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{{Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
{{Short description|French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Ambiorix
| horsename = Ambiorix
| image = [[File:Ambiorix II (FR).jpg|thumb|centre|Ambiorix II (1946)]]
| image_name = Ambiorix II (FR).jpg
| caption =
| caption = Ambiorix II (1946)
| sire = [[Tourbillon (horse)|Tourbillon]]
| sire = [[Tourbillon (horse)|Tourbillon]]
| grandsire = [[Ksar (horse)|Ksar]]
| grandsire = [[Ksar (horse)|Ksar]]
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| updated= 21 February 2010
| updated= 21 February 2010
}}
}}
'''Ambiorix''' (1946-1975) (also known as '''Ambiorix II''' to distinguish him from another Ambiorix [1940], also by Tourbillon)<ref name="Leicester">Leicester, Sir Charles, ''Bloodstock Breeding'', J.A. Allen & Co, London, 1969</ref> was a French Champion Two-Year-Old [[Thoroughbred]] [[Horse racing|racehorse]] who became a leading sire.
'''Ambiorix''' (1946&ndash;1975) (also known as '''Ambiorix II''' to distinguish him from another Ambiorix [1940], also by Tourbillon)<ref name="Leicester">Leicester, Sir Charles, ''Bloodstock Breeding'', J.A. Allen & Co, London, 1969</ref> was a French Champion Two-Year-Old [[Thoroughbred]] [[Horse racing|racehorse]] who became a leading sire.


==Pedigree==
==Pedigree==
Regally bred by [[Marcel Boussac]] at his [[Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard]] in [[Orne]], he was sired by [[Tourbillon (horse)|Tourbillon]] whom Ambiorix II would help make the [[Leading sire in France]] in 1948. Tourbillon was a son of [[Ksar (horse)|Ksar]], a two-time winner of the [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]] and the Leading sire in France in 1931. The dam of Ambiorix II was Lavendula, a daughter of [[Pharos (horse)|Pharos]], the [[Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland]] in 1931 and Leading sire in France in 1939. Ambiorix was a half-brother to Source Sucree (dam of [[Turn-To]]), Perfume II (dam of [[My Babu]] and Sayani), Singadula and Wild Lavender II.<ref>[http://www.studbook.org.au/horse.aspx?hid=445129&pagetype=MARENPROD ASB: Lavendula (FR)] Retrieved 2010-2-21</ref>
Bred by [[Marcel Boussac]] at his [[Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard]] in [[Orne]], he was sired by [[Tourbillon (horse)|Tourbillon]] whom Ambiorix&nbsp;II would help make the [[Leading sire in France]] in 1948. Tourbillon was a son of [[Ksar (horse)|Ksar]], a two-time winner of the [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]] and the Leading sire in France in 1931. The dam of Ambiorix II was Lavendula, a daughter of [[Pharos (horse)|Pharos]], the [[Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland]] in 1931 and Leading sire in France in 1939. Ambiorix was a half-brother to Source Sucree (dam of [[Turn-To]]), Perfume II (dam of [[My Babu]] and Sayani), Singadula and Wild Lavender II.<ref>[http://www.studbook.org.au/horse.aspx?hid=445129&pagetype=MARENPROD ASB: Lavendula (FR)] Retrieved 2010-2-21</ref>


==Race record==
==Race record==
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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 [[Goodwood Racecourse]] in [[England]]. He followed this with a win in the most important race for two-year-olds in France, the [[Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère|Grand Criterium]]. His performances earned him the 1948 [[French Champion Two-Year-Old-Colt]] honors. Racing at age three in 1949, Ambiorix made four starts. Jockey Poincelet guided the colt to wins in the [[Prix Lupin]] at [[Longchamp Racecourse]] and the [[Prix Greffulhe]] at [[Saint-Cloud Racecourse]], both of which were run at around ten furlongs. Ambiorix then earned seconds to Good Luck in the 1949 [[Prix du Jockey Club]] and to Val Drake in the [[Prix Hocquart]].
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 [[Goodwood Racecourse]] in [[England]]. He followed this with a win in the most important race for two-year-olds in France, the [[Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère|Grand Criterium]]. His performances earned him the 1948 [[French Champion Two-Year-Old-Colt]] honors. Racing at age three in 1949, Ambiorix made four starts. Jockey Poincelet guided the colt to wins in the [[Prix Lupin]] at [[Longchamp Racecourse]] and the [[Prix Greffulhe]] at [[Saint-Cloud Racecourse]], both of which were run at around ten furlongs. Ambiorix then earned seconds to Good Luck in the 1949 [[Prix du Jockey Club]] and to Val Drake in the [[Prix Hocquart]].


