{{short description|20th-century steeplechaser racehorse}} {{more citations needed|date=July 2012}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Edredon Bleu | image_name = Edredon Bleu.jpg | caption = Edredon Bleu in 2007. | sire = Grand Tresor | grandsire = Grandchant | dam = Nuit Bleue | damsire = Le Pontet | sex = [[Gelding]] | foaled = 26 April 1992 | death_date = 30 September 2018 | country = [[France]] | colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]] | breeder = Lucien Chevrollier | owner = Jim Lewis | trainer = [[Henrietta Knight (racehorse trainer)|Henrietta Knight]] | record = 57: 25-7-6 | earnings = £731,065<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/457764/edredon-bleu|publisher=Racing Post|title=Edredon Bleu — Race Record & Form — Racing Post}}</ref> | race = [[Grand Annual Chase]] (1998)<br />[[Peterborough Chase]] (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)<br />[[Queen Mother Champion Chase]] (2000)<br />[[Championship Chase]] (2001)<br />[[Haldon Gold Cup]] (2002, 2003)<br />[[John Bull Chase]] (2003)<br /> [[Terry Biddlecombe Challenge Trophy|Desert Orchid SW Pattern Chase]] (2003)<br /> [[Clonmel Oil Chase]] (2003)<br />[[King George VI Chase]] (2003) | awards = | honours = | updated= }} '''Edredon Bleu''' (26 April 1992 – 28 September 2018) was an [[AQPS]] [[National Hunt racing|National Hunt]] racehorse. He was bred in France but trained for most of his racing career in the United Kingdom. He was a specialist [[Steeplechase (horse racing)|steeplechaser]] who recorded most of his wins over two and two-and-a-half miles, but was capable of winning major races over longer distances. In a ten-year racing career he ran fifty-seven times and won twenty-five races. His most important successes when winning the [[Queen Mother Champion Chase]] in 2000 and the [[King George VI Chase]] in 2003.
Edredon Bleu was euthanised on 28 September 2018 at the age of 26.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/champion-chase-and-king-george-winner-edredon-bleu-dies-age-26/347690|work=[[Racing Post]]|title=Champion Chase and King George hero Edredon Bleu dies age 26 - Horse Racing News — Racing Post}}</ref>
==Racing career== In 2000, Edredon Bleu won the [[Queen Mother Champion Chase]] while ridden by [[Tony McCoy]]. He also won the 2003 [[King George VI Chase]] and four renewals of the [[Peterborough Chase]] from 1998 to 2001.
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