1. Hurricane Run was the second French-trained horse, after his sire Montjeu, to win both the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
12 Facts About Hurricane Run
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Hurricane Run was owned by his breeders until bought by Michael Tabor in June 2005.
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Hurricane Run, ridden by Christophe Soumillon won on his only start as a two-year-old.
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In 2005, Hurricane Run won two Group 1 and two Group 2 races.
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Hurricane Run's victories included the Irish Derby at the Curragh and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at the Longchamp in Paris, ridden on both occasions by Kieren Fallon.
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Hurricane Run was scheduled to run at Belmont Park in New York in October in the 2005 Breeders' Cup Turf but was sidelined with a cough.
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Hurricane Run lost only one race that year, when a late charge from behind a wall of horses just failed to catch the winner in the Prix du Jockey Club over 10 furlongs.
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Hurricane Run was voted the Cartier Racing Award for European Horse of the Year and was both the world's top-ranked horse and long-distance horse as decided by the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings.
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Hurricane Run's season began brightly but tailed off towards the end of the year.
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Hurricane Run was unsuccessful in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the Champion Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Turf, his final race.
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Hurricane Run was retired for the 2007 breeding season to Coolmore Stud in Ireland.
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Hurricane Run was euthanized after complications during an operation on 14 December 2016.