VERTICAL SPEED

chestnut horse - 1 m 64
1994

 

Breeder : Allez France Stables

 

Won 1 213 311 F

 

 

 

 


2006 - VERTICAL SPEED has been sold to Ireland.

 

 

RACE RECORD


4 races, all at 3. 3 wins, placed once.

Prix Hubert de Chaudenay (Gr.2 - 15 f), du Lys (Gr.3 - 13 f), des Gobelins (Longchamp - 11 f), 2nd St. Leger St. (Gr.1).

 

 

 

PRODUCE RECORD

 

His main winners

Flat races

TANGASPEED - Prix Madame Jean Couturié (L. - Vichy), Grand Prix du Conseil Général des Alpes-Maritimes (L.), 3rd Prix de la Porte de Madrid (L. - Saint-Cloud), Max Sicard (L. - Toulouse), 4th Prix Minerve (Gr.3 - Deauville), de Flore (Gr.3 - Saint-Cloud), Fille de l'Air (Gr.3 - Toulouse), Lord Seymour (L. - Longchamp), 5th Prix Vermeille (Gr.1 - Longchamp)
SILVER VALNY - Prix Denisy (L. - Saint-Cloud), 2nd Prix Royal-Oak (Gr.1 - Longchamp), Denisy (L. - Saint-Cloud), 5th Prix du Cadran (Gr.1 - Longchamp)

Jumping races

QUATRE HEURES - Champion 4yo Hurdle (Gr.1 - Punchestown), 3rd Grande Course de Haies de Pau (L.)
ROYAL SPEED - Prix Juigné (Gr.3 - hurdles - Auteuil), Prix Le Guales de Mézaubran (L. - h. - Auteuil), 2nd Prix Miror (L. - Auteuil), 4th Prix Léon Rambaud (Gr.2 - Auteuil), Hypothèse (Gr.3 - Auteuil), Pierre de Lassus (Gr.3 - Auteuil)

ALPHA SPEED
- Grand Steeple-Chase de Loire-Atlantique (L. - Nantes),
Grand Steeple-Chase des Flandres (Waregem), 2nd Grand Steeple-Chase de Lyon (L.), Grande Course de Haies de Pau (L.), Grand Steeple-Chase des Flandres (Waregem), 3rd Prix du Conseil Général de la Mayenne - Grand Steeple-Chase de Craon (L.), 4th Grand Steeple-Chase de la Ville de Deauville (L.)
Masters Royal - 3rd Prix Miror (L. - h. - Auteuil)

 

 

 

PEDIGREE

 BERING

 ARCTIC TERN

 Sea Bird

 Dan Cupid (Native Dancer - Vixenette)
 Sicalade (Sicambre - Marmelade)

 Bubbling Beauty

 Hasty Road (Roman - Traffic Court)
 Almahmoud (Mahmoud - Arbitrator)

 BEAUNE

 Lyphard

 Northern Dancer (Nearctic - Natalma)
 Goofed (Court Martial - Barra II)

 Barbra

 Le Fabuleux (Wild Risk - Anguar)
 Biobelle (Cernobbio - La Beloli)

 VICTOIRE BLEUE
1987

 LEGEND OF FRANCE

 Lyphard

 Northern Dancer (Nearctic - Natalma)
 Goofed (Court Martial - Barra II)

 Lupe

 Primera (My Babu - Pirette)
 Alcoa (Alycidon - Phyllis Court)

 VOSGES
1980

 Youth

 Ack Ack (Battle Joined - Fast Turn)
 Gazala (Dark Star - Belle Angevine)

 Virunga

 Sodium (Psidium - Gambade)
 Vale (Verrières - Calliopsis)


