Foaled 1967 Colour Grey Owner Margit Batthyany Species Equus caballus Sex Stallion Grandsire Grey Sovereign | Country Ireland Breeder Margit Batthyany Trainer Albert Klimscha Damsire Chamossaire Color Gray | |
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Caro (1967–1989) was an Irish-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse.
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Background
Caro was a grey horse, standing 16.3 hands (67 inches, 170 cm). He was bred in Ireland by his owner, Countess Margit Batthyany, and trained in France with Albert Klimscha
Racing career
As a three-year-old in 1970, Caro won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains after the disqualification of Faraway Son. He then defeated older horses in the Prix d'Ispahan and was third in the Prix du Jockey Club. In the following year, he won the Prix d'Harcourt and the Prix Dollar and set a course record for 2,100 metres at Longchamp in winning the Prix Ganay. He also finished second to Mill Reef in the Eclipse Stakes. He was rated the French champion older male of 1971 with a Timeform rating of 133.
Stud record
Although successful in racing, Caro is best known as a sire both in France, where he was the leading sire in 1977, and in the United States. Caro was sent to Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky in the late summer of 1977, where he was highly successful. He died there in 1989 and is buried in their equine cemetery.Caro sired 78 stakes winners including:
Caro was the broodmare sire of 134 stakes winners, including: