Prix d'Hédouville

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Group 3 race
Prix d'Hédouville

Location	Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France
Inaugurated	1890
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat race
Website	France-Galop.com
Race information
Distance	2,400 metres (1½ miles)
Track	Turf, right-handed
Qualification	Four-years-old and up excluding Group 1 winners *
Weight	56 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares 1 kg if not Group placed * Penalties 3 kg for Group 2 winners * 2 kg for Group 3 winners * * since January 1 last year
Purse	€80,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 50%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 15% 4th: 10%, 5th: 5%

The Prix d'Hédouville is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to four-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1½ miles) at Longchamp Racecourse and takes place annually in April or May.

It was first run on May 25, 1890 at Chantilly and was named in memory of Charles d'Hédouville, a leading figure in French racing who died earlier that year. The race was open to horses three-years-old and up, and took place at the same meeting as the Prix de Diane.

With the exception of some wartime cancellations and two runnings at both Longchamp (1919–20) and Tremblay (1943–44), the race continued to be run at its original venue until 1964. Having been contested over 2,000 metres until 1953, the distance was then modified several times before it was set at its present length in 1962.

The Prix d'Hédouville was discontinued from 1965 due to the low number of participants it had attracted during the previous decade. It reappeared at Longchamp in September 1972 as a race for three-year-olds only, but this version was run only twice more, ending at Chantilly in 1974. The race returned in the spring of 1978 at Longchamp, open again to older horses but excluding three-year-olds for the first time in its history. It was promoted to Group 3 status in 1985.

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

[edit] Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):

George Stern – Caius (1904, 1905), Ramus (1922), Zariba (1923), Irismond (1925)

Leading trainer (9 wins):

André Fabre – Luth Dancer (1988), Glorify (1991), First Magnitude (2000), Martaline (2003), Short Pause (2004), Fracassant (2005), Bellamy Cay (2006), Champs Elysees (2007), Not Just Swing (2008)

Leading owner (12 wins):

Marcel Boussac – Ramus (1922), Zariba (1923), Irismond (1925), Goyescas (1933), Corrida (1936), Cillas (1939), Djebel (1941, 1942), Hierocles (1943), Ardan (1945), Narses (1947), Djeddah (1949)

[edit] Winners since 1980

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1980	Scorpio	4	Philippe Paquet	François Boutin	Gerry Oldham
1981	Lancastrian	4	Alain Lequeux	David Smaga	Sir Michael Sobell
1982	Gap of Dunloe	4	Serge Gorli	Patrick Biancone	Bob Demuyser
1983	Marasali	5	Alain Badel	Olivier Douieb	Serge Fradkoff
1984	Balitou	5	Walter Swinburn	Patrick Biancone	Daniel Wildenstein
1985	Darly	6	Freddy Head	David Smaga	Georges Blizniansky
1986	Baby Turk	4	Yves Saint-Martin	Alain de Royer-Dupré	Anne-Marie d'Estainville-Gedik
1987	Malakim	4	Yves Saint-Martin	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:33.4
1988	Luth Dancer	4	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	Paul de Moussac	2:33.1
1989	Robore	4	Dominique Boeuf	Noël Pelat	Marquis de Geoffre	2:37.7
1990	Robore	5	Alfred Gibert	Noël Pelat	Marquis de Geoffre	2:42.4
1991	Glorify	4	Pat Eddery	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:38.9
1992	Vert Amande	4	Dominique Boeuf	Elie Lellouche	Enrique Sarasola	2:39.4
1993	Sharp Counsel	4	Dominique Boeuf	Elie Lellouche	Francisco Guidotti	2:41.6
1994	Petit Loup	5	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Maktoum Al Maktoum	2:39.6
1995	Tot ou Tard	5	Eric Saint-Martin	Stéphane Wattel	Ecurie Kura	2:51.8
1996	Percutant	5	Cash Asmussen	David Smaga	Baron Thierry van Zuylen	2:33.9
1997	Steward	4	Sylvain Guillot	Dominique Sépulchre	Georges Coude	2:40.4
1998	Oa Baldixe	4	Sylvain Guillot	Pascal Bary	Francis Prat	2:42.6
1999	Persian Ruler	4	Sylvain Guillot	Dominique Sépulchre	Enrique Sarasola	2:34.3
2000	First Magnitude	4	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	2:52.6
2001	Bonnet Rouge	4	Olivier Peslier	Elie Lellouche	Frédéric Bianco	2:47.6
2002	Califet	4	Davy Bonilla	Guy Chérel	Enriquita Garcia-Gonzalez	2:30.8
2003	Martaline	4	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:30.4
2004	Short Pause	5	Gary Stevens	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:39.1
2005	Fracassant	4	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	HH Aga Khan IV	2:30.7
2006	Bellamy Cay	4	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:39.1
2007	Champs Elysees	4	Stéphane Pasquier	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:30.8
2008	Not Just Swing	4	Johan Victoire	André Fabre	Thierry Storme	2:33.1