Alain Lequeux (1947 – 26 April 2006) was one of France's leading

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s in the 1970s and 1980s. He won 33 Group or Grade 1 races, including the 1981 Washington, D.C. International Stakes aboard

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for trainer Charlie Whittingham. Son of leading French rider Guy Lequeux, he won more than 2,000 races while riding in

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from 1963 to 1992. He won the 1974

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(Fr-G1) (French One Thousand Guineas) with Dumka, and the 1979 St. Leger Stakes (Eng-G1) with Son of Love (Fr). A noted

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, following his retirement from racing the popular and personable Lequeux owned and operated the Cafe Lequeux in Chantilly not far from the

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. He died in hospital at

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on 26 April 2006 of a

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at age 59.

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