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Kotashaan
Kotashaan (foaled May 4, 1988 in Orne, France) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in France and earned Champion honors in the United States.
Background.
He was bred and raced by brothers Alain and Gérard Wertheimer, owners of the House of Chanel in Paris. Kotashaan was sired by Darshaan, winner of the 1984 French Derby and the Leading sire in France in 2003. His dam was Haute Authorite, a daughter of the American runner Elocutionist who in 1976 won the second leg of the U.S.
track-record time. He then capped it off with a win in the November 6, 1993, Breeders' Cup Turf at Santa Anita Park. In the Turf, Kotashaan defeated a strong field that included runnerup Bien Bien, defending Breeders' Cup Turf champion, Fraise (4), Hatoof (5), King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner, Opera House (6), and French Derby winner, Hernando (10). 
Following his Breeders' Cup win, Kotashaan was sold to a Japanese