11 Facts About Douvan

Douvan is a French-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who competes in National Hunt racing.

Douvan was originally trained in France before moving to Ireland in the summer of 2014.

Douvan is a bay gelding bred in Oise, France by the Haras de la Faisanderie.

Douvan was sired by Walk in the Park who finished second in the 2005 Epsom Derby and later became a successful National Hunt sire in Ireland.

Douvan's dam Star Face was a descendant of the Irish broodmare Minnewaska, making her a distant relative of Ack Ack, Sham and Tom Rolfe.

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Douvan began his racing career in the ownership of Francois-Xavier Chaussonniere and was initially trained in France by Philippe Peltier.

On his racecourse debut, Douvan finished second to Konig Dax in a hurdle race over 1600 metres at Saint-Malo on 14 May 2014.

Ridden by Ruby Walsh, Douvan was not among the early leaders as the outsider Some Plan set the pace before making steady progress from the third last hurdle.

Douvan took the lead approaching the last and drew away on the run-in to win by four and a half lengths from Shaneshill.

Douvan led for most of the way and recovered from some jumping errors to pull away from his rivals after the last and win by eighteen lengths.

Douvan quickly went clear and survived a mistake at the last to win by seven lengths from his old rival Sizing John.