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time Group 1 winner. At stud, Goetmals Wood was pivotal: sire of 12 Group 1 winners, including Prodigious, whose granddam was also the dam of Cygnus d’ Odyssée, another Dubois-Wildenstein success. Prodigious and Singalo each won two of the five Group 1 races during the recent Paris Champion’ s Day. Goetmals Wood topped France’ s sire rankings in 2009 and has led as broodmare sire from 2022 to 2024. And he wasn’ t alone. Tahitienne was also dam of Extreme Dream, sire of Kidea, dam of Ready Cash, often dubbed the“ stallion of the century.” Over four decades, Jean- Pierre Dubois and his bloodlines reshaped the European trotting landscape. Their influence continues today through sires like Ready Cash, Love You, and Face Time Bourbon. The Dubois blood continues to forge the future …
MOST USED MALE LINES As of July 15, 2025, data from the IFCE( via 24h au Trot) revealed:
71 stallions from Ready Cash line— 4,444 mares bred
100 stallions from Coktail Jet line— 3,781 mares bred
48 stallions from Goetmals Wood line— 1,993 mares bred
18 stallions from Buvetier d’ Aunou line— 426 mares bred
NESMILE ANECDOTE
“ I bought her for a Canadian client. But she tested positive for piroplasmosis and couldn’ t be exported. So I kept her. We raced her before she joined the broodmares. I later sold Nesmile along with other horses to Germany after her racing career. But once there, the buyer tried to lower the price. I refused— so Nesmile came home!”
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By Mélodie Janvier
THE MANY HATS OF THE MASTER BREEDER
Before becoming a pioneer of Franco-American breeding, Jean-Pierre Dubois was also a top trainer-driver. Multiple-time leading trainer, his signature style? A subtle blend of discipline, hard work and a meticulous selection of bloodlines, all in the name of performance.
Jean-Pierre Dubois is, above all, a symbol of exceptional longevity. He began competing at the age of 13, in the mid-1950s, and was soon crowned France’ s best apprentice. But it was in the 1970s and 80s that he became an essential figure in the sport, winning his first
Prix d’ Amérique at 39 years old, driving High Echelon, a horse he had bought from Count Paul de Senneville through his father, and whom the“ Dubois method” would transform. The driver masterfully stayed under the radar during the race, only to surge past his rivals at the finish. A tactic he would employ time and again. Though he won his first Prix d’ Amérique just before turning 40, Jean-Pierre Dubois didn’ t wait nearly that long to go out on his own. At just 18, in 1958, the man who would later be called the“ chef” set himself up as a trainer at Haras de la Beauvoisinère, in Échauffour( Orne). In this role, he would win the Prix d’ Amérique again in 1982, this time with Hymour. A resounding victory, despite the fact that the horse had previously changed trainers and delivered uneven performances. That same year, as a trainer, he won 49 races out of 406 entries. And he would continue to surpass that number of wins every year until 2005, with the sole exceptions of 1997 and 2001. A rare feat of longevity and undeniable consistency: from 1987 to 2007, the trainer earned over one million euros in prize money almost every single year! That’ s 16 years with 60 or more victories and 18 years topping one million in earnings. His best year? Without a doubt, 1993, when he crossed the three million euro mark. To reach such results, a powerful stable is indispensable. Unlike most trainers, Jean-
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