VALE ARAZI 02 Jul 2021 10:12
Former champion
two-year-old Arazi has died. He was 32 years old at the time of his passing.
The chestnut with
three white socks and a recognisable crooked blaze produced a memorable display
in the Juvenile in 1991, capping a seven-race unbeaten campaign at two.
Trained by Francois
Boutin, Arazi landed three other top-level wins in France as a juvenile in the
Prix Morny, Prix de la Salamandre and the Grand Criterium and was the first
winner of the Cartier Horse of the Year award that year.Arazi never quite
scaled such heights at three, winning at Group 2 and Listed level, finishing
fifth in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot and down the field in the
Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Mile.
His progeny included
five time G1 winner, and G1 sire, Congaree, with Arazi spending his final years
in Melbourne.
