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GAGNANT DU PRIX DE L ARC DE TRIOMPHE 1942 -Leading sire in France in 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1956.
Second on the French leading sires list in 1950.
-Among the first ten of the French leading sires list in 1952, 1953, and 1954.
-Between 1946 and 1958, his offspring won 318 races in France, worth FF342,736,777.
-Died in July of 1958.
Also sire of Our Babu. The Grand Sire the legendary event horse JJ Babu - International event horse riden by Bruce Davidson. Won team Gold Medal from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
Djebel was the champion two year old in France, leading money winner at three and five, and was three times leading French Thoroughbred stallion. Djebel’s dam Loika is by Gay Crusader by Bayardo out of Coeur a Coeur by Teddy.
Djebel is the great great grandsire of the influential Hanoverian dressage stallion, Bolero (by Black Sky xx-Blast xx-Djebe xx-Djebel xx). Bolero returns the Dark Ronald line on his dam’s side also - he is out of Baronesse by Bleep xx who is out of the Hyperion mare, The Satellite xx.
Djebel is the sire of My Babu xx, a French Thoroughbred, born in 1945. A sensational racehorse in England, My Babu sold to the United States for over $600,000 in 1955 - this was at the time the second highest price paid for a Thoroughbred. As a racehorse sire, My Babu was extremely successful, with his progeny winning over $3,000,000 by 1965. Through his sons, he is also an influential sire of eventing stars, the most notable of which is Bruce Davidson’s World Champion, JJ Babu (by Babu Dancer).
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