Manduro (March 9, 2002 – June 27, 2020) was a
World Champion Thoroughbred
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racehorse
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. He was a multiple
Group One
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winner in Germany.
Background
Sired by
Monsun
Monsun (4 March 1990 – 9 September 2012) was a bay Thoroughbred racehorse and stallion bred in Germany by Gestüt Isarland and owned by Baron Georg von Ullmann.
Background
Monsun was a son of Germany's first triple crown winner and champion ...
,
he was out of the mare Mandellicht, a daughter of
Northern Dancer
Northern Dancer (May 27, 1961 – November 16, 1990) was a Thoroughbred that, in 1964, became the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby. After being retired from racing, he became one of the most successful Stallion, sires of the 2 ...
's son
Be My Guest who was the
Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland
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in 1982.
Manduro was purchased by
Baron Georg von Ullmann, a German member of the
Oppenheim banking family, who owns Gestüt Schlenderhan, one of Germany's oldest stud farms. Baron von Ullmann, who owns Manduro's sire, had previously met with considerable success in racing with a number of horses, the most notable of which was another son of Monsun,
Shirocco
Shirocco (foaled 10 April 2001) is a German Thoroughbred racehorse. He was trained in his native Germany by Andreas Schütz up to the end of his three-year-old season before moving to French trainer André Fabre to race as a four and five ye ...
.
Bred in Germany, Manduro was trained by
André Fabre in France.
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Racing career
At age two and three Manduro raced in Germany under trainer Peter Schiergen
Peter Schiergen (born 23 March 1965 in Willich, West Germany) is a former German champion jockeyLee, Alan (8 June 2002), "Kazzia answers leading question". The Times (United Kingdom) and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.
Jockey
Schiergen is ...
where he notably won the 2004 Group III Preis des Winterfavoriten
The Preis des Winterfavoriten is a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Cologne over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.
History
The eve ...
and 2005's Preis der Deutschen Einheit.
In 2006, he raced from a base in France for trainer André Fabre where he won the Group II Prix d'Harcourt
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at Longchamp Racecourse
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in Paris and finished second twice and third three times in five Group One events.
Ridden by Stéphane Pasquier, in 2007 Manduro was undefeated in five starts and the dominant horse in Europe for most of the year. He won three major races in France and two in England but came out of his win in September's Prix Foy with a cannon bone fracture that ended his racing career and which kept him out of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
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at Longchamp Racecourse. The Arc was won by Dylan Thomas
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whom Manduro had earlier defeated by a length and a quarter in the Prince of Wales's Stakes.
Assessment
In January 2008, the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) ranked Manduro No.1 in the world for 2007.
Stud record
Retired to stud
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duty, Manduro would stand in 2008 at Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud.
Major winners
''c = colt, f = filly
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...
, g = gelding
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Pedigree
References
{{Reflist
Manduro's pedigree and partial racing stats with photos
''BBC Sport'' article titled ''Prince of Wales win for Manduro''
International Federation of Horseracing Authorities 2007 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings
2002 racehorse births
2020 racehorse deaths
Racehorses bred in Germany
Racehorses trained in Germany
Racehorses trained in France
Thoroughbred family 3-d