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, grandsire = Danehill , dam = Imbabala , damsire =

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Prix Juigné The Prix Juigné is a flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings. It is run over a distance of 2,100 metres (about 1 mile and 2½ furlongs) at Longchamp in April. It is restricted to horses wh ...

(2007)
Prix de Nanterre (2007)

Grand Prix de Paris The Grand Prix de Paris is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), an ...

(2007)

Prix Foy The Prix Foy is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred colts and fillies aged four years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and ...

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who competes in France. He is owned and bred by Khalid Abdullah's

, who owned his multiple stakes-winning sire

who was also the

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in 2006 and a son of the international leading sire, Danehill. Zambezi Sun was out of the Juddmonte Farms mare Imbabala, a daughter of

who was the 1992 European Champion Two-Yr-Old Colt and a 1993

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winner. Trained by

, Zambezi Sun made his debut at the beginning of April 2007 at

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in Paris, winning the

, an event for unraced three-year-old colts and

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s. In his next start on April 29, he won the Prix de Nanterre at the Longchamp course and then on June 3 at

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he ran fourth to winner Lawman in the

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. Back at Longchamp Racecourse, Zambezi Sun rebounded to win the prestigious G-1

. He did not race again until mid September when he ran third to Soldier of Fortune in the

Prix Niel The Prix Niel is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), in September each ...

. In October he finished eighth in France's most prestigious race, the

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe () is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris over a distance ...

. In contention during the final stretch run, eventual winner

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cut sharply in front of Zambezi Sun, but a claim of interference was rejected by the racing stewards. Zambezi Sun was sent to race in the United States where he will race in 2009. His conditioning was handled by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer,

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References

Zambezi Sun's pedigree and partial racing stats

Bloodhorse.com article on the 2007 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
2004 racehorse births Thoroughbred family 1-p Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in France