Arazi (born March 4, 1989 in Kentucky) is an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse from France whose performance in the 1991 Breeders' Cup Juvenile is referred to by the U.S. National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) as one that is considered by many to be the single-most spectacular performance in Breeders' Cup history.
A chestnut colt with a crooked white blaze on his forehead, like his grandfather Northern Dancer, at 15.2 hands Arazi was ...
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Arazi (born March 4, 1989 in Kentucky) is an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse from France whose performance in the 1991 Breeders' Cup Juvenile is referred to by the U.S. National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) as one that is considered by many to be the single-most spectacular performance in Breeders' Cup history.
A chestnut colt with a crooked white blaze on his forehead, like his grandfather Northern Dancer, at 15.2 hands Arazi was a small horse compared to most Thoroughbreds. Bred by Ralph C. Wilson, Jr., owner of the NFL Buffalo Bills, he was bought at the Keeneland Sales in Kentucky as a weanling for $350,000 by American businessman Allen E. Paulson. The wealthy Chairman of Gulfstream Aerospace and a pilot, Paulson named the horse for the Arazi aeronautical navigational checkpoint in the Arizona desert. Allen Paulson was the owner of stables in the United States and in Europe and sent Arazi to France where the renowned trainer François Boutin took charge of his...
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