Waldgeist | |
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Sire | Galileo |
Grandsire | Sadler's Wells |
Dam | Waldlerche |
Damsire | Monsun |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 17 February 2014[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | Waldlerche Partnership |
Owner | Gestut Ammerland, Newsells Park & Coolmore Stud |
Trainer | André Fabre |
Record | 21: 9-3-3 |
Earnings | £4,298,561 |
Major wins | |
Critérium de Saint-Cloud (2016) Prix d'Hédouville (2018) Grand Prix de Chantilly (2018) Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (2018) Prix Foy (2018, 2019) Prix Ganay (2019) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2019) |
Waldgeist (foaled 17 February 2014) is a British-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He has raced in six countries, namely France, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States and Hong Kong. He showed top-class form as a two-year-old in 2016 when he won two of his three races including the Group 1 Critérium de Saint-Cloud. He failed to win in the following year but ran second in the Prix du Jockey Club and fourth in the Irish Derby. In 2018 he won four consecutive races, namely the Prix d'Hédouville, Grand Prix de Chantilly, Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (Group 1) and Prix Foy. In 2019 he won a third Group 1 race when he took the Prix Ganay and recorded his biggest win in October when he took the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.