Christmas Hurdle (Gr.1 - Kempton), 3rd Supreme Novice's Hurdle (Gr.1 - Cheltenham), Blue Square Champion Hurdle Trial (Gr.2 - Haydock)
LATRAN - 2nd Prix Duc d'Anjou (Gr.3), Fleuret (Gr.3), 4th Prix Orcada (Gr.3)
KOTKY BLEU - Prix Piomarès, 2nd Prix Finot (L. - colts)
BLUE CALIN - 2nd Prix Guillaume de Pracomtal (L.), 3rd Prix Marc Antony (L.), Hardatit (L.), Wild Risk (L.), 4th Prix Prince d'Ecouen (L.)
ROCPISTOLE - Prix du Cher (L.), 2nd Grande Course de Haies de Pau (L.)
JARRO - 3rd Prix Jacques d'Indy (Gr.3)
CRYSTOLET - 3rd Prix Orcada (Gr.3)
NOCEANE - 3rd Prix de Chambly (L.)
AMALFITANA - 3rd Prix Fifrelet (L.)

3rd Leading French Sire in 2001 (see statistics) and 2002 (see statistics)

* For jumpers, the listed races appear in France in 2003

1998 list of wins 1999 list of wins

PISTOLET BLEU

By TOP VILLE.

Sire of Bello Horizonte, Beneficial, Condrieu, Darara, Egyptown, Euliya, Floripedes, Hasainiya, J'ai Deux Amours, Karlafsha, Kirmann, Norwich, Princess Pati, Saint Estephe, Shardari, Top Sunrise, Top Waltz, Top of the World, Torcecuellos, Toulon, Turners Hill, Un Desperado, Vilander, Whitehaven.

1st dam
PAMPA BELLA, 3 wins, 565 000 F, Prix Pénélope (Gr.3), 3rd Prix Saint Alary (Gr.1), 3rd Prix de Diane-Hermès (Gr.1). Dam of 6 winners :

- PISTOLET BLEU (Top Ville),12 races, 7 wins, placed 5 times, 5 002 350 F.

At 2 :
Critérium de Saint-Cloud, 2000 m (Gr.1)
Prix de Condé, 1800 m (Gr.3 )

At 3 :
Prix Noailles, 2200 m (Gr.2)
Prix Hocquart, 2400 m (Gr.2)
2nd Prix Niel-Escada, 2400 m (Gr.2)
3rd Ciga Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, 2400m (Gr.1)
5th Breeders' Cup Turf, 2400 m (Gr.1).

At 4 :
Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, 2400 m (Gr.1)
Grand Prix d'Evry, 2400 m (Gr.2)
2nd Prix Ganay, 2100 m (Gr.1)
2nd Prix d'Harcourt, 2000 m (Gr.2)

- PONDORO (Don't Forget Me), 1 win, 80 000 F.
- POWDER PUFF (Shirley Heights), 1 win, 42 800 F.
- PRINCETON (Top Ville), 1 win, 74 500 FF, 2 wins (hurdles), 3rd Prix Alain du Breil.
- PALME D'OR (Sadler's Wells), 3 wins, Prix de Flore (Gr.3) St. Cloud, Prix Joubert (L) Longchamp, Prix La Sega, St. Cloud.
- PLEINE LUNE (Alzao) 95, 2 wins, Prix d'Etrecy at St.Cloud, Prix de Ste Assise at St.Cloud.
- Pistolero (c. Sadler's Wells - 2000)

2nd dam
KENDIE, 2 wins, 113 255 F, Prix Good Luck. Dam of 9 winners :

- CALABRAISE (Trac), 2 wins.
- Delsarto (Snob), 1 win, 116 040 F, 2nd Omnium (L), 3rd Handicap Libre (L).
- ESPIEGLERIE (Sherluck), 1 win.
- FAIBURY (Exbury), 1 win. Dam of :

- TUDOR FAIR, 2 wins on the flat and in hurdle races. 251 000 F, Prix Wild Monarch.

- HOPE VALLEY (Devon), 7 wins, 276 500 F.
- KENNET (Armos), 3 wins, 168 500 F, Derby du Languedoc (L).
- LA PLAKA (Viceregal), 2 wins, 138 000 F.
- New England (Armos), 8 wins, 570 550 F, 3rd Le Vase d'Argent (L).
- PAMPA BELLA (Armos), see above.
- Ubella (Armos), placed on the flat and in hurdle races.
- Vindicative (Synefos), placed on the flat and in hurdle races.

3rd dam
AMAGALLA, 1 win. Dam of 4 winners :

- ANDREE (Coaltown), 6 wins on the flat and in hurdle races.
- STYLIA (Stigliano), 2 wins, dam of winners.
- KENDIE (Klairon), see above.
- UFANO (Marino), 8 wins on the flat and in hurdle races.

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PISTOLET BLEU 1987	TOP VILLE b.1976	HIGH TOP b .1969	DERRING DO	DARIUS
			CAMENAE	VIMY
		SEGA VILLE ch.1958	CHARLOTTESVILLE	PRINCE CHEVALIER
			LA SEGA	TANTIEME
	PAMPA BELLA ch.1981	ARMOS ch.1967	MOSSBOROUGH	NEARCO
			ARDELLE	SUPREME COURT
		KENDIE b.1963	KLAIRON	CLARION
			AMAGALLA	ARBAR

By TOP VILLE.
	Sire of Bello Horizonte, Beneficial, Condrieu, Darara, Egyptown, Euliya, Floripedes, Hasainiya, J'ai Deux Amours, Karlafsha, Kirmann, Norwich, Princess Pati, Saint Estephe, Shardari, Top Sunrise, Top Waltz, Top of the World, Torcecuellos, Toulon, Turners Hill, Un Desperado, Vilander, Whitehaven.

2nd dam KENDIE, 2 wins, 113 255 F, Prix Good Luck. Dam of 9 winners :
	- CALABRAISE (Trac), 2 wins. - Delsarto (Snob), 1 win, 116 040 F, 2nd Omnium (L), 3rd Handicap Libre (L). - ESPIEGLERIE (Sherluck), 1 win. - FAIBURY (Exbury), 1 win. Dam of :
		- TUDOR FAIR, 2 wins on the flat and in hurdle races. 251 000 F, Prix Wild Monarch.
	- HOPE VALLEY (Devon), 7 wins, 276 500 F. - KENNET (Armos), 3 wins, 168 500 F, Derby du Languedoc (L). - LA PLAKA (Viceregal), 2 wins, 138 000 F. - New England (Armos), 8 wins, 570 550 F, 3rd Le Vase d'Argent (L). - PAMPA BELLA (Armos), see above. - Ubella (Armos), placed on the flat and in hurdle races. - Vindicative (Synefos), placed on the flat and in hurdle races.

3rd dam AMAGALLA, 1 win. Dam of 4 winners :
	- ANDREE (Coaltown), 6 wins on the flat and in hurdle races. - STYLIA (Stigliano), 2 wins, dam of winners. - KENDIE (Klairon), see above. - UFANO (Marino), 8 wins on the flat and in hurdle races.