Le Glorieux Dies In France

Monday, 23 August 2010: The son Of Cure The Blues, who went to stud after racing in the Tancred Stakes 9 now known as the BMW – at Rosehill, also won international Group One races in Europe including the Washington International.

He died at his owner Werner Wolf's Haras du Logis Saint-Germain in Normandy.

Le Glorieux, trained in France by Robert Collet, also won the G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin at Dusseldorf and was second in the G1 Europa Preis at Cologne and the G1 Man O' War Stakes at Belmont in New York.

He won the 1987 Japan Cup beating the likes of Triptych and Moon Madness before he was lured to Australia in the autumn of 1988 when the Sydney Turf Club attempted to make the Tancred Stakes Sydney's first major international race.

After finishing unplaced in the Tancred Stakes he began his stud career at Haras du Mezeray in France but enjoyed only moderate success at stud.

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