Prix Cléopâtre

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Group 3 race
Prix Cléopâtre

Location	Saint-Cloud Racecourse Saint-Cloud, France
Inaugurated	1952
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat race
Website	France-Galop.com
Race information
Distance	2,100 metres (1m 2½f)
Track	Turf, left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old fillies
Weight	55 kg Penalties 4 kg for Group 1 winners 3 kg for Group 2 winners 2 kg for Group 3 winners
Purse	€80,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 50%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 15% 4th: 10%, 5th: 5%

The Prix Cléopâtre is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 2,100 metres (approximately 1 mile 2½ furlongs) at Saint-Cloud Racecourse and takes place annually in May.

Whereas many French races for fillies are titled with the names of mythological goddesses, such as Astarté, Diane, Minerve and Pomone, this race was instead named after a historical figure, Queen Cleopatra of Egypt.

It was first run in 1952 at its present venue, where it has remained with two exceptions, moving to Maisons-Laffitte in 1990 and Evry in 1991. The distance of the race has been unchanged throughout its history.

1 Records
2 Winners since 1980
3 Earlier winners
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Records

Leading jockey (4 wins):

Olivier Peslier – Diamonixa (1998), Sunday Picnic (1999), Spring Oak (2001), Turtle Bow (2002)

Leading trainer (9 wins):

André Fabre – Wemyss Bight (1993), Valley of Gold (1995), Allurement (1997), Diamonixa (1998), Sunday Picnic (1999), Spring Oak (2001), Vadawina (2005), Alloway (2006), Vadapolina (2007)

Leading owner (6 wins):

Baron Guy de Rothschild – Cerisoles (1957), Azulene (1959), Marella (1960), Alphee (1966), Insolite (1971), Indian Rose (1988)

[edit] Winners since 1980

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1980	Hortensia	Alain Lequeux	Olivier Douieb	Robert Sangster
1981	April Run	Philippe Paquet	François Boutin	Diana M. Firestone	2:20.40
1982	Paradise	Jean-Claude Desaint	Guy Bonnaventure	Nelson Bunker Hunt
1983	Alexandrie	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer
1984	Eastland	Eric Legrix	Patrick Biancone	Bruce McNall
1985	Devalois	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Ghislaine Head
1986	El Fabulous	Gary W. Moore	Criquette Head	Ecurie Aland
1987	Birthday Fever	Maurice Philipperon	John Cunnington, Jr.	Hubertus Liebrecht
1988	Indian Rose	Alain Badel	Jean-Marie Béguigné	Baron Guy de Rothschild	2:15.40
1989	Sudaka	Gérard Dubroeucq	Elie Lellouche	Claude Cohen	2:15.50
1990	Caprarola	Gérald Mossé	François Boutin	Mrs Gerry Oldham	2:12.70
1991	Brooklyn's Dance	Guy Guignard	Criquette Head	Jacques Wertheimer	2:15.27
1992	Garendare	Dominique Boeuf	Elie Lellouche	Daniel Wildenstein	2:16.40
1993	Wemyss Bight	Pat Eddery	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:16.80
1994	Kalajana	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:16.10
1995	Valley of Gold	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:20.20
1996	Khalisa	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:16.50
1997	Allurement	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:20.40
1998	Diamonixa	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	2:12.20
1999	Sunday Picnic	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Teruya Yoshida	2:17.15
2000	Gold Round	Olivier Doleuze	Criquette Head	Wertheimer et Frère	2:19.20
2001	Spring Oak	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:22.57
2002	Turtle Bow	Olivier Peslier	François Rohaut	Andrew Crichton	2:15.20
2003	Sweet Folly	Frankie Dettori	Henri-Alex Pantall	Sheikh Mohammed	2:17.10
2004	Steel Princess	Thierry Jarnet	Richard Gibson	Richard F. Barnes	2:16.30
2005	Vadawina	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	HH Aga Khan IV	2:12.80
2006	Alloway	Stéphane Pasquier	André Fabre	Haras de la Perelle	2:14.50
2007	Vadapolina	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	HH Aga Khan IV	2:10.30
2008	Leo's Starlet	Christophe Lemaire	Alain de Royer-Dupré	William J. Preston	2:13.60