André Fabre
André Fabre (born December 9, 1945) is a French thoroughbred horse racing trainer.
The son of a diplomat, Fabre graduated from university with a law degree but then decided to pursue a career in thoroughbred horse racing. He began by working in the stables as a groom then as a schooling rider. He became France's leading jump jockey, winning more than two hundred and fifty races including the Paris Grand Steeplechase. When he turned to training horses, Fabre proved even more successful, first with jump horses then with flat racers.
He has been the winningest trainer in France for nineteen straight years and is one of the most successful trainers in the world, winning across Europe and North America including four Breeders Cups. Among the many champions Fabre has trained are Trempolino, Peintre Celebre, and in 2005 the World's Top Ranked Horse, Hurricane Run.
Major flat racing wins:
- France:
- Grand Prix de Paris : (8)
- Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud : (4)
- Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe : (6)
- Prix du Jockey-Club : (1)
- Prix Royal Oak : (6)
- Canada
- Canadian International : (1)
- Ireland:
- Irish Derby (2)
- United Kingdom:
- Champion Stakes (1)
- Coronation Cup (3)
- Epsom Oaks (1)
- Queen Anne Stakes (1)
- Two Thousand Guineas : (2)
- St. Leger Stakes : (1)
- United States:
- Breeders Cup : (4)