By BERING. Prix du Jockey-Club (Gr.1). 2nd Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Dancing Brave - Gr.1).
Sire of American Post, Art Contemporain, Beau Sultan, Bellona, Berine, Berinsfield, Blue Water, Break Bread, Carajuve, Coach, Déjà, Frozen Groom, Gloriosa, Hylandra, Indighirka, Ing Ing, Lady Catherine, Lapon, Loch Béring, Marethea, Matiara, Miss Berbère, Moiava, Moivouloirtoi, Mountjoy, Nansen, Neptune's Bride, Ocean Sea, Penang Pearl, Pennekamp, Peter Davies, Precious Ring, Ring Pink, Roli Abi, Salmon Ladder, Sarrasin, Serrant, Signe Divin, Silka Key Service, Snow Cap, Special Price, Steamer Duck, Stella Bérine, Straightaway, Three Points, Trojan Sea, Urban Ocean, Vaguely Gay,

 

 

1st dam
VICTOIRE BLEUE, 4 wins - 918 000 FF. Prix du Cadran (Gr.1), Gladiateur (Gr.3), d'Abbeville (Evry), 2nd Grand Handicap de la Manche. Dam of :
- VERTICAL SPEED, see above.
- VAINCRE OU MOURIR (c., Groom Dancer), 1 win in France, Prix des Gobelins.
- Vanishing World (c. Bering), 1 win, 3rd Prix Hocquart (Gr.2), de Courcelles (L.), 4th Prix du Lys (Gr.3) and 238 000 FF.
- VAST EMPIRE (Danehill), 2 wins, Prix Esprit du Nord at Le Croisé-Laroche, Prix Flying Dutchmann at Maisons-Laffitte, 2nd Prix du Tremble at Compiègne
- VICTOIRE FINALE (f. Peintre Célèbre - 2000), 1 win, Prix des Fontaines at Chantilly, 4th Prix de Bagatelle (L.) at Maisons-Laffitte
- VLADIVOSTOK (Nashwan - 2001), 2 wins, 3rd Prix du Connétable (B) at Chantilly

 

2nd dam
Vosges, 1 win at 3. Prix de Bonneville (Deauville), 2nd Prix Paul de Pourtalès, 3rd Prix Vermeille (Gr.1). Dam of :
- VICTOIRE BLEUE, see above.
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Vison Royal (c. Glint of Gold). 4 wins in jumping races, 660 000 FF. Prix Fauche Le Pré, Santo Piétro, Souviens-Toi, Arthur Veil-Picard, 2nd Prix Léon Rambaud (classic - Auteuil).

 