==A champion sire==
==Stud record==
Retired from racing, Marcel Boussac believed Ambiorix would have more value as a sire in the United States where the vast majority of race distances suited his record best. As such, he was sold for [[United States dollar|US$]]250,000 to a syndicate led by [[Arthur B. Hancock , Jr.|Bull Hancock]] who brought him to stand at [[stud (animal)|stud]] in time for the 1950 season at his [[Claiborne Farm]] near [[Paris, Kentucky]].
After Ambiorix retired from racing, Marcel Boussac believed that he would have more value as a sire in the United States where the vast majority of race distances suited his record best. He was then sold for [[United States dollar|US$]]250,000 to a syndicate led by [[Arthur B. Hancock , Jr.|Bull Hancock]], who brought him to stand at [[stud (animal)|stud]] in time for the 1950 season at his [[Claiborne Farm]] near [[Paris, Kentucky]].<ref name="ACP">{{cite web |title=Ambiorix (horse) |url=http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/ambiorix-fr.html |website=American Classic Pedigrees |accessdate=22 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>


Ambiorix would spend the rest of his life at Claiborne Farm where he sired fifty-one stakes race winners and was the [[Leading sire in North America]] in 1961. His best offspring included:
Ambiorix spent the rest of his life at Claiborne Farm, where he sired fifty-one stakes race winners and was the [[Leading sire in North America]] in 1961. His best offspring included:
* [[High Voltage (horse)|High Voltage]] (b. 1952) - [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly]], won [[Matron Stakes (United States)|Matron Stakes]], [[Coaching Club American Oaks]]
* [[High Voltage (horse)|High Voltage]] (1952) - [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly]], won [[Matron Stakes (United States)|Matron Stakes]], [[Coaching Club American Oaks]]
* [[Hitting Away]] (b. 1958) - won [[Withers Stakes]], [[Dwyer Stakes]], [[Bernard Baruch Handicap]], [[Royal Palm Handicap]] (2x)
* [[Hitting Away]] (1958) - won [[Withers Stakes]], [[Dwyer Stakes]], [[Bernard Baruch Handicap]], [[Royal Palm Handicap]] (2x)
* [[Ambiopoise]] (b. 1958) - won [[Jersey Derby]], [[Gotham Stakes]], [[Discovery Handicap]], sire of [[Faraway Son]]
* [[Ambiopoise]] (1958) - won [[Jersey Derby]], [[Gotham Stakes]], [[Discovery Handicap]], sire of [[Faraway Son]]
* [[Count Amber]] (b. 1957) - won [[Narragansett Special]], sire of [[Amberoid]]
* [[Count Amber]] (1957) - won [[Narragansett Special]], sire of [[Amberoid]]
* [[Amber Morn]] (b. 1956) - won [[Bowling Green Handicap]], [[Autumn Stakes (Canada)|Autumn Handicap]], sire of [[Queen's Plate]] winners [[Royal Chocolate]] and [[Amber Herod]]
* [[Amber Morn]] (1956) - won [[Bowling Green Handicap]], [[Autumn Stakes (Canada)|Autumn Handicap]], sire of [[Queen's Plate]] winners [[Royal Chocolate]] and [[Amber Herod]]
* Make Sail, winner of the [[Kentucky Oaks]].
* Make Sail, winner of the [[Kentucky Oaks]].


Through his daughter Fantan II, Ambiorix was the damsire of [[Ragusa (horse)|Ragusa]] who was a major factor in him earning [[Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland]] honors in 1963.
Through his daughter Fantan II, Ambiorix was the damsire of [[Ragusa (horse)|Ragusa]], who was a major factor in him earning [[Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland]] honors in 1963.


After being pensioned, Ambiorix died at age twenty-nine in January 1975 at Claiborne Farm and is buried the farm's equine cemetery.
After being pensioned, Ambiorix died at age twenty-nine in January 1975 at Claiborne Farm and is buried the farm's equine cemetery.

