Ajax (horse)

Ajax
Sire	Flying Fox (GB)
Grandsire	Orme
Dam	Amie
Damsire	Clamart
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1901
Country	France
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Edmond Blanc
Owner	Edmond Blanc
Trainer	Robert Denman
Record	5 starts, 5 wins
Major wins
	Prix Noailles (1904); Prix Lupin (1904); Prix du Jockey Club (1904); Grand Prix de Paris (1904)
	Last updated on 29 January 2011

Ajax (1901 – 15 February 1915) was an undefeated Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Grand Prix de Paris and was an influential sire.

For the Australian racehorse of the same name, see Ajax II.

Breeding

Bred and raced by Edmond Blanc, he was by the good winner and sire, Flying Fox and his dam was the unraced Amie by Clamart, who also won the Grand Prix de Paris. Ajax was a brother to Adam, a sire who was exported to the United States in 1906 and then in 1908 to Austria.[1]

Racing record

Ajax was trained by Robert Denman and ridden by jockey, George Stern. In 1904 the three-year-old colt won the two most prestigious races in France, the Prix du Jockey Club[2] and the Grand Prix de Paris[3] before retiring undefeated after five starts.

At stud, Ajax was an influential stallion[4] who sired Union (his first classic winner and the 3rd dam of Le Pacha) and Teddy. His daughters produced the undefeated Havresac II, Invershin, Massine and Le Correge.[1] Ajax died on 15 February 1915.[5]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Ajax, bay stallion, 1901
Sire Flying Fox b. 1896	Orme b. 1889	Ormonde b. 1883	Bend Or
		Ormonde b. 1883	Lily Agnes
		Angelica b. 1879	Galopin*
		Angelica b. 1879	St.Angela
	Vampire br. 1889	Galopin* br. 1872	Vedette
		Galopin* br. 1872	Flying Duchess
		Irony ch. 1881	Rosebery
		Irony ch. 1881	Sarcasm
Dam Amie b. 1893	Clamart ch. 1888	Saumur	Dollar
		Saumur	Finlande
		Princess Catherine ch. 1876	Prince Charlie
		Princess Catherine ch. 1876	Catherine
	Alice b./br. 1887	Wellingtonia ch. 1869	Chattanooga
		Wellingtonia ch. 1869	Araucaria
		Asta br. 1877	Cambuslang
		Asta br. 1877	Lady Superior

Note: b. = Bay, br. = Brown, ch. = Chestnut

* Ajax was inbred 3x4 to Galopin. This means that the stallion appears once in the third generation and once in the fourth generation of his pedigree.

References

Pryor, Peter, The Classic Connection, Cortney Publications, Luton, 1979
Tb Heritage: Flying Fox
Staff (1917). "Etalons Anglais". Stud Book Français. 17: 2.

External links

Ajax at Thoroughbred Heritage

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[Pryor-1] Pryor, Peter, The Classic Connection, Cortney Publications, Luton, 1979

[4] Tb Heritage: Flying Fox

[5] Staff (1917). "Etalons Anglais". Stud Book Français. 17: 2.