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This is a story of passion...

Created by Isabelle & Nicolas Simon, Haras des Marais has been breeding thoroughbreds since 1999.

Located 20 miles from Le Mans, 45 minutes from Alençon, one hour and an half from Longchamp or Auteuil, Haras des Marais can boast themselves with the birth of 49 winners since 2004.

Labour teamed with ambition! And the hunch to purchase Folklorique, future dam of Gray Steel!

If Mister Nikos, Miss Laos and Négresse de Cuta were the pioneers, Gray Steel's advent at Auteuil will remain as the first big event for Haras des Marais.

Flash-back! Spring 2006! Tidal Fury has calmed down. This sudden ebbing of the 2005 3yo champion leads the way to the best 4yo hurdler throne. On the 7th of may, at Auteuil for the Prix Amadou (Gr.2), the racing sport lovers have had the great privilege of watching a horse opening his record directly in a group. His name? Gray Steel.
After choosing not to race in the Grande Course de Haies d'Eté des 4 Ans (Lina Drop), Gray Steel confirms, upon his return in september, by obtaining a second group, Prix de Maisons-Laffitte (Gr.3).

The most gorgeous grey horse having cantered on the Auteuil grass since Great Love, Gray Steel, overheated metal, has definitely impressed by a royal attitude over jumps.

Beautiful memories, the past victories of Gray Steel should not however obscure the evident success of many horses bred by the Haras des Marais.

Recently, two performers bred at Haras des Marais have shown off in flat races : Prince Chéri, second of the Grand Prix de Clairefontaine 2012 (L.) before a victorious exportation in Australia and Domeside, impressive winner of the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier 2013 (Gr.2) at Longchamp.

Security and well being, renewed investments, the will to go to excellent stallions, an avowed taste - but not exclusive of course - for Germany, Haras des Marais is a place, a place where it is good to be born a racehorse.

 

News : 9 black type adds on our race record in 2018

 

 

Haras des Marais - Winners

DOMESIDE (breeder : Haras des Marais) - 13 wins in flat races, Prix Vicomtesse Vigier (Gr.2), Gladiateur (Gr.3), Gran Premio Villapadierna - Derby espagnol (Madrid), 3rd Prix de Barbeville (Gr.3)

PRINCE CHERI (breeder : Haras des Marais), 1 win in France in flat races, Prix Misti at Clairefontaine, 2nd Grand Prix de Clairefontaine (L.) ; 4 wins in Australia, Kingston Town Stakes (Gr.3) at Rosehill, Tattersalls Club Cup (L.) (18), 3rd City Tattersalls Club Cup (L.), Christmas Cup (L.), 4th dead heat Hawkesbury Gold Cup (Gr.3), Scone Cup (L.), November Topaz Handicap

Prinz Hlodowig (breeder : Haras des Marais), 1 win in flat races, Prix Alain de Royer-Dupré at Evreux, placed 6 times, 2nd Prix de Condé (Gr.3) at Chantilly, 3rd Prix Robert de Grandry at Lyon-Parilly (17), 5th Prix Matchem (L.) at Maisons-Laffitte (17), Grand Prix de Clairefontaine (L.) at Clairefontaine (17), 6th Critérium de Saint-Cloud (Gr.1)

Altea (breeder : C. Vazquez Gonzalez), 1 win in France in flat races, Prix de Bellerive at Vichy (17), 2nd Prix des Réservoirs (Gr.3) at Deauville (17), Lake George Stakes (Gr.3) at Saratoga (18), Critérium de l'Ouest (L.) at Craon (17), 3rd Florida Oaks (Gr.3) at Tampa Bay (18), 5th Edgewood Stakes (Gr.3) at Churchill Downs (18), Wonder Again Stakes (Gr.3) at Belmont Park (18)

 

AL BUSTAN (breeder : Haras des Marais) - Gran Premio Merano (Gr.1) (17), Gran Steeple-Chase d'Europa (18) (Gr.1) at Merano, 2nd Gran Premio Merano (Gr.1) (18), Gran Steeple-Chase d'Europa (Gr.1) at Merano (19), 5th Gran Premio Merano (Gr.1) (19)

