Shirocco

Infobox last modified on 7 December 2007.

Sirocco ( English thoroughbred horse, born 10 April 2001) is one of the most successful racehorses of the German horse sports.

Sirocco was a son of Champion sire monsoon. He was the fifth foal of the mare so sedulous, a daughter of Northern Dancer 's son The Minstrel, who triumphed in both English and Irish Derby in 1977.

In his first year as a racehorse (2004) Sirocco earned 568,000 euros. Among the victories of bay stallion it was also the 135th German Derby in Hamburg-Horn.

Followed in 2005 by another career highlight. Sirocco won the doped with two million dollars Breeders' Cup Turf at the New York racetrack Belmont Park, marking the biggest success of a German horse for ten years. Previously, he had reached the fourth place in the Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe in Paris -Longchamp. Due to an injury sirocco could only compete in three races in 2005, but it won almost a million euros. In January 2006, he was elected " gallopers of the Year" in 2005, it was announced.

Since August 2005 sirocco is in the care of the most successful European flat coach of the French Champions Subscription André Fabre, in Chantilly, near Paris. Sirocco earned in his comprehensive three seasons racing career in 11 races ( 6 wins, 5 places) total 1,915,488 euros. His owner and breeder is the Cologne banker Georg Baron von Ullmann.

One of the favorites in the Prix de l' sirocco launched Arc de Triomphe in 2006, disappointed there but all along the line and finished last. A subsequent start in the Breeders' Cup Classic has not been realized. Georg Baron von Ullmann sirocco sold to one of the world's largest breeder and owner, Sheikh Mohammed al - Maktoum. In its Dalham Stud sirocco is situated off the 2007 season at a stud fee of £ 10,000 as a sire.