Poule d'Essai des Poulains

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Group 1 race
Poule d'Essai des Poulains
Location	Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France
Inaugurated	1883
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat race
Website	France-Galop.com
Race information
Distance	1,600 metres (1 mile)
Track	Turf, right-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old colts
Weight	58 kg
Purse	€400,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 57.14%, 2nd: 22.86% 3rd: 11.43%, 4th: 5.71% 5th: 2.86%

The Poule d'Essai des Poulains, sometimes referred to as the French 2,000 Guineas, is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at Longchamp Racecourse and takes place annually in May.

The race is the French equivalent of the English 2,000 Guineas and together with a similar race for fillies, the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, it was first run in 1883. Prior to this there had been a single race for both colts and fillies, the Poule d'Essai, which was first run in 1840 at the Champ de Mars, moving to Longchamp in 1857.

The earlier version of the race was run forty times, having been cancelled in 1843 and 1844 due to a low number of entrants and in 1871 because of the Franco-Prussian War. The present version was not held from 1915 to 1918 during World War I and it was also disrupted through World War II. There was no racing in France in the spring of 1940, but a substitute race combining both the Poulains and Pouliches was held in October at Auteuil. This was titled the Prix d'Essai and won by the colt Djebel. In 1943 the Poule d'Essai des Poulains was transferred to Tremblay and for the following two years it was run at Maisons-Laffitte, returning to Longchamp in 1946.

The first foreign trained winner of the race was Recitation in 1981, trained in England by Guy Harwood.

Contents 1 Records 2 Winners since 1970 3 Earlier winners 3.1 Poule d'Essai 3.2 Poule d'Essai des Poulains 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Records

Leading jockey (6 wins):

• Freddy Head – Green Dancer (1975), Red Lord (1976), Blushing John (1988), Linamix (1990), Hector Protector (1991), Shanghai (1992)

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Leading trainer (11 wins):

• Robert Denman – Regain (1883), Archiduc (1884), Vinicius (1903), Gouvernant (1904), Val d'Or (1905), Ouadi Halfa (1907), Lord Burgoyne (1911), Dagor (1913), Le Traquet (1921), Sir Gallahad (1923), Asterus (1926)

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Leading owner (8 wins):

• Edmond Blanc – Arreau (1896), Governor (1900), Vinicius (1903), Gouvernant (1904), Val d'Or (1905), Ouadi Halfa (1907), Lord Burgoyne (1911), Dagor (1913)
• HH Aga Khan IV – Buisson Ardent (1956), Zeddaan (1968), Kalamoun (1973), Blushing Groom (1977), Nishapour (1978), Ashkalani (1996), Daylami (1997), Sendawar (1999)

[edit] Winners since 1970

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1970	Caro *	Bill Williamson	Albert Klimscha	Countess Margit Batthyany	1:41.3
1971	Zug	Jean-Claude Desaint	John Cunnington	William Hawn	1:37.6
1972	Riverman	Jean-Claude Desaint	Alec Head	Germaine Wertheimer	1:38.6
1973	Kalamoun	Henri Samani	François Mathet	HH Aga Khan IV	1:41.8
1974	Moulines	Maurice Philipperon	Richard Carver	Junzo Kashiyama	1:43.9
1975	Green Dancer	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer	1:39.3
1976	Red Lord	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer	1:42.3
1977	Blushing Groom	Henri Samani	François Mathet	HH Aga Khan IV	1:41.8
1978	Nishapour	Henri Samani	François Mathet	HH Aga Khan IV	1:46.1
1979	Irish River	Maurice Philipperon	John Cunnington, Jr.	Mrs Raymond Adès	1:39.8
1980	In Fijar	Georges Doleuze	Mitri Saliba	Mahmoud Fustok	1:38.4
1981	Recitation	Greville Starkey	Guy Harwood	Anthony Bodie	1:40.7
1982	Melyno	Yves Saint-Martin	François Mathet	Stavros Niarchos	1:38.6
1983	L'Emigrant	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:46.3
1984	Siberian Express	Alfred Gibert	André Fabre	Mahmoud Fustok	1:35.8
1985	No Pass No Sale	Yves Saint-Martin	Robert Collet	Richard C. Strauss	1:38.1
1986	Fast Topaze	Cash Asmussen	Georges Mikhalidès	Mahmoud Fustok	1:48.3
1987	Soviet Star	Greville Starkey	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	1:36.2
1988	Blushing John	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Allen E. Paulson	1:37.2
1989	Kendor	Maurice Philipperon	Raymond Touflan	Adolphe Bader	1:36.1
1990	Linamix	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Jean-Luc Lagardère	1:35.9
1991	Hector Protector	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:37.6
1992	Shanghai	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:38.2
1993	Kingmambo	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:39.1
1994	Green Tune	Olivier Doleuze	Criquette Head	Jacques Wertheimer	1:37.4
1995	Vettori	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:40.4
1996	Ashkalani	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	1:37.6
1997	Daylami	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	1:42.6
1998	Victory Note	John Reid	Peter Chapple-Hyam	Sue Magnier & Robert Sangster	1:34.5
1999	Sendawar	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	1:36.2
2000	Bachir	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:39.4
2001	Vahorimix *	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	1:35.4
2002	Landseer	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier	1:36.8
2003	Clodovil	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	Lagardère Family	1:36.4
2004	American Post	Richard Hughes	Criquette Head-Maarek	Khalid Abdullah	1:36.5
2005	Shamardal	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	1:39.2
2006	Aussie Rules	Kieren Fallon	Aidan O'Brien	S. Magnier, M. Tabor, F. Salman	1:37.0
2007	Astronomer Royal	Colm O'Donoghue	Aidan O'Brien	D. Smith, M. Tabor, S. Magnier	1:37.1
2008	Falco	Olivier Peslier	Carlos Laffon-Parias	Wertheimer et Frère	1:35.6

* Faraway Son finished first in 1970 but was relegated to third place following a Stewards' Inquiry.
* Noverre finished first in 2001 but was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for the banned substance methylprednisolone.

[edit] Earlier winners

[edit] Poule d'Essai

[edit] Poule d'Essai des Poulains

[edit] References

• France-Galop.com
• PedigreeQuery.com
• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008
• galop.courses-france.com:
  • 1840-1859, 1860-1889, 1890-1919, 1920-1949, 1950-1979, 1980-present
• tbheritage.com

[edit] See also

• List of French flat horse races