471:. Gentilhombre led from the start but Marinsky overtook him in the closing stages, bumping him in the process and won by a length and a half, with Mandrake Major finishing third. Following an inquiry by the racecourse stewards, the positions of the first two finishers were reversed and the race was awarded to Gentilhombre. Timeform expressed the view that the stewards may have influenced by Marinsky's previous bad behaviour. Gentilhombre was scheduled to make his next appearance in the William Hill Sprint Championship, but missed the race after a training setback.
479:, Prix du Gros ChĂȘne), Karosa, Haveroid (William Hill Sprint Championship), Raga Navarro and King of Macedon. Gentilhombre produced what Timeform described as "a tremendous display", taking the lead at half way and accelerating clear of his opponents to win by four lengths from Madang. Haveroid was two lengths back in third, a short head in front of Girl Friend. The winning time of 56.00 was a new course record. Three weeks later, Gentilhombre returned to Longchamp and was moved up in distance for the
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Neville Callaghan. After running poorly on his debut he showed some signs of his previous ability when finishing a close fifth in the Duke of York Stakes, despite looking less than fully fit. He did not race again and was retired at the end of
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September for the Diadem Stakes at Ascot. Starting at odds of 7/4, he took the lead soon after the start and drew away in the closing stages to win by three lengths from the three-year-olds Scarcely Blessed and Mandrake Major. On 2 October, Gentilhombre attempted to become
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Vernons Sprint Trial Stakes at Haydock, beating the three-year-old filly Nagin by one and a half lengths and then finished third behind the three-year-old Be
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Kitayama Zakura, a filly who won two Grade Three races, the Shinzan Kinen and Kyoto Yonsai Tokubetsu, in 1984. Gentilhombre died on 1 January 1992 in Japan.
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315:. Gentilhombre led from the start and looked likely to cause an upset before tiring in the closing stages and finishing third behind Wollow and Solitary Hail. He then dropped back to handicap company for the Barleythorpe Nursery over six furlongs at
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the second horse to win back-to-back renewals of the Prix de l'Abbaye. Ridden as usual by Paul Cook, he started joint second-favourite behind Girl Friend at odds of 3/1 on good to firm ground. The other runners included Madang (
247:) and successfully conceived. As Tolosana had already been mated with Darius, Kirisana was officially described as being by "Darius or Kribi" but there was no doubt that the mare (foaled on 24 July 1966) was sired by Kribi.
467:. In July, Gentilhombre, ridden by Cook, started at odds of 10/1 for the July Cup at Newmarket in which he was matched against Marinsky a highly talented but temperamental three-year-old trained in Ireland by
427:). Ridden by Terry McKeown, Gentilhombre led from the start and maintained his advantage into the last 100 metres when several challengers emerged. In a very close finish the English colt was adjudged to have
513:. In 1976 Timeform gave Gentilhombre a rating of 125, seven pounds behind their best sprinter Lochnager. In the British three-year-old ratings he was rated ten pounds below the top-rated
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Timeform organisation rated him on 122, five pounds below Wollow and eight behind the French-trained
372:) and Honeyblest. Cook sent Gentilhombre to the front and was never headed, overcoming the challenge of Be Tuneful and drawing away in the closing stages to win by three lengths.
270:. Adam went on to establish himself as an expert trainer of speed horses, becoming known as the "King of the Sprinters" before being forced to retire due to the effects
235:. His dam, Kirisana won one minor race over thirteen furlongs from six starts. Kirisana's breeding was somewhat unusual: her dam Tolosana was very difficult to get
194:. In the following year he was mainly campaigned at sprint distances and established himself as one of the fastest three-year-olds in Europe with wins in the
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Kingdom by Mrs M Simpson. He was probably the best horse sired by No Mercy, a sprinter whose best win came in the
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Gentilhombre was a chestnut horse with a narrow white
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