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Vayrann
SireBrigadier Gerard
GrandsireQueen's Hussar
DamVal Divine
DamsireVal de Loir
SexStallion
Foaled7 April 1978[1]
CountryIreland
ColourBrown
BreederAga Khan IV
OwnerAga Khan IV
TrainerFrançois Mathet
Record8: 4-1-1
Major wins
Prix Jean de Chaudenay (1981)
Prix du Prince d'Orange (1981)
Champion Stakes (1981)
Awards
Timeform rating: 133 (1981), 123 (1982)

Vayrann (foaled 7 April 1978) was an Irish-bred, French-trained

sire. As a three-year-old in 1981 he won four of his six races including the Prix Jean de Chaudenay, Prix du Prince d'Orange and Champion Stakes
. His victory in the latter race was only confirmed at the end of a protracted and controversial process after he failed a post-race drug test. He was injured on his second appearance in 1982 and was retired to stud, where he had moderate success as a sire of winners.

Background

Vayrann was a brown horse with a large white

Oak Tree Invitational Stakes winner Yashgan as well as the dams of Natroun (Prix du Jockey Club) and Vereva (Prix de Diane).[3] The Aga Khan bought Val Divine at the dispersal of Dupre's bloodstock: at the time she was carrying the unborn foal who would later be named Vayrann.[4]

Vayrann was trained by the veteran François Mathet at Chantilly. Mathet had trained many of the best French racehorses of the 20th century including Tantieme, Relko and Reliance.[5]

Racing career

1981: three-year-old season

Vayrann began his racing career in the Prix Ajax, a

6/4 favourite but finished third of the eleven runner behind the British colt Glint of Gold and the out-and-out stayer Tipperary Fixer.[6]

After a two-month break, Vayrann returned in the

2000 Guineas winner To-Agori-Mou in a field which also included the Irish filly Cairn Rouge who had won the race in 1981 as well as Master Willie, Madam Gay and The Wonder. Vayrann was always among the leaders, took the lead inside the final quarter mile and never looked in danger of defeat, winning by two lengths from Cairn Rouge, with the 66/1 outsider Amyndas two length further back in third. A post-race urine sample gave a positive result but the result of the race was left unaltered pending a Jockey Club inquiry held in the following year.[6]

1982: four-year-old season

On his four-year-old debut, Vayrann contested the Group One Prix Ganay over 2100m at Longchamp on 2 May. He looked less than fully fit and ran well to finish fourth behind Bikala, Lancastrian and Al Nasr with Kalaglow and April Run unplaced. Two months later in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, Vayrann started third favourite at odds of 7/2. He finished fifth behind Glint of Gold, sustaining a serious injury to his right foreleg which ended his racing career.[7]

The inquiry into Vayrann's positive test took place at a private session of the Jockey Club's disciplinary committee on 7 June 1982. The horse's urine sample had been found to contain

anabolic steroids. The use of steroids is banned in British racing (although at the time they were allowed to be used as a medication for horses who were out of training) and it was widely expected that Vayrann would be disqualified. The Aga Khan's team of experts argued that it was possible for a male horse to produce Estrane naturally as a breakdown product from testosterone, and that the Jockey Club's list of prohibited substances only covered those which were administered externally. The committee accepted these arguments and allowed Vayrann to keep the race.[7][8]

Assessment

In 1981 the independent Timeform organisation gave Vayrann a rating of 133, making him the fourth best horse of the year behind Shergar (140), Northjet (136) and Bikala (134). In the official International Classification he was less highly rated, being placed twelve pound behind the top-rated Shergar and equal-eleventh among all European-trained horses.[6] In the following year he was rated 123 by Timeform.[7]

Stud record

Vayrann was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion at his owner's Haras de Bonneval in

Anniversary Hurdle at Aintree Racecourse in 1989.[10] He was also the broodmare sire of the Prix de Diane winner Daryaba.[4]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Vayrann (IRE), brown stallion, 1978[1]
Sire
Brigadier Gerard (GB)
1968 		Queen's Hussar (GB)
1960 		March Past Petition
Marcelette
Jojo Vilmorin
Fairy Jane
La Paiva (GB)
1956 		Prince Chevalier Prince Rose
Chevalerie
Brazen Molly Horus
Molly Adare
Dam
Val Divine (FR)
1971 		Val de Loir (FR)
1959 		Vieux Manoir Brantôme
Vieille Maison
Vali Sunny Boy
Her Slipper
Pola Bella (FR)
1965 		Darius Dante
Yasna
Bella Paola Ticino
Rhea (Family:4-n)[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Vayrann pedigree". Equineline. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  2. ^ Hugh McMahon. "Vayrann images". Sporthorse-data.com. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b "St. Marguerite – Family 4-n". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Grand plan bears fruit; Daryaba's Prix de Diane triumph completed a memorable hat-trick for the Aga Khan". Racing Post. 29 June 1999. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  5. ^ John Randall (21 May 2008). "FRANCE'S RECLUSIVE GENIUS". Racing Post. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  6. ^
    ISBN 0-900599-33-2
    .
  7. ^
    ISBN 0-900599-35-9
    .
  8. ^ "Second runner to give positive sample". Racing Post. 13 July 2001. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  9. ^ The Aga Khan Studs – http://www.AgaKhanStuds.com/. "Vayrann". Aga Khan Studs. Retrieved 29 September 2013. {{cite web}}: External link in |author= (help)
  10. ^ "Vayrua race record". Racing Post. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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