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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Brazilian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-label">Damsire</th><td class="infobox-data">Ahonoora</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sex</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stallion_(horse)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stallion (horse)">Stallion</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Foaled</th><td class="infobox-data">September 27, 2000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 27, 2016</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Colour</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chestnut_(coat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chestnut (coat)">Chestnut</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Breeder</th><td class="infobox-data">Haras Bage Do Sul</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=T_N_T_Stud&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="T N T Stud (page does not exist)">T N T Stud</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Trainer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Frankel" title="Robert J. Frankel">Robert J. Frankel</a> (USA)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Record</th><td class="infobox-data">13: 9-2-0</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Earnings</th><td class="infobox-data">$1,658,377</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #d2b48c">Major wins</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Citation_Handicap" class="mw-redirect" title="Citation Handicap">Citation Handicap</a> (2004)<br /><a href="/wiki/Morvich_Handicap" class="mw-redirect" title="Morvich Handicap">Morvich Handicap</a> (2004)<br /><a href="/wiki/Inglewood_Handicap" class="mw-redirect" title="Inglewood Handicap">Inglewood Handicap</a> (2004)<br /><a href="/wiki/Frank_E._Kilroe_Mile_Handicap" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap">Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap</a> (2005)<br /><a href="/wiki/Fourstardave_Handicap" title="Fourstardave Handicap">Fourstardave Handicap</a> (2005)<br /><a href="/wiki/Woodbine_Mile" title="Woodbine Mile">Woodbine Mile</a> (2005)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #d2b48c">Awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Champion_Male_Turf_Horse" title="American Champion Male Turf Horse">American Champion Male Turf Horse</a> (2005)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="color: #555">Last updated on September 11, 2007</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Leroidesanimaux</b> (September 27, 2000 – May 27, 2016) was a <a href="/wiki/Thoroughbred" title="Thoroughbred">Thoroughbred</a> <a href="/wiki/Horse_racing" title="Horse racing">racehorse</a> who competed in Brazil and was an <a href="/wiki/Eclipse_Award" title="Eclipse Award">Eclipse Award</a> winner in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leroidesanimaux&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His name was four French-language words combined. <i>Le roi des animaux</i> translates as "The king of the animals." </p><p>Bred by Haras Bage Do Sul at <a href="/wiki/Acegu%C3%A1,_Brazil" title="Aceguá, Brazil">Aceguá</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Sul" title="Rio Grande do Sul">Rio Grande do Sul</a>, he was out of the <a href="/wiki/Mare_(horse)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mare (horse)">mare</a> Dissemble and sired by <a href="/wiki/Candy_Stripes" title="Candy Stripes">Candy Stripes</a> who also sired <a href="/wiki/Invasor_(horse)" title="Invasor (horse)">Invasor</a>, the horse ranked <a href="/wiki/World_Thoroughbred_Racehorse_Rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings">No.1 in the world</a> for 2006. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Racing_career">Racing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leroidesanimaux&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Racing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002:_Two-Year-Old_season">2002: Two-Year-Old season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leroidesanimaux&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2002: Two-Year-Old season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At age two, Leroidesanimaux had a first and a second in three starts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2003:_Three-Year-Old_season">2003: Three-Year-Old season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leroidesanimaux&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2003: Three-Year-Old season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At three, he raced at <a href="/wiki/Hip%C3%B3dromo_da_G%C3%A1vea" title="Hipódromo da Gávea">Gávea Racetrack</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a> before being brought to the United States by owners T N T Stud (Goncalo Borges Torrealba and Regina Torrealba). