Poule d'Essai des Pouliches

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Group 1 race
Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
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 fillies
Weight	57 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 Pouliches, sometimes referred to as the French 1,000 Guineas, is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. 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 1,000 Guineas and together with a similar race for colts, the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, 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. In forty runnings, the Poule d'Essai was won by a filly on ten occasions.

Not run from 1915 to 1918 due to World War I, the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches was also disrupted during World War II. With no racing in France in the spring of 1940, a substitute race took place in October combining both the Poulains and Pouliches. This race, the Prix d'Essai, was held at Auteuil and won by the colt Djebel. In 1943 the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches 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 Culture Vulture in 1992, trained in England by Paul Cole.

Contents 1 Records 2 Winners since 1970 3 Earlier winners 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Records

Leading jockey (8 wins):

• Freddy Head – Ivanjica (1975), Riverqueen (1976), Dancing Maid (1978), Three Troikas (1979), Silvermine (1985), Miesque (1987), Matiara (1995), Always Loyal (1997)

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Leading trainer (7 wins):

• Charles Semblat – Esmeralda (1942), Caravelle (1943), Palencia (1944), Corteira (1948), Coronation / Galgala (1949), Corejada (1950), Djelfa (1951)

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Leading owner (8 wins):

• Marcel Boussac – Esmeralda (1942), Caravelle (1943), Palencia (1944), Corteira (1948), Coronation / Galgala (1949), Corejada (1950), Djelfa (1951), Apollonia (1956)

[edit] Winners since 1970

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1970	Pampered Miss	Maurice Philipperon	John Cunnington, Jr.	Nelson Bunker Hunt	1:40.6
1971	Bold Fascinator	Bill Williamson	John Fellows	W. P. Rosso	1:39.7
1972	Mata Hari	Jean Cruguet	Angel Penna, Sr.	Countess Margit Batthyany	1:44.7
1973	Allez France	Yves Saint-Martin	Albert Klimscha	Daniel Wildenstein	1:44.6
1974	Dumka	Alain Lequeux	Jacques de Chevigny	C. Bauer	1:47.5
1975	Ivanjica	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer	1:38.4
1976	Riverqueen	Freddy Head	Christian Datessen	Ghislaine Head	1:38.6
1977	Madelia	Yves Saint-Martin	Angel Penna, Sr.	Daniel Wildenstein	1:39.9
1978	Dancing Maid	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer	1:45.3
1979	Three Troikas	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Ghislaine Head	1:46.0
1980	Aryenne	Maurice Philipperon	John Fellows	D. G. Volkert	1:43.6
1981	Ukraine Girl	Pat Eddery	Robert Collet	Meg Mullion	1:41.0
1982	River Lady	Lester Piggott	François Boutin	Robert Sangster	1:39.6
1983	L'Attrayante	Alain Badel	Olivier Douieb	Mrs Charles Thériot	1:42.5
1984	Masarika	Yves Saint-Martin	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	1:39.3
1985	Silvermine	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Ghislaine Head	1:40.7
1986	Baiser Volé	Guy Guignard	Criquette Head	Robert Sangster	1:39.9
1987	Miesque	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:38.1
1988	Ravinella	Gary W. Moore	Criquette Head	Ecurie Aland	1:38.3
1989	Pearl Bracelet	Alfred Gibert	Roger Wojtowiez	Ecurie Fustok	1:37.1
1990	Houseproud	Pat Eddery	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	1:38.5
1991	Danseuse du Soir	Dominique Boeuf	Elie Lellouche	Daniel Wildenstein	1:38.6
1992	Culture Vulture	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole	Christopher Wright	1:37.0
1993	Madeleine's Dream	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Allen E. Paulson	1:36.4
1994	East of the Moon	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:37.1
1995	Matiara	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Ecurie Aland	1:42.4
1996	Ta Rib	Willie Carson	Ed Dunlop	Hamdan Al Maktoum	1:38.7
1997	Always Loyal	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Maktoum Al Maktoum	1:40.2
1998	Zalaiyka	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	1:35.7
1999	Valentine Waltz	Ray Cochrane	John Gosden	Kirby Maher Syndicate	1:36.0
2000	Bluemamba	Thierry Jarnet	Pascal Bary	Ecurie Skymarc Farm	1:40.2
2001	Rose Gypsy	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien	Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor	1:36.7
2002	Zenda	Richard Hughes	John Gosden	Khalid Abdullah	1:37.0
2003	Musical Chimes	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	Maktoum Al Maktoum	1:36.0
2004	Torrestrella	Olivier Peslier	François Rohaut	Bernard Bargues	1:35.7
2005	Divine Proportions	Christophe Lemaire	Pascal Bary	Niarchos Family	1:38.5
2006	Tie Black *	Jean-Bernard Eyquem	François Rohaut	Javier Gispert	1:36.6
2007	Darjina	Christophe Soumillon	Alain de Royer-Dupré	Princess Zahra Aga Khan	1:37.2
2008	Zarkava	Christophe Soumillon	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	1:35.2

* Price Tag finished first in 2006 but was relegated to third place following a Stewards' Inquiry.

[edit] Earlier winners

* The 1949 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.

[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:
  • 1883-1889, 1890-1919, 1920-1949, 1950-1979, 1980-present
• tbheritage.com

[edit] See also

• List of French flat horse races