Caerleon

Caerleon was a racehorse English Pur-sang born with the the United States in 1980.

Born in Claiborne Farm, resulting from the ace Nijinsky and a girl of large the Round Counts, Caerleon was acquired Yearling in Keenland by the English great landowner Robert Sangster for the sum of 800.000 dollars. Involved in Ireland by Vincent O' Brien and gone up by Stalemate Eddery, the foal gained Anglesey Stakes at 2 years, but appeared especially the following year.
En 1983, Caerleon carries out one almost perfect spring, being essential in the Prix of the Jockey Club and being classified second of Shareef Dancer in the Irish Derby, then endorsed the International Stakes during the summer.

However, it is especially as reproductive which Caerleon was going to leave its trace. Installed to the Irish stud farm of Coolmore, it gave to it a hundred stakes winners, of which a score of prizes winner of group 1, among which the champion Generous. also let us
Citons Marienbard (Prix of the Triumphal arch), Caerlina (Prix of Diane), Grape Tree Road (Grand Prix of Paris), Lady Carla (Oaks), Warrsan (Coronation Cup x2), Only Royale (Yorkshire Oaks x2), or Cape Made green (1000 Guineas).
Also remarkable father of mothers, it was twice Chief candidate of the standards in England and Ireland (1988 & 91). Its price of projection reached 75.000 Irish Guineas in the Nineties, that is to say more than 100.000 €.
Caerleon died in February 1998 of an heart attack with Coolmore.

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