Kotashaan

Kotashaan (foaled May 4, 1988 in Orne, France) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in France and earned Champion honors in the United States.

Background

He was bred and raced by brothers Alain and Gérard Wertheimer, owners of the House of Chanel in Paris. Kotashaan was sired by Darshaan, winner of the 1984 French Derby and the Leading sire in France in 2003. His dam was Haute Authorite, a daughter of the American runner Elocutionist who in 1976 won the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, the Preakness Stakes.

Racing career

France

Trained by

Following his Breeders' Cup win, Kotashaan was sold to a Japanese syndicate. For his new owners, he made his final start of 1993, and of his racing career, in the November 28 Japan Cup. Ridden by his regular American jockey, Kent Desormeaux, Kotashaan finished second to Legacy World after Desormeaux misjudged the finish line.^[1]

Honors

Kotashaan's 1993 performances earned him the Eclipse Award for American Champion Male Turf Horse, plus the highest honor in United States' Thoroughbred racing, American Horse of the Year.

Stud record

Retired to

• Kotashaan's pedigree and partial racing stats
• Kotashaan at the Aga Khan Stud
• Video at YouTube of Kotashaan winning the 1993 Breeders' Cup Turf