3rd dam
VIRUNGA, 5 wins and placed 4 times. Prix de Malleret (Gr.3), de la Seine (L.), 2nd Prix Saint-Alary (Gr.1), Yorkshire Oaks (Gr.1), 3rd Prix de Diane (Gr.1). Dam of :
- VACARME (Lyphard), 3 wins, Mill Reef St. (Gr.2), 2nd Trusthouse Forte Mile (Gr.2), 3rd Middle Park Stakes (Gr.1), Prix Quincey (Gr.3), 4th Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Gr.1), Prix Dollar (Gr.2). Sire.
- VIN DE FRANCE (c. Foolish Pleasure), 2 wins and placed 6 times. Prix Jacques Le Marois (Gr.1), 2nd Mecca Dante St. (Gr.2), 3rd St. James's Palace St. (Gr.2), 4th Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Gr.1), Prix Quincey (Gr.3).
- Venise (Nureyev), unraced. Dam of :
- VERVEINE (Lear Fan), 3 wins from 2 to 4. Prix de l'Opéra (Gr.2), du Calvados (Gr.3), 2nd Hong Kong International Cup (Gr.3), 3rd Critérium des Pouliches (Gr.1), Prix Saint-Alary (Gr.1), de Diane (Gr.1), 4th Prix Vermeille (Gr.1). Won 2.438.432 FF. Dam of :
- VICTORY CRY, 3 wins, Grand Prix de Vichy (Gr.3), Prix des Tuileries (L.). Dam of VOLGOGRAD (c. Peintre Célèbre), Prix de la Croix Sonnet at Deauville, Raoul Fabre at Avignon ; VENITIENNE (f. Giant's Causeway), Prix Fairy Legend at Saint-Cloud ; VANTAGE POINT (c. Zafonic), Prix de Marly-la-Ville, Motrico at Saint-Cloud, Cadum, des Falaises de Craies at Maisons-Laffitte, Général de Saint-Didier at Cagnes-sur-Mer, du Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône at Marseille-Borély, Général de Saint-Didier at Saint-Cloud, de Bayeux at Deauville ; Victory Chant (f. Peintre Célèbre), 2nd Prix de Clermont-sur-Oise, 3rd Prix des Vestales at Compiègne.
- Vagabond, 6 wins, 2nd Prix Jacques de Brémont (L.) at Vichy.
- VIRGINIAN, Prix de Manneville at Saint-Cloud (A)
- VOLGA (f. Caerleon), 7 wins, E.P. Taylor Stakes (Gr.1), La Prevoyante Hdp. (Gr.2), Matchmaker St. (Gr.3), Prix de Royaumont (Gr.3), de Bagatelle (L.), Prix Soya, 2nd E.P. Taylor Stakes (Gr.1), Prix de Malleret (Gr.2), 3rd E.P. Taylor Stakes (Gr.1), 4th Beverly D St. (Gr.1), $ 1 141 759.
- VISIONNAIRE (c. Sadler's Wells), Prix Mordant (B) at Maisons-Laffitte, des Renards at Fontainebleau, 2nd Prix de Lormoy at Longchamp, de Quetieville at Deauville
- VALLEE ENCHANTEE (f. Peintre Célèbre), Hong Kong Vase 2003 (Gr.1) at Sha Tin, Prix du Conseil de Paris (Gr.2) at Longchamp, de Pomone (Gr.2) at Deauville, Isonomy (L.) at Saint-Cloud, de Vulaines at Maisons-Laffitte, 3rd Coronation Cup (Gr.1), Hong Kong Vase (Gr.1), Prix Cléopâtre (Gr.3), 4th Prix Vermeille (Gr.1), Ganay (Gr.1), 5th King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Gr.1).
- Vassilievsky (c. Peintre Célèbre - 2001), Prix de Ferrières (B) at Longchamp, de Coye at Chantilly, Balbo at Maisons-Laffitte, du Sap at Deauville, 2nd Prix Alcantara II (B), de Carteret, Ukrania at Saint-Cloud, Herbager at Maisons-Laffitte, 3rd Prix Greffulhe (Gr.2), Prix de Fontenoy (B) at Longchamp
- Voltmeter (c. Giant's Causeway - 2002), Prix d'Auvillars at Deauville, Cappiello at Maisons-Laffitte, d'Eulalie at Compiègne, de l'Hippodrome de Vittel at Saint-Cloud, 2nd Prix de l'Hermitage at Chantilly, de Lormoy (B) at Longchamp, Gyges at Saint-Cloud, 3rd Prix Michel Houyvet (L.) at Deauville, Grand Prix de Compiègne (L.), Prix de Joinville at Chantilly, du Tremble at Compiègne, 4th Prix de Lutèce (Gr.3) at Longchamp
- VESUVE (c. Green Tune), Doonside Cup (L.) at Ayr, Prix Avenger at Saint-Cloud, de Champerret at Longchamp, 3rd Prix de Guiche (Gr.3) at Chantilly, 5th Prix Guillaume d'Ornano (Gr.2) at Deauville
