Prix Maurice de Gheest
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The Prix Maurice de Gheest is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,300 metres (approximately 6½ furlongs) at Deauville Racecourse in August.
It was first run in 1922 and was named in memory of Maurice de Gheest, a leading figure in French racing who died in 1920. The race attained Group 1 status in 1995.
[edit] Winners since 1988
- Pre Group 1 years indicated by shading.
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1988 | Blue Note | 3 | Gary Moore | Criquette Head | Ghislaine Head | 1:17.8 |
| 1989 | Cricket Ball | 6 | Gérald Mossé | John Fellows | R Scully | 1:20.2 |
| 1990 | Dead Certain | 3 | Cash Asmussen | David Elsworth | Commander G G Martin | 1:19.6 |
| 1991 | Roman Prose | 6 | Marc de Smyter | Jonathan Pease | H C Seymour | 1:16.3 |
| 1992 | Pursuit of Love | 3 | Michael Kinane | Henry Cecil | 9th Baron Howard de Walden | 1:16.3 |
| 1993 | College Chapel | 3 | Lester Piggott | Vincent O'Brien | Red Nab Racing Ltd | 1:18.3 |
| 1994 | Dolphin Street | 4 | Gérald Mossé | John Hammond | Stavros Niarchos | 1:18.7 |
| 1995 | Cherokee Rose | 4 | Cash Asmussen | John Hammond | Sheikh Mohammed | 1:16.5 |
| 1996 | Anabaa | 4 | Freddy Head | Criquette Head | Ghislaine Head | 1:19.0 |
| 1997 | Occupandiste | 4 | Olivier Doleuze | Criquette Head | Wertheimer et Frère | 1:16.7 |
| 1998 | Seeking the Pearl | 4 | Yutaka Take | Hideyuki Mori | Tomoko Uenaka | 1:14.7 |
| 1999 | Diktat | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin Stables | 1:18.2 |
| 2000 | Bold Edge | 5 | Dane O'Neill | Richard Hannon | Lady Whent | 1:16.0 |
| 2001 | King Charlemagne | 3 | Jamie Spencer | Aidan O'Brien | Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier | 1:19.3 |
| 2002 | May Ball | 5 | Gérald Mossé | John Gosden | Lord Hartington | 1:17.7 |
| 2003 | Porlezza | 4 | Christophe Soumillon | Yves de Nicolay | Erika Hilger | 1:17.9 |
| 2004 | Somnus | 4 | Gary Stevens | Tim Easterby | Legard Sidebottom & Sykes | 1:16.0 |
| 2005 | Whipper | 4 | Christophe Soumillon | Robert Collet | Richard Strauss | 1:17.1 |
| 2006 | Marchand d'Or | 3 | Davy Bonilla | Freddy Head | Mme Jean-Louis Giral | 1:15.9 |
