Sassafrás was a 1967bayThoroughbredstallion. He was the champion 3-year-old colt in France, 1970. He won six races: the Prix de la Bresbe, the Prix Androcles, the Prix La Force, the Prix Royal-Oak-French St. Leger, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I), and the Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby)(Fr-I). He took 2nd Place in the Prix Lagrange and 3rd Place in the Prix Lupin. 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bay is a color of the hair coats of horses, characterized by a body color of dark red (known as blood bay) to deep brown, with black points ( mane, tail, lower legs, and sometimes the muzzle and tip of the ears). ... The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ... A stallion is an ungelded male horse after reaching the age of sexual maturity, usually between two and three years of age. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Races at Lonchamp - Édouard Manet, 1867 The Prix de LArc de Triomphe is a flat thoroughbred horse race of a 2400 metres (about 1 mile 4 furlongs) raced on turf for 3 year olds and up, Colts, horses, Fillies and mares (exclude geldings). ...