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004:_Four-Year-Old_season">2004: Four-Year-Old season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leroidesanimaux&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2004: Four-Year-Old season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Racing in <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> for trainer <a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Frankel" title="Robert J. Frankel">Bobby Frankel</a>, as a four-year-old Leroidesanimaux finished fourth in his American debut. He then won five consecutive races during which he set a track record for the 1 1/16-mile distance on turf in the Grade III <a href="/wiki/Inglewood_Handicap" class="mw-redirect" title="Inglewood Handicap">Inglewood Handicap</a> at <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Park_Racetrack" title="Hollywood Park Racetrack">Hollywood Park Racetrack</a>. Among his other 2004 wins, Leroidesanimaux won the Grade I <a href="/wiki/Citation_Handicap" class="mw-redirect" title="Citation Handicap">Citation Handicap</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005:_Five-Year-Old_season">2005: Five-Year-Old season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leroidesanimaux&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2005: Five-Year-Old season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2005, Leroidesanimaux had another highly successful year. He won the Grade I <a href="/wiki/Frank_E._Kilroe_Mile_Handicap" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap">Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap</a> at <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California's</a> <a href="/wiki/Santa_Anita_Park" title="Santa Anita Park">Santa Anita Park</a> and followed this with a win in the <a href="/wiki/Fourstardave_Handicap" title="Fourstardave Handicap">Fourstardave Handicap</a> at <a href="/wiki/Saratoga_Race_Course" title="Saratoga Race Course">Saratoga Race Course</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> in which he set another track record for the 1 1/16-mile distance on turf. Shipped north to <a href="/wiki/Woodbine_Racetrack" title="Woodbine Racetrack">Woodbine Racetrack</a> in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto, Ontario</a>, Canada, Leroidesanimaux set the <a href="/wiki/Woodbine_Mile" title="Woodbine Mile">Woodbine Mile</a> race record for the largest margin of victory at seven and three-quarter lengths while carrying the highest weight of any winner in the race's history. </p><p>Considered by many racing experts and fans as one of the best turf milers in years, Leroidesanimaux was sent off as the heavy <a href="/wiki/Parimutuel_betting" title="Parimutuel betting">betting</a> favorite in the 2005 <a href="/wiki/Breeders%27_Cup_Mile" title="Breeders' Cup Mile">Breeders' Cup Mile</a>. The morning of the race his handlers discovered the horse's feet were too sore to remove his training <a href="/wiki/Horseshoe" title="Horseshoe">bar shoes</a> and would have to compete without racing plates. In addition to sore feet and improper shoes, he drew the difficult outside post position eleven. Despite these obstacles, Leroidesanimaux still ran a strong race and finished second to <a href="/wiki/Artie_Schiller" title="Artie Schiller">Artie Schiller</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Assessment">Assessment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leroidesanimaux&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Assessment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His overall performance in the 2005 racing season earned him the <a href="/wiki/Eclipse_Award" title="Eclipse Award">Eclipse Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/American_Champion_Male_Turf_Horse" title="American Champion Male Turf Horse">American Champion Male Turf Horse</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stud">Stud</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leroidesanimaux&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Stud"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sold to Richard and Audrey Haisfield, Leroidesanimaux was retired to <a href="/wiki/Horse_breeding" title="Horse breeding">stud</a> duty at their <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_Farm" title="Stonewall Farm">Stonewall Farm</a> in <a href="/wiki/Versailles,_Kentucky" title="Versailles, Kentucky">Versailles, Kentucky</a>. In 2013, it was announced that Leroidesanimaux would be moved to stud in England. He died in May 2016 at the age of 15 at <a href="/wiki/Lanwades_Stud" title="Lanwades Stud">Lanwades Stud</a> in <a href="/wiki/Newmarket,_Suffolk" title="Newmarket, Suffolk">Newmarket</a> from complications after a minor paddock accident.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_progeny">Notable progeny</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leroidesanimaux&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable progeny"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>c = <a href="/wiki/Colt_(horse)" title="Colt (horse)">colt</a>, f = <a href="/wiki/Filly" title="Filly">filly</a>, g = <a href="/wiki/Gelding" title="Gelding">gelding</a></i> </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size:90%"> 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