Prix Penelope

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Group 3 race
Prix Penelope

Location	Saint-Cloud Racecourse Saint-Cloud, France
Inaugurated	1905
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	57 kg
Purse	€80,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 50%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 15% 4th: 10%, 5th: 5%

The Prix Penelope 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 early April.

It was first run in 1905 and is named in honour of both Penelope (GB) (b. 1798), an important British broodmare, and Penelope (FR) (b. 1820), a prominent winner in France. The race originally took place at Maisons-Laffitte, transferring briefly in 1921 for a single running at Saint-Cloud, and moving more permanently to the latter venue in 1927. During World War II the race was held at Longchamp from 1940 to 1942 and at Maisons-Laffitte from 1943 to 1945.

The race was contested over 2,000 metres until 1943, and following some slight variations the present distance was set in 1950.

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

[edit] Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):

George Stern – Muskerry (1905), Sais (1906), Roselys (1914), Samic (1921), Zariba (1922)
Rae Johnstone – La Futaie (1940), Sylphide (1947), Corseira (1950), Arbele (1952), Sun Cap (1954)
Thierry Jarnet – Madame Est Sortie (1988), Wemyss Bight (1993), Diamond Dance (1994), Tulipa (1996), La Sylphide (1999)

Leading trainer (7 wins):

Geoffroy Watson – Favreale (1959, dead-heat), Timandra (1960), Hermieres (1961), Hether (1970), Cigaline (1971), Rescousse (1972), Brave Ketty (1973)

Leading owner (10 wins):

Marcel Boussac – Samic (1921), Zariba (1922), Diademe (1930), Canzoni (1939), Esmeralda (1942), Corseira (1950), Arbele (1952), Adarca (1953), Janiari (1956), Demia (1977)

[edit] Winners since 1980

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1980	Good to Beat	Robert Jallu	Hubert d'Aillières	Hubert d'Aillières
1981	Last Love	Serge Gorli	Patrick Biancone	Serge Lederman
1982	All Along	Serge Gorli	Patrick Biancone	Daniel Wildenstein	2:23.4
1983	Smuggly	Alain Badel	Olivier Douieb	E. Seltzer
1984	Pampa Bella	Alain Badel	Jean-François Daubin	Mrs A. Daubin
1985	Blue Tip	Cash Asmussen	Freddie Palmer	David d'Albis
1986	Termienne	Dominique Boeuf	Jean-Paul Gallorini	Philippe Faucampre
1987	Productive	Freddy Head	J. C. Cunnington	George Ohrstrom
1988	Madame Est Sortie	Thierry Jarnet	Yann-Marie Porzier	Gerald Levi	2:34.2
1989	Behera	Tony Cruz	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:16.1
1990	Air de Rien	Alain Badel	Myriam Bollack-Badel	Jacques Berès	2:13.5
1991	La Monalisa	Dominique Boeuf	Elie Lellouche	Edgard Zorbibe	2:15.3
1992	Trampoli	Sylvain Guillot	André Fabre	Paul de Moussac	2:18.7
1993	Wemyss Bight	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:20.5
1994	Diamond Dance	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	2:18.7
1995	Muncie	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	2:21.3
1996	Tulipa	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:15.7
1997	Brilliance	Sylvain Guillot	Pascal Bary	Ecurie Skymarc Farm	2:17.9
1998	Abbatiale	Frédéric Sanchez	Dominique Sépulchre	Georges Coude	2:27.6
1999	La Sylphide	Thierry Jarnet	Nicolas Clément	Sibylle Egloff	2:28.2
2000	Volvoreta	Thierry Thulliez	Carlos Lerner	Maria-Soledad Vidal	2:21.9
2001	Baldwina	François-Xavier Bertras	François Rohaut	Bernard Cazenave	2:41.3
2002	Ombre Legere	Stéphane Pasquier	Elie Lellouche	Ecurie Ferdane	2:19.5
2003	Humouresque	Thierry Thulliez	Sir Mark Prescott	Cheveley Park Stud	2:17.9
2004	Ask for the Moon	Ioritz Mendizabal	Jean-Claude Rouget	Jean-Pierre Dubois	2:17.1
2005	Perfect Hedge	Thierry Thulliez	Nicolas Clément	NP Bloodstock Ltd	2:22.1
2006	Germance	Ioritz Mendizabal	Jean-Claude Rouget	Nelson Radwan	2:20.1
2007	Mrs Lindsay	Stéphane Pasquier	François Rohaut	Bettina Jenney	2:17.2
2008	Gagnoa	Stéphane Pasquier	André Fabre	D. Smith, M. Tabor, S. Magnier	2:23.1