==Sire line tree==
{{tree list}}
*'''Ambiorix'''<!--b. 1946--><ref name="Byerley Turk Line">[http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/SireLineschts/SireLineBT.html Byerley Turk Line]</ref><ref>[https://tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/JumpSires/JumpsiresBT.html Bylerley Turk Jump Sires]</ref><ref name="Bay Middleton Sire Line">[http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Sirelines/BayMiddleton.htm Bay Middleton Sire Line]</ref><ref>[http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Tourbillon.html Portrait: Tourbillon]</ref><ref>[http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/ambiorix-fr.html American Classic Pedigree: Ambiorix]</ref>
**Ambler<!--b. 1951-->
**Gray Phantom<!--b. 1953-->
**Ambehaving<!--b. 1954-->
***Ampose<!--b. 1961-->
***More Scents<!--b. 1964-->
***Sloopy<!--b. 1965-->
***Augustus Bay<!--b. 1966-->
***Good Behaving<!--b. 1968-->
**Amber Morn<!--b. 1956-->
***[[Royal Chocolate]]<!--b. 1970-->
****[[Gone to Royalty]]<!--b. 1980-->
***Amber Herod<!--b. 1971-->
**Count Amber<!--b. 1957-->
***[[Amberoid]]<!--b. 1963--><ref name="Amberoid">[http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/amberoid.html American Classic Pedigree: Amberoid]</ref>
***My Pal Houston<!--b. 1969--><ref name="Amberoid"/>
**Ambiopoise<!--b. 1958-->
***[[Faraway Son]]<!--b. 1967--><ref>[http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/faraway-son.html American Classic Pedigree: Faraway Son]</ref>
****Bynoderm<!--b. 1973-->
*****Skip Out Front<!--b. 1982-->
****Boitron<!--b. 1976-->
****Mantle<!--b. 1982-->
***Twice Worthy<!--b. 1967-->
**Hitting Away<!--b. 1958-->
**Sheet Anchor<!--b. 1961-->
***Mountdrago<!--b. 1977-->
****Montubio<!--b. 1985-->
**Pinjara<!--b. 1965-->
**Pleasure Seeker<!--b. 1966-->
{{tree list/end}}

==Pedigree==
{{Pedigree
|name = Ambiorix, bay colt, 1946<ref name="Equineline">{{cite web |title=Pedigree of Ambiorix |url=http://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm/*Ambiorix?page_state=DISPLAY_REPORT&reference_number=11039&registry=T&horse_name=*Ambiorix&foaling_year=1946&dam_name=%3DLavendula+%28FR%29&include_sire_line=Y&nicking_stats_indicator=Y&sire_reference_number=0&dam_reference_number=0&color=&sex=&hypo_foaling_year=&breeder=&include_truenick=Y |website=www.equineline.com |accessdate=22 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
|f = [[Tourbillon (horse)|Tourbillon]] (FR)
|m = Lavendula (FR)
|ff = [[Ksar (horse)|Ksar]] (FR)
|fm = Durban (FR)
|mf = [[Pharos (horse)|Pharos]] (GB)
|mm = Sweet Lavender (GB)
|fff = Bruleur (FR)
|ffm = Kizil Kourgan (FR)
|fmf = [[Durbar (horse)|Durbar]]
|fmm = Banshee (FR)
|mff = [[Phalaris (horse)|Phalaris]] (GB)
|mfm = Scapa Flow (GB)
|mmf = [[Swynford]] (GB)
|mmm = Marchetta (GB)
|ffff = Chouberski (FR)
|fffm = Basse Terre
|ffmf = [[Omnium II]] (FR)
|ffmm = Kasbah (FR)
|fmff = [[Rabelais (horse)|Rabelais]] (GB)
|fmfm = Armenia
|fmmf = [[Irish Lad]]
|fmmm = Frizette
|mfff = [[Polymelus]] (GB)
|mffm = Bromus (GB)
|mfmf = Chaucer (GB)
|mfmm = Anchora
|mmff = John O'Gaunt (GB)
|mmfm = [[Canterbury Pilgrim]] (GB)
|mmmf = Marco (GB)
|mmmm = Hettie Sorrel (family: 1-w)<ref>{{cite web |title=Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Queen Bertha - Family 1-w |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family1w.htm |website=www.bloodlines.net |accessdate=22 August 2020}}</ref>
}}


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/ambiorix Ambiorix's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/ambiorix Ambiorix's pedigree and partial racing stats]


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[[Category:1975 racehorse deaths]]
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[[Category:United States Champion Thoroughbred Sires]]
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[[Category:Thoroughbred family 1-w]]
[[Category:Byerley Turk sire line]]