GRAY STEEL (breeder : Haras des Marais) - Prix Amadou (Gr.2), de Maisons-Laffitte (Gr.3 - Picture by APRH), de Saint-Maixent (st.) at Auteuil, 2nd Prix Romantisme, 3rd Prix La Barka (Gr.2), Pierre de Lassus (Gr.3), Aristote (st.) at Auteuil, Puffa Graduation Chase at Exeter, 4th Prix Cousin Pons (st.) at Auteuil, Solitaire (st.) at Enghien

CALL ME LORD (breeder : Roger Marot) - 5 wins in jumping races, Select Hurdle (Gr.2) at Sandown (18), Prix Goodea at Cagnes-sur-Mer, Varaville at Compiègne, Handicap Hurdle at Sandown, Handicap Hurdle at Sandown (18), 2nd Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle (Gr.3) at Sandown (18), 3rd Kingwell Hurdle (Gr.2) at Wincanton (18)

MISTER NIKOS (breeder : Haras des Marais) - 2 wins in flat races, Prix La Lambardais at Maure-de-Bretagne, de Curan at Blain, placed 4 times ; 7 wins in jumping races in France and Italy, Grande Course de Haies de Clairefontaine-Deauville (L.), Prix Le Gourzy at Auteuil (Picture by APRH), de Glasgow (h.) at Cagnes-sur-Mer (st.), Penhoet (st.) at Maure-de-Bretagne, Premio Dolomiten (h.), Lagundo (h.) at Merano, Premio Cittadella (st.) at Treviso, placed 27 times

Carlain (breeder : Baudequin Family), 4 wins in jumping races, Prix de la Vanoise at Enghien, Le Touquet, Barcelonnette at Auteuil, du Rond Royal at Compiègne, placed 21 times, 2nd Prix Fifrelet (L.), de Pouilly, Grandlieu at Auteuil, Coureuse de Nuit at Enghien, Jacques Peillon at Clairefontaine, 3rd Prix Ferdinand Dufaure (Gr.1), Stanley (L.), Ketch (L.), Vivienne at Auteuil, Colonel Bernard Marlin at Fontainebleau, de Nogent at Enghien, 4th Prix Jean Bart (L.) at Auteuil, 5th Prix Edmond Barrachin (Gr.3), Aguado (L.), Champaubert, Mélinoir at Auteuil

 

SAGALYRIQUE (breeder : Haras des Marais) - 5 wins in jumping races in France and in UK, Prix Pharaon (h.) at Auteuil, Handicap Chase at Taunton, Handicap Chase at Bangor, Handicap Chase at Ayr, Handicap Chase at Doncaster, placed 7 times, 2nd Handicap Chase at Wincanton, 4th Prix Gaston Branère (L.), Daniel Lescalle (h.) at Auteuil

DRESS BALL (breeders : Yancko Jovanovic & Miroslav Mitcho) - Prix Papillon (st.) at Le Meslay-du-Maine

MISS LAOS (breeder : Paul Sallet) - Prix des Pensées at Compiègne, placed 11 times

NEGRESSE DE CUTA (breeder : M. Montout) - Prix Lombardière (hurdles) at Rochefort-sur-Loir

SUNRISE NEVEES (breeder : Haras des Marais) - 1 win, Prix du Mauret at La Teste, placed 6 times out of 9 starts - Picture by Polin

COLOUR OF DESTINY (breeder : Haras des Marais) - 1 win, Prix de Chanteloup, placed 11 times

SWEET LOLLY (breeder : Haras des Marais) - 1 win, Prix Rotonde du Lac - Picture by APRH

ZERO SUSPICION (breeder : Haras des Marais) - Prix d'Artagnan at Vic Fezensac, Bachlick, Henri Brun, de l'Association des Jockeys at Marseille, placed 11 times - Pictures by Polin

STORMIE SWAMP (breeder : Haras des Marais), 1 win in flat races, Prix Ville le Pass at Agen, placed 3 times in flat races ; placed 3 times in jumping races

