Thoroughbred Racing
Alphonse de Rothschild was an enthusiastic supporter of thoroughbred horse racing who in 1852 at the age of twenty-four became a member of the Paris Jockey Club. He eventually purchased a rural property near Touques, Calvados in the Basse-Normandie region where he built the Haras de Meautry horse breeding farm. There, he laid the foundation for a breeding operation that would prove highly successful for more than one hundred years and one that under the guidance of his descendants remains in operation today. Alphonse de Rothschild raced in an era before the creation of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Among the major races his horses won were:
- Grand Prix de Paris - (1) - Le Roi Soleil (1898)
- Prix de Diane - (3) - Brie (1878), Crinière (1889) Brisk (1894)
- Poule d'Essai des Poulains - (3) - Brio (1887), Heaume (1890) et Le Nicham II (1893)
- Prix du Jockey Club - (2) - Kilt (1876) Heaume (1890)
- Prix de la Forêt - (2) - Kilt (1876) Le Nord (1891)
- Prix Morny - (4) - Louis d'Or (1879), Strelitz (1880), Fresca (1893) Thélème (1903)
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