Latest revision as of 17:08, 12 June 2024

Ambiorix
Ambiorix II (1946)
SireTourbillon
GrandsireKsar
DamLavendula
DamsirePharos
SexStallion
Foaled1946
CountryFrance
ColourBay[1]
BreederHaras de Fresnay-le-Buffard
OwnerMarcel Boussac
TrainerCharles Semblat
Record7: 4-2-0
Earnings₣4,638,600 + £832
Major wins
Selsey Stakes (1948)
Grand Criterium (1948)
Awards
French Champion Two-Year-Old-Colt (1948)
Leading sire in North America (1961)
Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland (1963)
Last updated on 21 February 2010

Ambiorix (1946–1975) (also known as Ambiorix II to distinguish him from another Ambiorix [1940], also by Tourbillon)[2] was a French Champion Two-Year-Old Thoroughbred racehorse who became a leading sire.

Pedigree

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Bred by Marcel Boussac at his Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard in Orne, he was sired by Tourbillon whom Ambiorix II would help make the Leading sire in France in 1948. Tourbillon was a son of Ksar, a two-time winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the Leading sire in France in 1931. The dam of Ambiorix II was Lavendula, a daughter of Pharos, the Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1931 and Leading sire in France in 1939. Ambiorix was a half-brother to Source Sucree (dam of Turn-To), Perfume II (dam of My Babu and Sayani), Singadula and Wild Lavender II.[3]

Race record

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Trained by Charles Semblat and ridden by Roger Poincelet, Ambiorix proved to be a better runner at races around 8-10 furlongs in distance rather than the European Classic distance of 12 furlongs or more.

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 Goodwood Racecourse in England. He followed this with a win in the most important race for two-year-olds in France, the Grand Criterium. His performances earned him the 1948 French Champion Two-Year-Old-Colt honors. Racing at age three in 1949, Ambiorix made four starts. Jockey Poincelet guided the colt to wins in the Prix Lupin at Longchamp Racecourse and the Prix Greffulhe at Saint-Cloud Racecourse, both of which were run at around ten furlongs. Ambiorix then earned seconds to Good Luck in the 1949 Prix du Jockey Club and to Val Drake in the Prix Hocquart.

Stud record

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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 US$250,000 to a syndicate led by Bull Hancock, who brought him to stand at stud in time for the 1950 season at his Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky.[4]

Ambiorix spent the rest of his life at Claiborne Farm, where he sired fifty-one stakes race winners and was the Leading sire in North America in 1961. His best offspring included:

Through his daughter Fantan II, Ambiorix was the damsire of Ragusa, who was a major factor in him earning Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland honors in 1963.

After being pensioned, Ambiorix died at age twenty-nine in January 1975 at Claiborne Farm and is buried the farm's equine cemetery.

Sire line tree

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Pedigree

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Pedigree of Ambiorix, bay colt, 1946[12]
Sire
Tourbillon (FR) 		Ksar (FR) Bruleur (FR) Chouberski (FR)
Basse Terre
Kizil Kourgan (FR) Omnium II (FR)
Kasbah (FR)
Durban (FR) Durbar Rabelais (GB)
Armenia
Banshee (FR) Irish Lad
Frizette
Dam
Lavendula (FR) 		Pharos (GB) Phalaris (GB) Polymelus (GB)
Bromus (GB)
Scapa Flow (GB) Chaucer (GB)
Anchora
Sweet Lavender (GB) Swynford (GB) John O'Gaunt (GB)
Canterbury Pilgrim (GB)
Marchetta (GB) Marco (GB)
Hettie Sorrel (family: 1-w)[13]

References

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  1. ^ Ahnert, Rainer L. (editor in chief), Thoroughbred Breeding of the World, Pozdun Publishing, Germany, 1970
  2. ^ Leicester, Sir Charles, Bloodstock Breeding, J.A. Allen & Co, London, 1969
  3. ^ ASB: Lavendula (FR) Retrieved 2010-2-21
  4. ^ "Ambiorix (horse)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. ^ Byerley Turk Line
  6. ^ Bylerley Turk Jump Sires
  7. ^ Bay Middleton Sire Line
  8. ^ Portrait: Tourbillon
  9. ^ American Classic Pedigree: Ambiorix
  10. ^ a b American Classic Pedigree: Amberoid
  11. ^ American Classic Pedigree: Faraway Son
  12. ^ "Pedigree of Ambiorix". www.equineline.com. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Queen Bertha - Family 1-w". www.bloodlines.net. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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