Revoque was Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was named European Champion Two Year Old at the Cartier Racing Awards and was officially rated the best two-year-old of 1996 by the International Classification. In his championship season Revoque was unbeaten in four starts including the Group One Prix de la Salamandre and the Group One Grand Critérium. He was retired after winning once from six starts as a three-year-old. He stood as a stallion in Hampshire. Background Revoque, a "huge" bay horse, standing 16.2 hands high, was bred in Ireland by the County Cork based Minch Bloodstock. His sire Fairy King, a full brother to Sadler's Wells, sired the winners of over five-hundred races, including Helissio (Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe), Falbrav and Oath (Derby). His dam La Bella Fontana, a daughter of the Cumberland Lodge Stakes winner Lafontaine, also produced the Prix Eugène Adam winner King of Tara. Revoque was sent to the Tattersalls November sales as a weanling in 1994. He was bought for 36,000 gns by the bloodstock agent Dermot "Demi" O'Byrne on behalf of Robert Sangster. The intention was to sell the horse on at a profit as a yearling (a practice known as "pinhooking"), but Revoque grew so quickly that Sangster decided that he was "too big and boat-like" to attract bidders. He was therefore kept to race in Sangster's own colours and was sent into training with Peter Chapple-Hyam at Manton, Wiltshire. He was ridden in all his races by John Reid Racing career 1996: two-year-old season Revoque made his debut in a maiden race at Ascot in July. Sent off the 7/2 second favourite he raced prominently before being moved into the lead inside the final furlong and running on strongly to win by half a length from Shii-Take. In August he was sent to York for the Acomb Stakes (now a Group Three race), for which he was made second favourite behind the odds-on In Command. Reid tracked the leaders on Revoque, before moving the colt into the lead a furlong from the finish. Revoque pulled away to win by two and a half lengths from Symonds Inn. The form of the race was later boosted when In Command, who finished third, won the Group One Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket in October. Revoque was then moved up to Group One level to contest the Prix de la Salamandre at Longchamp in September, after