Brigadier Gerard Brigadier Gerard Brigadier Gerard is the hero of a series of 17 historical short stories, a play, and a major character in a novel by the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity – he is utterly convinced that he is the bravest soldier, greatest swordsman, most accomplished horseman and most gallant lover in all France. Gerard is not entirely wrong, since he displays notable bravery on many occasions, but his self-satisfaction undercuts this quite often. Obsessed with honour
Brigadier Gerard (horse) the runner-up spot by four lengths. Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Ascot Another small field contested this race run before a bumper crown at Ascot. Leading French challenger Dictus, fourth in last season's Champion Stakes just behind Nijinsky, and now fresh from victory in the Prix Jacques le Marois, where he defeated Sparkler by half a length, lined up alongside Ashleigh. Brigadier Gerard won by 8 lengths over Dictus in near course record time. This is how the French sports newspaper Paris Turf reported the result: BRIGADIER GERARD a battu DICTUS de 8 longueurs Le phénomène anglais Brigadier Gerard battu cheval