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{{Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
| horsename = Corrida
| image =
| caption =
| sire = Coronach
| grandsire = Hurry On
| dam = Zariba
| damsire = [[Sardanapale]]
| sex = [[Filly]]
| foaled = 1932
| country = [[France]] {{flagicon|France}}
| colour = [[Bay (color)|Bay]]
| breeder = [[Marcel Boussac]]
| owner = Marcel Boussac. Racing silks: Orange, grey cap.
| trainer = [[John Evelyn Watts|John E. Watts]]
| record = 33: 13-?-?
| earnings = Not found
| race = [[Prix Morny]] (1934)<br>[[Grand Prix de Marseille (horserace)|Grand Prix de Marseille]] (1935 & 1936)<br>[[Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud|Prix du President de la Republique]] (1936)<br>[[Hardwicke Stakes]] (1936)<br>[[Prix d'Hedouville]] (1936)<br>[[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]] (1936 & 1937)<br>[[Grand Prix Prince Rose|Grand International d'Ostende]] (1936 & 1937)<br>[[Deutschland-Preis|Grosser Preis von Reichshauptstadt]] (1937)
| awards= [[European Horse of the Year]] (1936 & 1937)
| honours = [[Prix Corrida]] at [[Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud|Saint-Cloud Racecourse]]
| updated= January 19, 2007
}}
'''Corrida''' (1932- probably 1944) was a [[France|French]] [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]] who won races in [[France]], [[Belgium]] and [[England]] and is regarded as one of the top [[fillies]] of the 20th Century worldwide. She is best known for her back-to-back wins in France's most prestigious horse race, the [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]].
== Career ==
Corrida in [[Latin|Latin languages]] translates as [[Bullfighting|bullfight]], a name that aptly described this determined filly, who frequently took on the [[Colt (horse)|colts]] and won. At age two, she won the [[Prix Morny]] and was second by a head to [[Pampeiro]] in the [[Grand Critérium]]. At age three, owner [[Marcel Boussac]] shipped Corrida to [[England]] where [[horse trainer|trainer]] [[George Lambton]] prepared her at [[Newmarket Racecourse]]. Entered in the [[1,000 Guineas Stakes|1,000 Guineas]] and the [[Epsom Oaks]], Corrida performed poorly, and after a third lackluster effort was returned to France. There, Corrida began to respond. She won the [[Grand Prix de Marseille]] at [[Hippodrome de Marseille Borely]] and had three good seconds in major races including in the 1935 [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]].
In 1936, she blossomed into the most dominant horse in France. That year, Corrida won seven major races. In England, she captured the [[Hardwicke Stakes]] at [[Ascot Racecourse]], then won the [[Grand Prix Prince Rose|Grand International d'Ostende]] at [[Hippodrome Wellington]], in [[Ostend]], [[Belgium]] and in France the [[Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud]], the [[Prix d'Hedouville]], the [[Prix du Prince de Galles]], and the [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]], and repeated her win in the Grand Prix de Marseille.
In 1937, Corrida returned to Belgium to win her second straight [[Grand International d'Ostende]] and traveled to [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], where she won the [[Deutschland-Preis|Grosser Preis von Reichshauptstadt]]. In October at [[Hippodrome de Longchamp]] in [[Paris]], she continued to dominate the colts, becoming the first female horse to ever win the 1½ mile [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]] twice.
== Retirement ==
Corrida was retired to her owner's [[Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard]] [[horse breeding|breeding]] farm in [[Neuvy-au-Houlme]] in [[Lower Normandy]]. She was bred to the champion sire [[Tourbillon (horse)| Tourbillon]] and produced [[Coaraze (horse)|Coaraze]], who won a number of important French races, including the [[Prix du Jockey Club]] and the [[Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud]]. [[Coaraze (horse)|Coaraze]] would be her only offspring to survive the [[German occupation of France in World War II]]. Following the [[D-Day]] landing at [[Normandy]] by the [[Allies of World War II|Allied Forces]], Corrida disappeared from the [[pasture]] at Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard during the [[Falaise pocket|Battle of the Falaise Gap]]. No trace of her was ever found.
==References==
* [http://www.france-galop.com/PROMO/imarcgb/statEN06.pdf Corrida information at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe ] (English language)
* [[France Galop]] [http://www.france-galop.com/courses/ency70.htm profile of Corrida] (French language)
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/corrida Corrida's pedigree and racing stats]
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