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Saonois -LRB- foaled 17 April 2009 -RRB- is a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire .. Thoroughbred. Thoroughbred. sire. Horse breeding#terminology. Unlike most leading French racehorses which are trained in and around Paris and owned by multi-millionaires , Saonois was trained in the French provinces , conditioned by a little-known trainer and owned by a local baker .. The colt won three of his seven races on minor tracks as a two-year-old and won one of his two starts at Cagnes-sur-Mer in early 2012 .. Cagnes-sur-Mer. Cagnes-sur-Mer. When sent to compete at the major Parisian tracks he won the Prix La Force and finished fourth in the Prix Greffulhe before recording an upset win in the Prix du Jockey Club .. Prix La Force. Prix La Force. Prix du Jockey Club. Prix du Jockey Club. Prix Greffulhe. Prix Greffulhe. Later that year he won the Prix Niel but ran poorly in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the Hong Kong Cup .. Prix Niel. Prix Niel. Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Hong Kong Cup. Hong Kong Cup. He remained in training in 2013 , but failed to recover his best form .