Prix d'Astarte
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The Prix d'Astarté is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) on the straight course at Deauville Racecourse in late July / early August.
It was first run in 1929 and is named after Astarte, a goddess of fertility. The race gained Group 1 status in 2004.
Jockey Freddy Head holds the record for most wins in the Prix d'Astarte at six.
[edit] Winners since 1988
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
| 1988 | Gabina | 3 | Eric Legrix | Jacques-Charles Cunnington | Jorgen-Dieter Schiefelbein | 1:39.1 |
| 1989 | Navratilovna | 3 | Freddy Head | David Smaga | I Correas | 1:38.0 |
| 1990 | Lady Winner | 4 | Eric Legrix | Maurice Zilber | Fares Farm Inc | 1:36.1 |
| 1991 | Leariva | 4 | Alain Lequeux | David Smaga | Baron Thierry van Zuylen | 1:37.2 |
| 1992 | Hydro Calido | 3 | Freddy Head | François Boutin | Stavros Niarchos | 1:35.8 |
| 1993 | Ski Paradise | 3 | Sylvain Guillot | André Fabre | Zenya Yoshida | 1:39.4 |
| 1994 | Hatoof | 5 | Walter Swinburn | Criquette Head | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 1:36.8 |
| 1995 | Smolensk | 3 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Mme Paul de Moussac | 1:35.6 |
| 1996 | Shaanxi | 4 | Olivier Peslier | Elie Lellouche | Teruya Yoshida | 1:39.1 |
| 1997 | Daneskaya | 4 | Alain Junk | André Fabre | Paul Lau | 1:39.4 |
| 1998 | Miss Berbère | 3 | Dominique Boeuf | David Smaga | Ecurie Seutet | 1:39.7 |
| 1999 | Field of Hope | 4 | Sylvain Guillot | Pascal Bary | Grundy Bloodstock Ltd | |
| 2000 | Lady of Chad | 3 | Yutaka Take | Richard Gibson | Teruya Yoshida | 1:38.9 |
| 2001 | Ascension | 3 | Gérald Mossé | Mick Channon | Norman Cheng | 1:41.6 |
| 2002 | Turtle Bow | 3 | Christophe Soumillon | François Rohaut | Andrew Crichton | 1:40.5 |
| 2003 | Bright Sky | 4 | Dominique Boeuf | Elie Lellouche | Ecurie Wildenstein | 1:37.4 |
| 2004 | Marbye | 4 | Mirco Demuro | Bruno Grizzetti | Teruya Yoshida | 1:36.7 |
| 2005 | Divine Proportions | 3 | Christophe Lemaire | Pascal Bary | Niarchos Family | 1:39.9 |
| 2006 | Mandesha | 3 | Christophe Soumillon | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Princess Zahra Aga Khan | 1:36.4 |