GO FOR GOLD MINE (breeder : Haras des Marais), 6 wins in flat races, Grand Handicap de Craon at Craon, Grand Prix Nice 2018 at Cagnes-sur-Mer, Prix Sollicitor, Paul Duboscq at La Teste, Serge Maillard at Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne, du Ru de Berne at Compiègne, placed 10 times, 2nd Prix du Brionnais at Saint-Cloud ; placed once in jumping races

PELENNOR (breeder : Sylvia Stark), 1 win in jumping races at La Roche-sur-Yon

GROUND ZERO (breeders : Pierre Joncoux & Haras des Marais), 4 wins in flat races, Prix Roger Bodin at Gabarret, de la Tenareze at Castera-Verduzan, de Saint-Avit at Mont-de-Marsan, de Balma at Toulouse

PURPLE SENSATION (breeder : Haras des Marais), 11 wins, Prix Georges Rivière at Beaumont-de-Lomagne, de la Barre, Regia Semper at Dax, Colonel Réglade at Bordeaux-Le Bouscat, de Saint-Avé at Vannes, du Conseil Général du Maine et Loire at Le Lion-d'Angers, Grand Prix de la Ville de La Baule at Pornichet, Prix H et A Guébriant, de Garlan at Morlaix, Fargantine at Corlay, Saint-Brieuc Agglomération at Saint-Brieuc, placed 18 times

LE CASTELLANAIS (breeder : M. Mezaguer), 9 wins, Prix du Cavilam, de Montluçon at Vichy, du Buisson Richard at Maisons-Laffitte, Maire Chrétien Glass at Strasbourg, du Val Careï at Cagnes-sur-Mer, Melchior Roussier at Marseille-Borély, du Grand Port at Aix-les-Bains, d'Aix-les-Bains, de Crassier à Divonne-les-Bains, placed 27 times (16)

TWINZY (breeder : Haras des Marais), 1 win over hurdles, Prix des Troènes at La Teste, placed twice

VIRGATA (breeder : Haras des Marais), 1 win, Prix de la Société des Courses de La Roche-Posay at La Rochelle-Chatelaillon

SANDY ROAD (breeders : Annie Charleuf & Cédric Boutin), 2 wins, Prix d'Orgères at Clairefontaine, de Sainte-Marthe at Marseille-Borély, placed 16 times

FLASH D'ETE (breeder : D. Thomine), 1 win, Prix des Roseaux at Fontainebleau, placed once ; 1 win in jumping races, Prix Master Bob at Enghien

CHAOLINI (breeder : Haras des Marais), 5 wins in flat races, Prix de Vic-Bigorre at La Teste, Luna Wells at Angers, Alphonse Duval at Josselin, Idéal Auto at Dinan, H. et A. Guébriant at Morlaix, placed 49 times (18)

DON LUJAN (breeder : Annie Charleuf), 3 wins in jumping races, Prix de Chablis at Enghien, de la Bourgogne at Cagnes-sur-Mer, placed 13 times, 2nd Prix Bougie at Enghien, de la Picardie at Cagnes-sur-Mer, 3rd Prix de la Picardie at Cagnes-sur-Mer

SAMAN (breeder : Roger Marot), 3 wins in flat races, Prix du Lilas at Lyon-Parilly, de Treillières, de Saint-Nazaire at Nantes, placed 9 times ; placed 3 times in jumping races, 2nd Prix du Jurançon at Enghien

PINK SHUTTLE (breeder : Haras des Marais), 1 win in flat races, Prix de la Grande Avenue at Chantilly, placed 5 times

GRAY STEAM (breeder : Haras des Marais), 1 win in jumping races, Prix Maurice de Dampierre at Vichy, placed twice

CONSTANZINA (breeder : Haras des Marais), 1 win in jumping races, Prix de Maupertuis at Saint-Malo, placed twice ; placed 6 times in flat races, 3rd Prix de Pornic at Nantes, La Chapelle-des-Marais at Pornichet, d'Exmès at Deauville

