Prix Fille de l'Air

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The Prix Fille de l'Air is a Group 3 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares. It is run over a distance of 2,100 metres (approximately 1 mile 2½ furlongs) at Toulouse Racecourse in November.

It was first run in 1902 at Maisons-Laffitte and is named in honour of the racehorse Fille de l'Air, winner of the Epsom Oaks, Prix de Diane and Prix Royal-Oak in 1864.

The race was transferred to Saint-Cloud in 1921, and with the exception of some venue changes during World War II, remained there until 1994. In the following two years it was run at Evry, moving to Toulouse in 1997. The distance of the race has been unchanged since 1929, before which there were several modifications. Prior to 1990 the race was run in June.

[edit] Winners since 1988

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1988	Mystery Rays	3	Gérald Mossé	François Boutin	2:07.40
1989	Solveig	3	Guy Guignard	Criquette Head	2:20.50
1990	Savoureuse Lady	3	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	2:23.10
1991	Fabulous Hostess	3	Guy Guignard	Criquette Head	2:26.20
1992	Halesia	3	Dominique Boeuf	Elie Lellouche	2:34.00
1993	Royale Chantou	3	Cash Asmussen	John Hammond	2:24.20
1994	Hollywood Dream	3	John Reid	Uwe Ostmann	2:26.60
1995	Marie de Ken	3	Sylvain Guillot	Alain de Royer-Dupré	2:16.82
1996	Maroussie	3	Jean-Michel Breux	Nicolas Clément	2:20.45
1997	Yvecrique	3	Thierry Gillet	Jean-Pierre Gauvin	2:21.90
1998	Just in Fun	4	Andre Best	Hans Blume	2:17.10
1999	Neptune's Bride	3	Sylvain Guillot	Henri-Alex Pantall	2:08.60
2000	Aiglonne	3	Goulven Toupel	Henri-Alex Pantall	2:11.80
2001	Goncharova	3	Kieren Fallon	Sir Michael Stoute	2:11.10
2002	Dance Dress	3	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	2:22.37
2003	Walkamia	3	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	2:10.60
2004	Linda Regina	3	Ronan Thomas	Criquette Head-Maarek	2:22.90
2005	Antioquia	4	Miguel Blancpain	Carlos Laffon-Parias	2:09.78
2006	Afaf	4	Thierry Jarnet	Mikel Delzangles	2:13.79
2007	Tashelka	3	Johan Victoire	André Fabre	2:10.74