Breeding
Bred and raced by Edmond Blanc, he was by the good winner and sire, Flying Fox and his dam was the unraced Amie by Clamart, who also won the Grand Prix de Paris. Ajax was a brother to Adam, a sire who was exported to the United States in 1906 and then in 1908 to Austria.
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