Racing Record
Ribot was trained in Italy by Ugo Penco and ridden by Enrico Camici. He was nicknamed 'il cavallo super,' meaning 'the super horse'; he won all 16 of his races during three seasons of racing. These wins included victories in Italy in the Gran Criterium, the Gran Premio del Jockey Club and the Gran Premio di Milano. However, the seal of Ribot's greatness were his two victories in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe by three lengths (1955) and a six-length rout from an exceptionally strong field (1956 - though photographs of the finish make it closer to eight and a half lengths) and his only run in England, where he scored a five-length win on the soft Ascot ground in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1956).
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