Turn of the heat and remove pan from the stove.Add the flour to pan and stir with a wooden spoon until a soft ball forms this shouldn't take longer than 30 seconds!.Bring the water, sugar and butter to a slow boil in a pan until frothy.(I am using a silicone baking mat which does not need any flour or oil spray)
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and sprinkle with some flour. Eclair au Chocolat was inbred 3 × 4 to Sans Souci, meaning that this stallion appears in both third and fourth generations of his pedigree.Pedigree Pedigree of Eclair au Chocolat (FR), brown stallion, 1935 Sire They rated him the one hundred and forty-fifth best racehorse of twentieth century, the thirtieth best horse of the century to have been trained in France, and the second best horse foaled in 1935, behind Nearco. In their book A Century of Champions, based on a modified version of the Timeform system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Eclair au Chocolat a "superior" winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The Australian jockey Rae Johnstone (who rode Cannot), reportedly regarded him as potentially the best stayer since Phar Lap. He disappeared from the record at the end of the Second World War.Īt the end of 1938, Eclair au Chocolat was regarded as one of the best horses of his generation, alongside Nearco, Rockfel and Bois Roussel. Following the Fall of France in 1940 he was reportedly taken to Germany and stood at the Graditz and Altefeld Studs until 1945. Stud record Įclair au Chocolat was entered in the 1939 Ascot Gold Cup but was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion at the Haras de Meautry. Ridden by Charles Bouillon, he won by two lengths from Antonym, with Cannot half a length away in third place. On 9 October Eclair au Chocolat started the 2.6/1 favourite against nine opponents for the nineteenth running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe over 2400 metres at Longchamp Racecourse. The colt's win gave Rothschild a record fifth win in the race. On 18 September Eclair au Chocolat contested the Prix Royal-Oak over 3000 metres at Longchamp Racecourse and won from Castel Fusano and Cannot, a colt who had previously finished second in both the Prix du Jockey Club and the Grand Prix de Paris (to Nearco). In July he was matched against older horses over 2600 metres in the Grand Prix de la Ville de Vichy and recorded his first major success. In the spring of 1938 Eclair au Chocolat contested the Prix Matchem over 1800 metres at Le Tremblay and finished second to the Prix de Condé winner Castel Fusano. Racing career 1938: three-year-old season He was usually restrained in the early stages before being produced with a late run and was reported to be immensely popular with the French racing public. ĭuring his racing career Eclair au Chocolat and was ridden in his major races by Charles Bouillon. Honeysuckle was descended from the broodmare Charlotte Russe, making her a distant relative of Gallahadion and La Farina. Eclair au Chocolat's dam Honey Sweet was a daughter of Honeysuckle, whose wins included the Prix de Pomone and the Prix de Malleret. He was the best horse sired by Bubbles who won the Prix Lupin and the Prix du Président de la République for Rothschild in 19 and was Leading sire in France in 1938. His final fate is unknown.Įclair au Chocolat was a big, brown horse bred in France by his owner Edouard Alphonse de Rothschild. After retiring to stud in 1939 he was taken to Germany during the Occupation of France. As a three-year-old he won the Grand Prix de la Ville de Vichy and then established himself as one of the best of a strong generation of European horses with wins in the Prix Royal Oak and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. 1945) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse Eclair au ChocolatĮclair au Chocolat (1935 – ca.
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