| Owner: Marcel Boussac Breeder: Marcel Boussac Winnings: 7 Starts: 4 - 2 - 0, 4,638,600 fr + £832
At 2: Won Grand Criterium (FR), Selsey S. (ENG)
At 3: Won Prix Lupin (FR), Prix Greffulhe (FR); 2nd Prix Du Jockey Club (FR), Prix Hocquart (FR)
Champion 2YO in France, 1948.
Registered as "Ambiorix II".
Exceptional miler. Given this leaning towards speed over stamina, Ambiorix was judged by his famed French breeder Marcel Boussac more useful at stud in America and was ubsequently sold to A.B. Hancock Jr. and Claiborne Farm for $250,000. In the U.S. successful siring 51 SWs from 423 foals also earned warmblood lifetime number #64207046 and had 3 approved sons. Died in 1975 at Clairborne Farm and is buried there.
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