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| | Parmesan |
 | | Parmesan was the grandsire of two top 'chasers, Le Torpilleur in France (Grand Steeple Chase de Paris) and Voluptuary in England (Grand National), and the leading steeplechase sire in Great Britain in the second decade of the twentieth century, Wavelet's Pride, was the grandson of Parmesan's daughter Wanda. |
 | | Stracchino won the the Prix de la Seine and the Prix de la Coupe, and placed third in both the Prix du Jockey Club and the Grande Prix de Paris at age three. |
 | | He was retired to stud at the Baron's stud, Haras de Meautry, where he sired a number of winners of French races, including Barberine (1882, French Oaks); Germain, winner of the Prix Rainbow; Cleodore, winner of the Grande Poule de Produits in 1889 (later Prix Lupin), and Chopine, winner of the 1889 Prix Greffulhe. |
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