The French Horse Racing Hall of Fame as established by France Galop

France Galop

France Galop is the governing body of flat and steeplechase horse racing in France. It was founded on May 3, 1995 as the result of the amalgamation of four different industry organizations...

, the governing authority for Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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s in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. French Horse Racing is a nationally honored sport, as each year thousands gather to observe the races. The French Horse Racing Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

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 was erected in 1899, but burned down in 1914, it was rebuilt in 1919.

Alphabetical listing of horses inducted into the France Galop Hall of Fame:

Flat racing

Flat racing

Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...

 

• Allez France
  Allez France
  Allez France was a French Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who was the first filly in Thoroughbred horse racing history to earn $1 million....
  
  
• Gladiateur
  Gladiateur
  Gladiateur was a French Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who won the English Triple Crown in 1865. Gladiateur is called a legend by France Galop and "One of the best horses ever to grace the turf in any century" by the National Sporting Library of Middleburg, Virginia...
  
  
• Helissio
  Helissio
  Helissio is a Thoroughbred racehorse sired by Fairy King and a grandson of Northern Dancer. Owned by the Spanish businessman Enrique Sarasola, he was voted the European Horse of the Year for 1996...
  
  
• Irish River
  Irish River
  Irish River was a French Thoroughbred racehorse who won seven Group One races in France during his two-years of racing.Bred and raced by Mrs. Raymond Ades, he was out of the mare Irish Star...
  
  
• Jim And Tonic
  Jim And Tonic
  Jim And Tonic is a French Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse and the richest racehorse in the history of horse racing in France....
  
  

• Miesque
  Miesque
  Miesque was a champion Thoroughbred racemare, best known as the first horse to win two consecutive Breeders' Cups and racing awards in Europe and America. She was a Group one winner at two, three and four-years-old, for a total of 10 G1 wins. She produced five stakes winners.-Breeding:Miesque was...
  
  
• Peintre Celebre
  Peintre Celebre
  Peintre Celebre, , is a champion thoroughbred racehorse.Bred and owned by Daniel Wildenstein , the renowned French art dealer and highly successful horseman, Peintre Celebre came from a line of outstanding thoroughbreds. He was a son of Nureyev, France's champion miler in 1980, who was in turn the...
  
  
• Right Royal
• Sea Bird
  Sea Bird II
  Sea Bird II is considered by many to be the greatest post-war European flat racehorse. His Timeform rating of 145 is still the highest ever flat figure awarded by that publication. Sea Bird II is most famous for his breathtaking victories in two of Europe's most prestigious races: the Epsom Derby...
  
  
• Tantieme
  Tantieme
  Tantième was a French Thoroughbred horse racing champion and prominent sire who twice won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, France's most prestigious horse race. He also won several other important conditions races including the Grand Critérium in 1949, the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Prix Lupin and...
  
  
• Zarkava
  Zarkava
  Zarkava is an undefeated French Thoroughbred racehorse whose wins included the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.Bred and raced by HH Aga Khan IV, she was sired by Group II winner Zamindar who also sired the multiple Group One winner, Darjina...
  
  

Steeplechase racing

Steeplechase (horse racing)

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• Al Capone II
  Al Capone II
  Al Capone II is a French Autre Que Pur-Sang steeplechaser. Sired by the Selle Francais jumper, Italic, and out of the mare L'Oranaise, he is a full brother to The Fellow who won the 1991 Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris, the 1991 & 1992 King George VI Chase, and the 1994 Cheltenham Gold Cup.Al...
  
  
• Archy Bald
• Hyeres III
• Katko
• Monsieur LaCroix

• Or Jack
• The Fellow
  The Fellow
  The Fellow was an AQPS top-class National Hunt racehorse in the early 1990s. He won the 1994 Cheltenham Gold Cup and narrowly lost the 1991 and 1992 renewals. He also won the 1991 and 1992 King George VI Chase and the 1991 Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris. Along with Mandarin he is one of only two...
  
  
• Ubu III
• Ucello II

See also

• Australian Racing Hall of Fame
  Australian Racing Hall of Fame
  The Australian Racing Hall of Fame is part of the Australian Racing Museum which documents and honours the horseracing legends of Australia. The museum officially opened in 1981 and created the Hall of Fame in 2000....
  
  
• Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
  Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
  The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame was established in 1976 at the Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario to honor those who have made a significant contribution to the sport of harness and thoroughbred horse racing in Canada....
  
  
• New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame
  New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame
  The New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame is an organization created to recognise and honour those whose achievements have enriched the New Zealand Horse racing industry...
  
  
• United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
  National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
  The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers...