Prix Imprudence

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Listed race
Prix Imprudence

Location	Maisons-Laffitte France
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat race
Race information
Distance	1,400 metres (7f)
Track	Turf, straight
Qualification	Three-year-old fillies
Weight	57 kg
Purse	€55,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 50%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 15% 4th: 10%, 5th: 5%

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

A trial race for the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches or its English counterpart, the 1,000 Guineas, it is named after Imprudence, a French-trained winner of both of those races plus the Epsom Oaks in 1947. The equivalent trial for colts and geldings is the Prix Djebel, which is run at the same meeting.

Two successive winners of the Prix Imprudence in the 1980s, Miesque and Ravinella, both subsequently won the French and English 1,000 Guineas. Other horses from this race to win the French version include Solitude and the 2000 third Bluemamba. Others to win the English Guineas are Bella Paola, Ma Biche, Natagora and the 1992 runner-up Hatoof. The winner of the Prix Imprudence in 2003, Six Perfections, went on to finish second in the English 1,000 Guineas, and later won the Prix Jacques le Marois and the Breeders' Cup Mile.

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

[edit] Records since 1979

Leading jockey (10 wins):

Freddy Head – Ma Biche (1983), L'Orangerie (1984), Vilikaia (1985), Or Vision (1986), Miesque (1987), Lightning Fire (1989), Kenbu (1992), Macoumba (1995), Mahalia (1996), Pas de Reponse (1997)

Leading trainer (10 wins):

Criquette Head-Maarek – Ma Biche (1983), L'Orangerie (1984), Vilikaia (1985), Ravinella (1988), Macoumba (1995), Mahalia (1996), Pas de Reponse (1997), Cortona (1998), Stunning (2001), Magic America (2007)

Leading owner (5 wins):

Stavros Niarchos – Firyal (1980), Or Vision (1986), Miesque (1987), Lightning Fire (1989), Coup de Genie (1994)

[edit] Winners since 1979

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1979	Pitasia	Alfred Gibert	Aage Paus	Sir Douglas Clague
1980	Firyal	Philippe Paquet	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos
1981	Layalina	Alfred Gibert	Mitri Saliba	Mahmoud Fustok
1982	Play It Safe	Lester Piggott	François Boutin	Diana M. Firestone
1983	Ma Biche	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Maktoum Al Maktoum
1984	L'Orangerie	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Robert Sangster
1985	Vilikaia	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Robert Sangster
1986	Or Vision	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos
1987	Miesque	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos
1988	Ravinella	Gary W. Moore	Criquette Head	Ecurie Aland	1:30.80
1989	Lightning Fire	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos
1990	Cydalia	Gérald Mossé	François Boutin	Ecurie Skymarc Farm
1991	The Perfect Life	Eric Saint-Martin	Robert Collet	Richard C. Strauss	1:25.70
1992	Kenbu	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Tomohiro Wada	1:27.90
1993	Wixon	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Allen E. Paulson	1:31.90
1994	Coup de Genie	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:32.30
1995	Macoumba *	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Haras d'Etreham	1:20.51
1996	Mahalia *	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Gerry Oldham	1:17.96
1997	Pas de Reponse	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Wertheimer et Frère	1:30.90
1998	Cortona	Olivier Doleuze	Criquette Head	Gerry Oldham	1:36.00
1999	Blue Cloud	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	1:27.70
2000	Peony	Cash Asmussen	Dominique Sépulchre	Mrs John L. Moore	1:26.92
2001	Stunning *	Olivier Doleuze	Criquette Head-Maarek	Robert N. Clay	1:33.30
2002	Glia	Thierry Thulliez	Pascal Bary	Niarchos Family	1:27.30
2003	Six Perfections	Thierry Thulliez	Pascal Bary	Niarchos Family	1:29.40
2004	Onda Nova	Stéphane Pasquier	Dominique Sépulchre	Niarchos Family	1:32.20
2005	Valima	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	HH Aga Khan IV	1:30.40
2006	Mauralakana	Ioritz Mendizabal	Jean-Claude Rouget	Maurice Hassan	1:30.20
2007	Magic America	Johnny Murtagh	Criquette Head-Maarek	Thomas A. Ryan	1:24.50
2008	Natagora	Christophe Lemaire	Pascal Bary	Stefan Friborg	1:29.90