Prix Jacques le Marois

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The Prix Jacques le Marois is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at Deauville Racecourse in August.

It was first run in 1921 and was named in memory of Jacques le Marois, a leading French racehorse owner who died the previous year. The race was restricted to three-year-olds only until 1952.

Jockey Freddy Head hold the record for the most wins in the Prix Jacques le Marois with six.

[edit] Winners since 1987

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1987	Miesque	3	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:36.0
1988	Miesque	4	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:38.6
1989	Polish Precedent	3	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	1:37.3
1990	Priolo	3	Alain Lequeux	François Boutin	Ecurie Skymarc Farm	1:38.2
1991	Hector Protector	3	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:39.4
1992	Exit to Nowhere	4	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:40.8
1993	Sayyedati	3	Walter Swinburn	Clive Brittain	Mohamed Obaida	1:39.8
1994	East of the Moon	3	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:35.7
1995	Miss Satamixa	3	Sylvain Guillot	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	1:35.7
1996	Spinning World	3	Cash Asmussen	Jonathan Pease	Niarchos Family	1:39.1
1997	Spinning World	4	Cash Asmussen	Jonathan Pease	Niarchos Family	1:34.4
1998	Taiki Shuttle	4	Yukio Okabe	Kazuo Fujisawa	Taiki Farm Inc	1:37.4
1999	Dubai Millennium	3	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:44.3
2000	Muhtathir	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:34.6
2001	Vahorimix	3	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	1:38.8
2002	Banks Hill	4	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	1:35.0
2003	Six Perfections	3	Thierry Thulliez	Pascal Bary	Niarchos Family	1:38.3
2004	Whipper	3	Christophe Soumillon	Robert Collet	Richard Strauss	1:38.4
2005	Dubawi	3	Kerrin McEvoy	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:37.9
2006	Librettist	4	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:43.1