Prix Djebel

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Listed race
Prix Djebel

Location	Maisons-Laffitte France
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat race
Race information
Distance	1,400 metres (7f)
Track	Turf, straight
Qualification	Three-year-old colts & geldings
Weight	58 kg
Purse	€55,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 50%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 15% 4th: 10%, 5th: 5%

The Prix Djebel is a Listed flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings. It is run over a distance of 1,400 metres (approximately 7 furlongs) at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse and takes place annually in April.

It is a trial race for the Poule d'Essai des Poulains or its English counterpart, the 2,000 Guineas. The race is named after Djebel, a champion French racehorse in the early 1940s, and subsequently a leading sire. The equivalent race for fillies is the Prix Imprudence, which is run at the same meeting.

The first and second in 1993, Kingmambo and Zafonic, went on to win the French and English 2,000 Guineas respectively. Other horses from this race to subsequently win the French version include Amour Drake, Guersant, Don II, L'Emigrant and the 1974 runner-up Moulines. Others to win the English Guineas are Taboun, Zino, Pennekamp and the 1964 dead-heat second Baldric II. The 1980 winner Nureyev also finished first in the English 2,000 Guineas but was disqualified.

1 Records since 1979
2 Winners since 1979
3 Earlier winners
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Records since 1979

Leading jockey (5 wins):

Cash Asmussen – L'Emigrant (1983), Highest Honor (1986), Ocean Falls (1989), Kingmambo (1993), Psychobabble (1994)

Leading trainer (7 wins):

François Boutin – Nureyev (1980), Zino (1982), L'Emigrant (1983), Machiavellian (1990), Ganges (1991), Kingmambo (1993), Psychobabble (1994)

Leading owner (6 wins):

Stavros Niarchos – Nureyev (1980), L'Emigrant (1983), Machiavellian (1990), Kingmambo (1993), Psychobabble (1994), Byzantium (1996)

[edit] Winners since 1979

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1979	Goodmoor	Jean-Pierre Lefèvre	Philippe Lallié	Mabel de Forest
1980	Nureyev	Philippe Paquet	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos
1981	Diamond Prospect	Alfred Gibert	Mitri Saliba	Mahmoud Fustok
1982	Zino	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Gerry Oldham
1983	L'Emigrant	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos
1984	Diamada	Alfred Gibert	Georges Bridgland	Mrs Paul L. Hexter
1985	Dreams to Reality	Eric Legrix	Patrick Biancone	Prince Yazid Saud
1986	Highest Honor	Cash Asmussen	Pascal Bary	Ecurie I. M. Farès
1987	Saint Andrews	Alfred Gibert	Jean-Marie Béguigné	Léon Volterra
1988	Shaindy	Gerard Bianchi	H. Rossi	René Chanaux
1989	Ocean Falls	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	Paul de Moussac
1990	Machiavellian	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:24.60
1991	Ganges	Gérald Mossé	François Boutin	Allen E. Paulson	1:26.90
1992	Cardoun	Dominique Boeuf	Elie Lellouche	Edgard Zorbibe	1:26.40
1993	Kingmambo	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:28.70
1994	Psychobabble	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:36.20
1995	Pennekamp *	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	1:17.41
1996	Byzantium *	Gérald Mossé	John Hammond	Stavros Niarchos	1:18.93
1997	Fantastic Fellow	Olivier Peslier	Clive Brittain	The Thoroughbred Corp.	1:26.80
1998	Ippon	Jean-René Dubosc	Jean-Claude Rouget	Robert Bousquet	1:34.00
1999	Berkoutchi	Olivier Peslier	Henri-Alex Pantall	Roland Monnier	1:25.70
2000	Danger Over	Thierry Thulliez	Pascal Bary	Khalid Abdullah	1:25.70
2001	Greengroom *	Dominique Boeuf	Carlos Laffon-Parias	Wertheimer et Frère	1:30.20
2002	Massalani	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	1:27.00
2003	Mister Charm *	Ioritz Mendizabal	Jean-Claude Rouget	Lagardère Family	1:26.60
2004	Whipper	Christophe Soumillon	Robert Collet	Richard C. Strauss	1:28.70
2005	Salut Thomas	Sébastien Maillot	Robert Collet	Roger Jesus	1:29.80
2006	Stormy River	Thierry Thulliez	Nicolas Clément	Ecurie Mister Ess A S	1:30.30
2007	US Ranger	Christophe Lemaire	Jean-Claude Rouget	Michael Tabor	1:23.70
2008	Salut l'Africain	Ioritz Mendizabal	Robert Collet	Mrs Didier Ricard	1:31.90

* The 1995 and 1996 races took place at Evry over 1,300 metres (6½ furlongs) and the 2001 race was run at Longchamp.
* The 2003 winner Mister Charm was later exported to Hong Kong and re-named Green Channel.