Henri de Rothschild in Normandy's exclusive resort city of Deauville. Albert Stopford supplied them with antique. They also acquired the Haras des Monceaux Thoroughbred horse farm at Lisieux, about 18 miles (30 kilometers) south of Deauville. Their French racing stable enjoyed considerable success at the Deauville-La Touques Racecourse as well as at other racecourses in France and in England. Widely respected, France Galop refers to Ralph Strassburger as a "great friend of France." To avoid seizure by the Nazis during the German occupation of France during World War II, all of the Strassburger horses raced under the name of a French friend, Mme. de Bonard. Among the Strassburgers' major successes were victories in both the French and British Classic Races as well as in the prestigious Washington, D.C. International Stakes in the United States. Notable race wins France Grand Prix de Deauville - Asteroide 1926, Celerina (1931) Prix du Cadran - Asteroide (1927), Cambremer (1957) Prix Maurice de Gheest - Mordicus (1927), Guam (1952), Vamarie1954) Critérium de Saint-Cloud - De Beers (1931), Lofoten 1956) Prix d'Astarté - Celerina (1931) Prix Hocquart - Bishop's Rock (1932), Angers (1960), Moutiers (1961) Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte - Pensbury (1942) Grand Prix de Paris - Pensbury (1943) Prix Greffulhe - Pensbury (1943) Prix Lupin - Pensbury (1943) Grand Critérium - Clarion (1946), Angers (1959) Prix Quincey - Clarion (1947) Prix du Rond Point - Clarion (1948) Prix Jean Prat - Le Tyrol (1951), Angers (1960) Prix du Conseil de Paris - Worden (1952), Mahan (1955) Prix de Barbeville - Mahan (1955), Clichy (1958) Prix Gontaut-Biron - Montaval (1956) Prix Dollar - Montaval (1957) United Kingdom St. Leger Stakes Cambremer (1956) King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes - Montaval (1957) United States Washington, D.C. International - Worden (1953) Following Strassburger's death in 1959, his widow continued to race horses. Eventually, their bloodstock was sold and their horse Worden went to Brickfields Stud in England where he became the Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1975 and 1976. The Villa Strassburger, listed in the French Monuments historiques'' register in 1975, remained in family hands until 1980 when his son donated it to the city of Deauville. References Ralph Beaver Strassburger Biography website Normandy Farm and its history official website Ralph Strassburger information at Thoroughbred heritage Villa Strassburger at the City of Deauville, France official website 1883 births 1959 deaths Phillips Exeter Academy alumni