MEDECRISS (breeders : Olivier Carli & Haras des Marais), 2 wins in flat races, Prix du Marché des Saveurs at Angoulême, Nathanaëlle Artu at Le Lion-d'Angers, placed 9 times ; placed twice in jumping races

LA JIHESKA (breeder : Maurice Mezaguer), 2 wins in flat races, Prix des Grands Pins at Mont-de-Marsan, de la Sinope at Deauville, placed 13 times

ASTROLOGO (breeder : Il Defonso de Leon Sotelo Garcia), 3 wins in flat races, Prix Misti at Clairefontaine-Deauville, www.hippodromenancy.fr at Nancy, Odette et Yvan Renaud at Machecoul, placed four times (19)

BAAB AL NASR (breeder : Haras des Marais), 2 wins in flat races, Prix de l'Amirauté at Deauville, Kranji Stakes at Kranji

REAUVILLE (breeder : Haras des Marais), 2 wins in flat races, Prix Ernest Magnon at Toulouse, Jean de Nicolay at Le Mans, placed 17 times

ZARA SKY (breeder : Il Defonso de Leon Sotelo Garcia), 5 wins in flat races, Prix du Bois de Vincennes, Al Wakra at Longchamp, Zalataia at Clairefontaine, de la Thiérache at Le Croisé-Laroche, Clair at Mons (18), placed 13 times (18)

SANTORINA (breeder : Il Defonso de Leon Sotelo Garcia), 4 wins in flat races, Prix de la Chevalerie at Deauville, du Moulin Joly at Saint-Cloud, du Puits d'Antin, de l'Artois (18) at Compiègne, placed 17 times (18), 3rd Prix Zalataia at Clairefontaine

DANI BLUE (breeder : Roger Marot), 6 wins in flat races, Prix de la Reboursière et de Montaigu at Argentan, Eva Gonzales, Schönbrunn (18) at Clairefontaine, des Côteaux de Saint-Cloud at Saint-Cloud, de Champignol at Compiègne, de Saveuse at Amiens, placed 32 times (20)

DRY MARTINY (breeder : Roger Marot), 6 wins in flat races, Prix Journal La Marseillaise, du Comité Régional at Marseille-Vivaux, Kaïd Pous at Cagnes-sur-Mer, de Chambourcy at Saint-Cloud, de Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule at Vichy, de Fontvieille at Salon-de-Provence, placed 12 times (18)

ALHORIZON (breeder : Alain Burgaud), 8 wins in flat races, Prix de la Ville de Laxou, de Pâques at Nancy, de la Brasserie du Terminus at Vittel, Coupe de l'Est at Strasbourg, Prix Morel-Journel, des Dauphins (19) at Lyon-Parilly, des Iris at Clairefontaine, Guillaume Ciabrini at Zonza (19), placed 14 times (19)

ACUARELA (breeder : Haras des Marais), 1 win in flat races, Grand Critérium de Vittel, placed 9 times (18)

PRINCE OF THE HILL (breeder : Haras des Marais), 1 win in flat races, Prix Jean Colins at Les Sables-d'Olonne, placed 3 times (18)

INFORMATEUR (breeder : Alain Burgaud), 3 wins in jumping races, Novices' Hurdle (18), Handicap Hurdle (20) at Sedgefield, Barbara Peacock Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Uttoxeter (19), placed 9 times (19)

VIF ARDENT (breeder : Haras des Marais), 2 wins in jumping races, Prix Colombelles at Auteuil (18), Bontemps at Dieppe (20), placed 12 times (20)

SALERNO (breeder : Haras des Marais), 3 wins in flat races, Prix de la Fontaine Saint-Gervais at Chantilly, de Trufaldin at Marseille-Vivaux (18), d'Hiver at Lyon-La Soie (18), placed 24 times (19)

TREGUA (breeder : Il Defonso de Leon Sotelo Garcia), 2 wins in flat races, Gran Premio Villamejor, Samarella at Madrid (18), placed 6 times (20), 4th Gran Premio Ricardo Ruiz Benitez de Lugo (Madrid)

 

Summary - Haras des Marais