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Edredon Bleu
Edredon Bleu in 2007.
Sire
Grand Tresor
Grandsire
Grandchant
Dam
Nuit Bleue
Damsire
Le Pontet
Sex
Gelding
Foaled
26 April 1992
Died
30 September 2018
Country
France
Colour
Bay
Breeder
Lucien Chevrollier
Owner
Jim Lewis
Trainer
Henrietta Knight
Record
57: 25-7-6
Earnings
£731,065[1]
Major wins
Grand Annual Chase (1998) Peterborough Chase (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) Queen Mother Champion Chase (2000) Championship Chase (2001) Haldon Gold Cup (2002, 2003) John Bull Chase (2003) Desert Orchid SW Pattern Chase (2003) Clonmel Oil Chase (2003) King George VI Chase (2003)
Edredon Bleu (26 April 1992 – 28 September 2018) was an AQPS National Hunt racehorse. He was bred in France but trained for most of his racing career in the United Kingdom. He was a specialist steeplechaser who recorded most of his wins over two and two-and-a-half miles, but was capable of winning major races over longer distances. In a ten-year racing career he ran fifty-seven times and won twenty-five races. His most important successes when winning the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 2000 and the King George VI Chase in 2003.
Edredon Bleu was euthanised on 28 September 2018 at the age of 26.[2]
^"Edredon Bleu — Race Record & Form — Racing Post". Racing Post.
^"Champion Chase and King George hero Edredon Bleu dies age 26 - Horse Racing News — Racing Post". Racing Post.
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