- VANISHING PRAIRIE, 2 wins. Dam of :
- LA SYLPHIDE, 2 wins, Prix Pénélope (Gr.3). Dam of LA SEINE (f. Rahy), Prix de Gascogne at La Teste, 3rd Prix d'Avranches at Deauville
- Verdi, 19 wins, Prix de la Route des Princes at Chantilly, des Champs-Elysées at Longchamp, Louis Dubourg at Bordeaux-Le Bouscat, d'Anjou, Richmond Brissac Trophée, du Château d'Angers at Angers, Pierre Rivière d'Arc at Tarbes, de Saint-Sauveur, des Neuf Fontaines at Compiègne, Michel Epitalon at Saint-Galmier, 3rd Prix Isonomy (L.), Critérium de Lyon (L.
- VESPONE (c. Llandaff - 2000), Prix Jean Prat (Gr.1), Grand Prix de Paris (Gr.1), La Force (Gr.3), Flambeau at Saint-Cloud, 2nd Prix Ganay (Gr.1), Premio Presidente della Repubblica (Gr.1), Jebal Hatta (Gr.3 - Nad al Sheba), Djebel (L.). Sire.
- VANISHING CAUSEWAY (c. Giant's Causeway - 2002), Prix Top Ville at Amiens, du Grand Jardin at Clairefontaine
- PURPLE MOON (Galileo - 2003), sold 550 000 euros at the Deauville 2004 Yearling Select Sales, 3 wins, Glorious St. (L.), 2nd Melbourne Cup (Gr.1), Hong Kong Vase (Gr.1), Prix du Conseil de Paris (Gr.2), Yorkshire Cup (Gr.2), Newmarket St. (L.), 3rd Dubai Sheema Classic (Gr.1), Ascot Gold Cup (Gr.1), Goodwood Cup (Gr.2)
- VANISHING CUPID (Galileo), Prix Robert de Cholet (L.) at Le Lion-d'Angers (13), La Coupe de Marseille (L.) at Marseille-Borély (13), 2nd Almased-Cup (Gr.3) at Hamburg (14), Grand Prix du Nord (L.) at Le Croisé-Laroche (13), 3rd Preis der Deutschen Einheit (Gr.3) at Berlin (13), Preis der Deutschen Besitzer - Niederrhein-Pokal (Gr.3) at Krefeld (14), Prix Ridgway (L.) at Chantilly (13), 5th Prix Exbury (Gr.3) at Saint-Cloud (14), Le Vase d'Argent (L.) at Toulouse (14)
- WINDY KING (Hurricane Run), Prix Denisy (L.) at Saint-Cloud (14)
- VETHEUIL (c. Riverman), 5 wins, Prix du Muguet (Gr.3), Ridgway (L.), Bertrando St. (L.), Fastness Hdp. (L.), 2nd Prix Jacques Le Marois (Gr.1), 3rd Prix d'Ispahan (Gr.1), du Chemin de Fer du Nord (Gr.3), 4th Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Gr.1) and 1 950 252 FF.
- VAPORETTO, 13 wins, Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil 1999 (Gr.1), Prix Renaud du Vivier (Grande Course de Haies des 4 Ans - C.), La Barka (Sc.), Carmarthen (Gr.3), 3rd Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil 2000 (Gr.1) and 4 582 500 FF.
- Vallée des Rêves, unraced. Dam of :
- MAIDS CAUSEWAY, 4 wins, Coronation Stakes (Gr.1), Rockfel St. (Gr.2), Sweet Solera St. (Gr.3), 2nd 1 000 Guineas (Gr.1), Fillies' Mile (Gr.1), 5th Irish 1 000 Guineas (Gr.1)
 - VENETIAN LADY (f. Woodman), Prix Pearl Cap
- VIDEO TAPE (c. Cannonade), 9 wins in jumping races and 2.516.250 FF. Prix Gérald de Rochefort -Grande Course de Haies de Printemps des 4 Ans, Prix Léon Orly-Roederer, 2nd Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil.
- Vaux Le Vicomte (c. Nureyev), 1 win at 3. Prix de l'Eure (Deauville). 2 wins and placed 8 times in jumping races. 2nd Prix Léopold d'Orsetti - Grande Course de Haies d'Enghien.
1.185.250 FF. 
- Valley of Hope (Riverman), unraced. Dam of 4 winners :
    - Sister Bella, 3 wins, 3rd Irish Oaks (Gr.1). Broodmare.
  - Vahine (Alysheba). Dam of :
- VENDANGEUR (c. Galileo - 2003), Prix Chaudenay (Gr.2) at Longchamp, Bend'Or at Saint-Cloud, 2nd Prix de Lutèce (Gr.3) at Longchamp, de Reux (L.) at Deauville, Pelléas (L.) at Chantilly, 3rd Prix du Mont-Pagnotte at Chantilly. Sire.

