My Babu

My Babu
SireDjebel
GrandsireTourbillon
DamPerfume II
DamsireBadruddin
SexStallion
Foaled1945
CountryFrance
ColourBay
BreederPeter Beatty[1]
OwnerHH Maharaja of Baroda
TrainerSam Armstrong
Record16: 11-2-0
Earnings£29,830
Major wins
Champagne Stakes (1947)
New Stakes (1947)
Woodcote Stakes (1947)
Craven Stakes (1948)
Sussex Stakes (1948)
Victoria Cup Handicap Stakes (1949) British Classic Race wins:
2000 Guineas Stakes (1948)
Awards
Timeform top-rated two-year-old colt (1947)[2]
Last updated on January 23, 2010

My Babu (1945–1970) was a French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who became one of the most influential sires in American breeding of show jumpers, eventers and hunters. His descendants include Bruce Davidson's former eventing mount JJ Babu, Anky van Grunsven's dressage horse Bonfire, and puissance and grand prix jumper Sympatico. Also, the grand prix jumper Napur is related to him through his sire Damascus dam Kerala. My Babu was the sire of Kerala, and therefore one of Napur's grandsires.

  1. ^ "My Babu (Horse)".
  2. ^ Morris, Tony; Randall, John (1990). Horse Racing: Records, Facts, Champions (Third ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 0-85112-902-1.