Cajun (horse)
| Cajun | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Red Regent |
| Grandsire | Prince Regent |
| Dam | Ermyn Lass |
| Damsire | Ennis |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 3 April 1979 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | J A Dene |
| Owner | James H Stone |
| Trainer | Henry Cecil |
| Record | 13: 3-2-3 |
| Major wins | |
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Chesham Stakes (1981) Middle Park Stakes (1981) Greenham Stakes (1982) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 120 (1981), 120 § (1982) | |
Cajun (3 April 1979 – ca. 1995) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was a talented but temperamental horse who won three of his thirteen races between June 1981 and September 1982. As a two-year-old he won the Chesham Stakes on his second appearance and was placed in the Richmond Stakes and the Seaton Delaval Stakes before ending the year win a win in the Middle Park Stakes. He began his second season with a victory in the Greenham Stakes but was beaten in five subsequent races and was retired from racing at the end of the year. After his retirement he was exported to become a breeding stallion in Japan.
Cajun was a chestnut horse with a small white star bred in Ireland by J A Dene and was described as a "well-made, attractive" colt with a "very smooth, daisy-cutting action". He was from the first crop of foals sired by Red Regent, a well-traveled horse whose biggest wins came in the City and Suburban Handicap and the Hessen-Pokal and who also competed in Spain and the United States. His dam Ermyn Lass was a moderate racehorse whose only success came in a selling race. The best of her other foals was Ubedizzy, a talented sprinter (rated 119 by Timeform) who was banned from racing in Britain owing to his "savage" temperament. Ermyn Lass was a granddaughter of the Irish broodmare Brosna, whose other descendants have included Celtic Arms.
As a yearling Cajun was offered for sale and was bought for 33,000 guineas by the bloodstock agent Tote Cherry-Downes of behalf of the trainer Henry Cecil. Cecil later recalled "I had glandular fever at the time so he was acting on my behalf. He kept ringing me up and saying what a lovely colt he was... in the end I said "for God's sake get on with it then"- I got rather fed up with his persistency. I couldn't wait to criticise the horse when he got back but I found it very difficult. He's a lovely colt." The colt entered training with Cecil at his Warren Place stable in Newmarket, Suffolk and was owned during his racing career by James H Stone.
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