# Simbir
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{{Short description|British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Simbir
| image_name =
| caption =
| sire = [Shantung](/source/Shantung_(horse))
| grandsire = [Sicambre](/source/Sicambre)
| dam = Hevea
| damsire = [Herbager](/source/Herbager)
| sex = Stallion
| foaled = 14 March 1970[{{cite web|url=https://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm/=Simbir%20(GB)?page_state=DISPLAY_REPORT&reference_number=653600®istry=T&horse_name==Simbir%20(GB)&dam_name==Hevea%20(GB)&foaling_year=1970&include_sire_line=N|title=Simbir pedigree |publisher=Equineline |date=2012-05-08 |access-date=2013-05-05}}]
| country = United Kingdom
| colour = [Chestnut](/source/Chestnut_(coat))
| breeder =
| owner = [Arpad Plesch](/source/Arpad_Plesch)
| trainer = [François Mathet](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mathet)
| record = 3: 2-0-1
| earnings =
| race = [Critérium de Saint-Cloud](/source/Crit%C3%A9rium_de_Saint-Cloud) (1972)
|awards= Timeform top-rated 2-y-o colt (1972)
Timeform rating 130 (1972)
|honours =
|updated=
}}
'''Simbir''' (14 March 1970 – 28 October 1982) was a British-bred French-trained [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) racehorse and [sire](/source/sire_(horse)). After winning a minor race on his debut he established himself as one of the best colts of his generation in Europe with an emphatic victory in the [Critérium de Saint-Cloud](/source/Crit%C3%A9rium_de_Saint-Cloud). In the following spring he sustained his first defeat when he finished second in the [Prix Daru](/source/Prix_Daru). His career was ended by a training injury a few weeks later. He stood as breeding stallion in Ireland and Japan with moderate results.
==Background==
Simbir was a chestnut horse with a white [blaze](/source/blaze_(horse_marking)) and a white [sock](/source/sock_(horse_marking)) on his right hind leg, bred in the United Kingdom. During his racing career he was owned by [Arpad Plesch](/source/Arpad_Plesch) and was trained in France by [François Mathet](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mathet).[{{cite book |author=Timeform staff| title=Racehorses of 1972| publisher=Timeform|year=1973}}]
He was sired by Shantung, a French horse who finished an unlucky third in the 1959 [Epsom Derby](/source/Epsom_Derby). As a breeding stallion he also sired the [classic](/source/British_Classic_Races) winners [Ginevra](/source/Ginevra_(horse)) and [Full Dress](/source/Full_Dress).[{{cite encyclopedia | last1 = Mortimer|first1=Roger |last2=Onslow|first2=Richard|last3=Willett|first3=Peter| title=Biographical Encyclopedia of British Flat Racing|publisher=Macdonald and Jane's| year=1978|isbn=0-354-08536-0}}] Simbir's dam Hevea won a [handicap race](/source/Handicap_(horse_racing)) over 1600 metres in France and became a successful broodmare, also producing Simbir's full-sister Saraca whose wins included the [Prix Saint-Alary](/source/Prix_Saint-Alary) and the [Prix Vermeille](/source/Prix_Vermeille). She was descended from the British mare Phase, the ancestor of many major winners including [Hethersett](/source/Hethersett_(horse)) and [Neasham Belle](/source/Neasham_Belle).[{{cite web |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family21a.htm |title=Wagtail – Family 21-a |publisher=Thoroughbred Bloodlines |access-date=2013-09-15 |archive-date=2013-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015234703/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family21a.htm |url-status=dead }}]
==Racing career==
===1972: two-year-old season===
On his racecourse debut, Simbir contested a [maiden race](/source/maiden_race) over 1600 metres at [Saint-Cloud Racecourse](/source/Saint-Cloud_Racecourse) and won by two [lengths](/source/Horse_length) from moderate opposition. At the same track on 13 November he was stepped up in class and distance for the Critérium de Saint-Cloud over 2000 metres in which he was partnered by Bill Pyers. Ben Trovato started the [6/4](/source/Fractional_odds) favourite after finishing a close second to Satingo in the [Grand Critérium](/source/Grand_Crit%C3%A9rium) with Simbir next in the betting on 4.6/1. The other fancied runners included Robertino (a half-brother to [Roberto](/source/Roberto_(horse))) and Valauris (runner-up in the [Prix de Condé](/source/Prix_de_Cond%C3%A9)). Simbir began to make progress on the final turn, took the lead in the straight and won impressively by two and a half lengths from Robertino with a further two and a half lengths back to Ben Trovato in third place.[{{cite book |author=Timeform staff| title=Racehorses of 1973| publisher=Timeform|year=1974}}]
==Assessment==
In 1972 the independent [Timeform](/source/Timeform) organisation made Simbir the top-rated two-year-old colt in Eusrope. Although they named the British colt [The Go-Between](/source/The_Go-Between_(horse)) their best two-year-old colt on 129, they rated Simbir a pound higher on 130, level with the [Prix Thomas Bryon](/source/Prix_Thomas_Bryon) winner [Targowice](/source/Targowice) and three pounds behind the filly [Jacinth](/source/Jacinth_(horse)). In the official French Free Handicap he was rated the third best two-year-old of 1972, one pound behind Targowice and level with the [Grand Critérium](/source/Grand_Crit%C3%A9rium) winner [Satingo](/source/Satingo). In their annual ''Racehorses of 1972'', Timeform commented "of all the two-year-old colts of 1972, none appeals more as a prospective classic winner than Simbir".[{{cite web|url=http://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000333671/sire/generation/|title=Stallion Reports:Statistics – Simbir (IRE)|publisher=Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association}}] He died on 28 October 1982.[{{cite web|last1=Staff|title=Simbir (IRE)|url=https://www.studbook.jp/users/en/Honba.php?sid=657663150|website=Studbook Database|publisher=Japan Association for International Racing and Stud Book|access-date=31 August 2016}}] His progeny included Slaney Idol who won the [Nijinsky Stakes](/source/Nijinsky_Stakes_(Ireland)) in 1978 and the [Supreme Novices' Hurdle](/source/Supreme_Novices'_Hurdle) two years later.
==Pedigree==
{{Pedigree
|name = Simbir (GB), chestnut stallion, 1970
1956
|m = Hevea (GB)
1961
|ff = [Sicambre](/source/Sicambre) (FR)
1948
|fm = Barley Corn (GB)
1950
|mf = [Herbager](/source/Herbager) (FR)
1956
|mm = Princesse Reine (FR)
1954
|fff = [Prince Bio](/source/Prince_Bio)
|ffm = Sif
|fmf = [Hyperion](/source/Hyperion_(horse))
|fmm = Schiparelli
|mff = Vandale
|mfm = Flagette
|mmf = [Prince Chevalier](/source/Prince_Chevalier)
|mmm = Kingscavil
|ffff = [Prince Rose](/source/Prince_Rose)
|fffm = Biologie
|ffmf = Rialto
|ffmm = Suavita
|fmff = [Gainsborough](/source/Gainsborough_(horse))
|fmfm = Selene
|fmmf = Schiavoni
|fmmm = Aileen
|mfff = Plassy
|mffm = Vanille
|mfmf = Escamillo
|mfmm = Fidgette
|mmff = [Prince Rose](/source/Prince_Rose)
|mmfm = Chevalerie
|mmmf = [Fair Trial](/source/Fair_Trial)
|mmmm = Phase (Family: 21-a)