 

4th dam
Valé, 2 wins, 2nd Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord (Gr.3), 3rd Prix d'Astarté (Gr.3). Half sister to CHIMO. Dam of 5 winners :
-VITIGES, 6 wins, Prix Robert Papin (Gr.1), Morny (Gr.1), Champion Stakes (Gr.1), 2nd Prix de la Salamandre (Gr.1), Jacques Le Marois (Gr.1), 2 000 Guineas (Gr.1). Sire.
- VARIG, 2 wins and placed twice. Dam of :
- VALHALLA, 2 wins, Prix de l'Elevage (St-Cloud - L). Dam of :
- Vaisseau, 1 win, 2nd Houghton St. (L.)
- VERTIGE (c.), 4 wins, Prix de Ris-Orangis (Gr.3), 2nd Prix Jacques Le Marois (Gr.1), Seaton Delaval St. (Gr.3), Prix Exbury (Gr.3), Lockinge St. (Gr.2), 3rd Dee St. (Gr.3), Prix d'Ispahan (Gr.1), 4th Trusthouse Forte Mile (Gr.2),.
- VILLANDRY, 4 wins, Long Island Hp (Gr.2), Prix de Royaumont (Gr.3), des Tourelles (L.), 2nd Modesty St. (Gr.3), 3rd Santa Ana Hdp. (Gr.1). Broodmare.
- Vanille, 2 wins, 2nd Prix de Psyché (Gr.3), Joubert (L.), 3rd Prix d'Automne (L.). Dam of VOLONTAIRE, Prix Triquerville at Auteuil, Prix Vanille (h.), Prix de Pau (h.), 2nd Prix Morgex (st. - Gr.3) ; Vestale (f. Pistolet Bleu), 3rd Prix Astronomie (Maisons-Laffitte) ; Volcan Magique (c. 2000), 2nd Prix Verso II at Maisons-Laffitte, 3rd Prix du Pavillon at Longchamp
- VILLEZ (c.) 11 wins and placed 5 times for 16 races. Prix Cambacéres - Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil des 3 Ans (classic, Auteuil), Prix Juigné, Alain du Breil, Général de Saint-Didier at Enghien, 3rd Prix Renaud du Vivier. 3 657 000 FF.  Sire.
- Venerie, placed over jumps. Dam of ROSI ZAMBOTTI, Premio Baggio (L.), di Lombardia (L.).
- Vivre Libre, unraced. Particularly dam of Wishing, 5 wins, Derby Trial (Gr.3), FOLGADA, 4 wins, and dam of FREDDY, 5 wins in Argentina, GP National (Gr.1).
- VALLARTA (Sheshoon), 1 win. Dam of :
- MISS JUMP, winner. Dam of FRIDU, 3 wins, Daniel Prenn Yorkshire St. (L.)
- BELLE VIKING, 2 wins, 4th Prix des Lilas (L.). Dam of Sirk, 3 wins, 2nd Chester Vase (Gr.3), Geoffrey Freer St. (Gr.2), 3rd Mecca Dante St. (Gr.2), Guardian Classic Trial (Gr.3), Sire ; D'Azy, 1 win, 3rd Queen Mary St. (Gr.3) and dam of PRESENTING, 6 wins, Geoffrey Freer St. (Gr.2), Gordon St. (Gr.3), 3rd Derby St. (Gr.1), Sire.
- VALINDA (Yelapa), 1 win. Dam of :
- FLYING MACHINE, 2 wins. Dam of :
- BOXING DAY, 4 wins, Critérium du Languedoc (L.), Prix de la Jonchère (Gr.3), 2nd Prix Edmond Blanc (Gr.3), du Chemin de Fer du Nord (Gr.3), Messidor (Gr.3), Matchem (L.), Omnium, 3rd Prix du Muguet (Gr.3). Sire
- Made To Win, placed. Dam of :
- FEMME DE FER, 2 wins. Dam of JAUNATXO, 11 wins, American Derby (Gr.2), Hawthorne Derby (Gr.3) ; Barangay, 3 wins, 3rd Derby du Midi (L.)

 

 

 

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