Ajax (horse)

Ajax (1901 – 15 February 1915) was an undefeated French Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1904 Prix du Jockey Club and Grand Prix de Paris and was an influential sire.

For the Australian racehorse of the same name, see Ajax II.
Ajax
SireFlying Fox (GB)
GrandsireOrme
DamAmie
DamsireClamart
SexStallion
Foaled1901
CountryFrance
ColourBay
BreederEdmond Blanc
OwnerEdmond Blanc
TrainerRobert Denman
Record5 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

Breeding

Bred and raced by Edmond Blanc, he was by Flying Fox and out of Amie, whose sire Clamart also won the Grand Prix de Paris. Ajax is 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
Lily Agnes
Angelica
b. 1879		 Galopin*
St.Angela
Vampire
br. 1889		 Galopin*
br. 1872		 Vedette
Flying Duchess
Irony
ch. 1881		 Rosebery
Sarcasm
Dam
Amie
b. 1893		 Clamart
ch. 1888		 Saumur Dollar
Finlande
Princess Catherine
ch. 1876		 Prince Charlie
Catherine
Alice
b./br. 1887		 Wellingtonia
ch. 1869		 Chattanooga
Araucaria
Asta
br. 1877		 Cambuslang
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.

See also

References
  1. Pryor, Peter, The Classic Connection, Cortney Publications, Luton, 1979
  2. "All the races". www.france-galop.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01.
  3. "All the races". www.france-galop.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01.
  4. Tb Heritage: Flying Fox
  5. Staff (1917). "Etalons Anglais". Stud Book Français. 17: 2.
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