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{{Short description|French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

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{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Le Pacha
| image = 
| caption = 
| sire = [[Biribi (horse)|Biribi]]
| grandsire = [[Rabelais (horse)|Rabelais]]
| dam = Advertencia
| damsire =  [[Ksar (horse)|Kasar]]
| sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]]
| foaled = 1938
| country = [[France]]
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| breeder = Andre Schwob
| owner = Philippe Gund
| trainer = [[E. John Cunnington|John Cunnington]]
| record =  12: 9-?-?
| earnings =  £15,080 (equivalent)
| race =  [[Prix Hocquart]] (1941)<br>[[Prix Greffulhe]] (1941)<br>[[Prix Lupin]] (1941)<br>[[Prix du Jockey Club]] (1941)<br>[[Grand Prix de Paris]] (1941)<br>[[Prix Royal-Oak]] (1941)<br>[[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]] (1941)<br>[[Prix du Prince d'Orange]] (1942)
| awards= 
| honours =  Prix le Pacha at [[Saint-Cloud Racecourse]]
| updated= July 23, 2007
}}
'''Le Pacha''' (foaled in 1938) was a Champion [[France|French]] [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]]. Bred by Andre Schwob, his dam was Advertencia, a daughter of two-time Arc winner, [[Ksar (horse)|Ksar]]. He was sired by [[Biribi (horse)|Biribi]] who won the 1926 [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]] and who was a son of the three-time [[Leading sire in France]], [[Rabelais (horse)|Rabelais]].

Raced by Philippe Gund, Le Pacha was trained by [[E. John Cunnington|John Cunnington]] whose family founded the [[English Racing Colony at Chantilly|English Racing Colony]] in [[Chantilly, Oise]]. The dominant three-year-old in [[World War II|wartime]] France in 1941, Le Pacha went undefeated while winning the preeminent races for his age group, the [[Prix du Jockey Club]] and the then 3,000 meter [[Grand Prix de Paris]]. He followed these important wins by defeating older horses in winning the [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]], thus becoming the first of only two horses to ever win all three of the [[French Classic Races]] open to [[Colt (horse)|colt]]s.

In 1942, Le Pacha's best results were a win in the [[Prix du Prince d'Orange]] and a second to [[Djebel]] in the [[Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud]]. Retired to [[horse breeding|stud]] duty, he met with modest success as a sire while standing at [[Prince Aly Khan|Prince Aly Khan's]] [[Haras de Saint-Crespin]] near [[Le Mesnil-Mauger]] in [[Lower Normandy]].

==References==
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/le+pacha Le Pacha's pedigree and partial racing stats]
{{Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Winners}}

[[Category:1938 racehorse births]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in France]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in France]]
[[Category:Arc winners]]
[[Category:Thoroughbred family 16]]