Allez France
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| Allez France | |
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| Sire | Sea Bird |
| Grandsire | Dan Cupid |
| Dam | Priceless Gem |
| Damsire | Hail To Reason |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1970 |
| Country | United States  |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Bieber-Jacobs Stable |
| Owner | Daniel Wildenstein |
| Trainer | Albert Klimscha Angel Penna, Sr. (at age 4) |
| Record | 21: 13-3-1 |
| Earnings | $1,386,146 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Critérium des Pouliches (1972) Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (1973) Prix Vermeille (1973) Prix de Diane (1973) Prix d'Ispahan (1973 & 1974) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1974) Prix Ganay (1974 & 1975) Prix Dollar (1975) |
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| Racing Awards | |
| Champion Two-Year-Old Filly in France (1972) Champion Three-Year-Old Filly in France (1973) Champion Older Mare in France (1974 & 1975) Horse of the Year in France (1974) |
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| Honours | |
| French Horse Racing Hall of Fame Prix Allez France at Chantilly Racecourse |
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| Infobox last updated on: September 25, 2006. | |
Allez France (May 24, 1970 - December 11, 1989) was a French Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse who was the first filly in Thoroughbred horse racing history to earn $1 million.
Purchased from her Kentucky breeder by French art dealer, Daniel Wildenstein, she became his first important horse and the spur for his substantial investment in racehorses and bloodstock. For his horses in France, Wildenstein operated Dayton Investments Limited and for those in the United States, he named it the Allez France Stables.
During her racing career from age two to five, she was the preeminent filly in France. In 1974 under new trainer Angel Penna, Sr., Allez France went undefeated and in winning the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, France's most prestigious horse race, was crowned French Horse of the Year.
As a six-year-old, Allez France was sent to race in the United States but, as was the case in other races outside of France, she did not do well. In 1976 she was retired as a broodmare to Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky.
