Noverre

Noverre
Sire	Rahy
Grandsire	Blushing Groom
Dam	Danseur Fabuleux
Damsire	Northern Dancer
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	2 May 1998[1]
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Darley Stud Management Inc.
Owner	Godolphin Racing
Trainer	David Loder Saeed bin Suroor (at age 3)
Record	21: 5-8-3
Earnings	£999,519
Major wins
Prix d'Orgemont (2000) Prix La Flèche (2000) July Stakes (2000) Champagne Stakes (2000) Sussex Stakes (2001)

Noverre (May 2, 1998 – 2012) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

Background

Noverre was a bay horse bred by Darley Stud and raced by a sister operation, Godolphin Racing. He was sired by Rahy, out of the mare Danseur Fabuleux who was also the dam of 1991 European Horse of the Year, Arazi.

Noverre was trained at age two by David Loder.

Racing career

Noverre won two listed races in France and two Group 2 events in England. Sent to the United States, the colt finished eleventh on dirt in the 2000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile, hosted that year by Churchill Downs. At age three, Noverre's owners turned his race conditioning over to Saeed bin Suroor. For him, Noverre finished first in the 2001 Poule d'Essai des Poulains at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris but was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for the banned substance Methylprednisolone. He went on to win the Group 1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse in Chichester, England. That year he also had second-place finishes in the UAE 2000 Guineas in Dubai and in England's St. James's Palace and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

Noverre returned to the track in 2002 for a four-year-old campaign. In top races, he notably earned runnerups in the Dubai Duty Free Stakes and in England's Lockinge and Sussex Stakes.

Stud record

Noverre was retired to stand at stud beginning in the 2003 season at his owner's Kildangan Stud in County Kildare, Ireland. In 2008, he was sold to breeders in India to stand at Sohna Stud Farm near Delhi. ^[2] From his offspring, Noverre's best runner to date has been a 2006 colt named Le Havre who in 2009 won the Group 1 French Derby at Chantilly Racecourse.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Noverre (USA), bay stallion^[1]

Sire Rahy (USA) 1985	Blushing Groom (FR) 1974	Red God	Nasrullah
			Spring Run
		Runaway Bride	Wild Risk
			Aimee
	Glorious Song (CAN) 1976	Halo	Hail To Reason
			Cosmah
		Ballade	Herbager
			Miss Swapsco
Dam Danseur Fabuleux (USA) 1982	Northern Dancer (CAN) 1961	Nearctic	Nearco
			Lady Angela
		Natalma	Native Dancer
			Almahmoud
	Fabuleux Jane (USA) 1974	Le Fabuleux	Wild Risk
			Anguar
		Native Partner	Raise A Native
			Dinner Partner

References

1. "Noverre pedigree". equineline.com. 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
2. Archived April 7, 2010 at the Wayback Machine