By TOP VILLE (1976-Stud 1980) 2nd top rated 3yr old colt in France in 1979, 3rd top rated 3yr old colt in Europe in 1979, 6 wins, 1,856,400fr., 8f.-12f., Prix du Jockey Club, Chantilly, Gr.1, Prix Lupin, Longchamp, Gr.1, Prix de Conde, Longchamp, Gr.3, Prix Saint-Roman, Longchamp, Gr.3, Prix de Guiche, Longchamp, Gr.3, fourth in Prix Niel, Longchamp, Gr.3. Sire of the winners of over 799 races including-
TOULON (GB) (St Leger Stakes, Doncaster, Gr.1, Prix Maurice de Nieuil, M'-Laffitte, Gr.2, Chester Vase, Chester, Gr.3, Jim Murray Handicap, Hollywood Park, L., third in Prix Greffulhe, Longchamp, Gr.2, Jockey Club Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.2; sire).
PISTOLET BLEU (IRE) (Criterium de Saint-Cloud, Gr.1, Grand Prix de Saint- Cloud, Saint-Cloud, Gr.1, Prix Noailles, Longchamp, Gr.2, Prix Hocquart, Longchamp, Gr.2, Grand Prix d'Evry, Evry, Gr.2, Prix de Conde, Longchamp, Gr.3, second in Prix Ganay, Longchamp, Gr.1, third in Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Longchamp, Gr.1; sire).
TOP SUNRISE (FR) (Prix Royal Oak, Longchamp, Gr.1, Prix Kergorlay, Deauville, Gr.2, Prix Berteux, Chantilly, Gr.3, Prix de Barbeville, Longchamp, Gr.3, Prix du Carrousel, Longchamp, L., third in Ciga Prix de Lutece, Longchamp, Gr.3).
DARARA (Trusthouse Forte Prix Vermeille, Longchamp, Gr.1, Prix de Psyche, Deauville, Gr.3, second in Prix Joubert, Evry, L.).
SAINT ESTEPHE (FR) (Coronation Cup, Epsom, Gr.1, Prix Maurice de Nieuil, Saint-Cloud, Gr.2, Prix d'Harcourt, Longchamp, Gr.2, second in Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, Gr.1, third in Prix Ganay, Longchamp, Gr.1; sire in France).
SHARDARI (Matchmaker International, York, Gr.1, Princess of Wales's Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.2, Cumberland Lodge Stakes, Ascot, Gr.3, St Simon Stakes, Newbury, Gr.3, second in King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1; sire).
PRINCESS PATI (Gilltown Stud Irish Oaks, Curragh, Gr.1, Pretty Polly Stakes, Curragh, Gr.2, Ardoon Stud April Fillies' Stakes, Curragh, L., third in Phoenix Champion Stakes, Phoenix Park, Gr.1).
NORWICH (subject stallion).
BENEFICIAL (GB) (King Edward VII Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.2, Tennents Scottish Classic, Ayr, Gr.3, Dee Stakes, Chester, L., second in A R Dennis Predominate Stakes, Goodwood, L., third in Washington D. C. International Stakes, Laurel, Gr.1; sire).
TOP WALTZ (FR) (Prix Hocquart, Longchamp, Gr.2, Prix de Boulogne, Longchamp, L.; sire in France).
WHITEHAVEN (Prix de Pomone, Deauville, Gr.2, Prix de la Porte de Passy, Chantilly, L., second in Prix de Malleret, Longchamp, Gr.2, Prix Cleopatre, M'-Laffitte, Gr.3, Prix Penelope, Saint-Cloud, Gr.3, third in Park Hill Stakes, Doncaster, Gr.2).
BELLO HORIZONTE (Arcadia Handicap, Santa Anita, Gr.2, New Jersey Turf Classic, Meadowlands, Gr.3, Prix des Epinettes, Longchamp, L.).
UN DESPERADO (FR) (Prix Eugene Adam, Saint-Cloud, Gr.2, second in Prix des Chenes, Longchamp, Gr.3, third in Prix de Suresnes, Longchamp, L.; sire).
KIRMANN (Jockey Club Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.2, White Rose Stakes, Ascot, L., second in King Edward VII Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.2, fourth in Dante Stakes, York, Gr.2; sire). TOP OF THE WORLD (Henry II EBF Stakes, Sandown Park, Gr.3; sire).
FLORIPEDES (FR) (Ciga Prix de Lutece, Longchamp, Gr.3, second in Prix Royal Oak, Longchamp, Gr.1).
EULIYA (FR) (Prix de Royallieu, Longchamp, Gr.3, Prix des Tourelles, Longchamp, L., Prix Joubert, Evry, L.).
NIJO (GB) (Marshall Stakes, Newmarket, L., second in Queen Anne Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.2, Hungerford Stakes, Newbury, Gr.3, Kiveton Park Stakes, Doncaster, Gr.3).
VILANDER (IRE) (Eugen Furst zu Oettingen Wallerstein Mem, Munich, L.).
HASAINIYA (IRE) (Trigo Stks, Leopardstown, L., third in Diamond Stks, Curragh, L.).
TURNERS HILL (GB) (Prix d'Avilly-St-Leonard, Chantilly, L., Grand Prix de Compiegne, L., Prix de la Moskowa, Chantilly, L., second in Prix du Conseil de Paris, Gr.2).
EGYPTOWN (FR) (Prix Belle de Nuit, Evry, L., Prix de la Moskowa, Chantilly, L.).
EQUAL ELOQUENCE (USA) (Shamrock Foods Solonaway Race, Curragh, L.).
PUMPKIN (Grand Handicap International d'Ostende, Ostend, L.).
KARLAFSHA (Prix des Lilas, Chantilly, L., third in Prix Edellic, M'-Laffitte, L.).
CONDRIEU (FR) (Prix Frederic de Lagrange, Longchamp, L.).
NOAH'S TOWN (FR) (Classico Independencia, Gavea, L.).
J'AI DEUX AMOURS (FR) (Prix de Lieurey, Deauville, L., second in Prix de Meudon, Longchamp, L., third in Ciga Prix de l'Opera, Longchamp, Gr.2).
TORCECUELLOS (FR) (Grand Prix d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux, L.).
BARRY WINDOW (Prix Salverte, Longchamp, L.).
LES ARCS (Gerry Feilden Stakes, Newmarket, L., fourth in Dante Stakes, York, Gr.2).
TOP MATCH (FR) (Grand Prix de Compiegne, Compiegne, L.). Also sire over jumps of-
LALITPOUR (Kennel Gate Novices' Hurdle, Ascot, L.).
INN AT THE TOP (GB) (River Don Novices' Hurdle, Doncaster, L.).
LE MAGE (GB) (Prix RTL Beaune Handicap Hurdle, Auteuil, L.).
MODEL MAN (Prix La Barka Hurdle, Auteuil, L.).

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