Prix de Fontainebleau

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Group 3 race
Prix de Fontainebleau

Location Longchamp Racecourse
Paris, France
Inaugurated 1889
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat race
Sponsor SG Private Banking
Website France-Galop.com
Race information
Distance 1,600 metres (1 mile)
Track Turf, right-handed
Qualification Three-year-old colts
Weight 58 kg
Purse 80,000 (2008)
Distribution
1st: 50%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 15%
4th: 10%, 5th: 5%

The Prix de Fontainebleau is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at Longchamp Racecourse and takes place annually in April.

It was first run in 1889 and is named after Fontainebleau Forest, where a race meeting used to be held from 1862 to 1891 at the Vallée de la Solle racecourse. The original distance of the race was 2,200 metres (1 mile 3 furlongs), which was cut to 1,600 metres in 1952 when it became a trial race for the Poule d'Essai des Poulains. After several alterations in the mid 1960s, the race returned to this distance in 1968.

Contents

[edit] Records since 1952

Leading jockey (6 wins):

  • Maurice Philipperon – Farabi (1967), Blinis (1971), Arctic Tern (1976), Irish River (1979), Castle Guard (1983), Kendor (1989)

Leading trainer (9 wins):

  • Etienne Pollet – Thunderhead (1952), Tosco (1953), Tenareze (1956), Pantouflard (1958), Aerodynamic (1961), Prudent (1962), Neptunus (1964), Grey Dawn (1965), Timmy My Boy (1968)

Leading owner (4 wins):

  • Gertrude WidenerAerodynamic (1961), Prudent (1962), Grey Dawn (1965), Timmy My Boy (1968)
  • Stavros NiarchosCresta Rider (1981), Melyno (1982), Mendez (1984), Hector Protector (1991)

[edit] Winners since 1979

Year
Winner
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
1979 Irish River Maurice Philipperon John Cunnington, Jr. Mrs Raymond Adès 1:50.6
1980 Nice Havrais Freddy Head François Boutin Alan Clore
1981 Cresta Rider Philippe Paquet François Boutin Stavros Niarchos
1982 Melyno Yves Saint-Martin François Mathet Stavros Niarchos
1983 Castle Guard Maurice Philipperon John Fellows Peter G. Richards
1984 Mendez Cash Asmussen François Boutin Stavros Niarchos
1985 No Pass No Sale Alfred Gibert Robert Collet René M. Aubert 1:50.4
1986 Fast Topaze Cash Asmussen Georges Mikhalidès Mahmoud Fustok 1:46.7
1987 Soviet Star Greville Starkey André Fabre Sheikh Mohammed 1:42.1
1988 Blushing John Freddy Head François Boutin Allen E. Paulson 1:41.7
1989 Kendor Maurice Philipperon Raymond Touflan Adolphe Bader 1:43.1
1990 Linamix Gérald Mossé François Boutin Jean-Luc Lagardère 1:43.6
1991 Hector Protector Freddy Head François Boutin Stavros Niarchos 1:41.5
1992 Rainbow Corner Pat Eddery André Fabre Khalid Abdullah 1:41.1
1993 Zieten Thierry Jarnet André Fabre Sheikh Mohammed 1:44.2
1994 Fadeyev Thierry Jarnet André Fabre Maktoum Al Maktoum 1:47.0
1995 Atticus Olivier Doleuze Criquette Head Jacques Wertheimer 1:43.1
1996 Ashkalani Gérald Mossé Alain de Royer-Dupré HH Aga Khan IV 1:38.4
1997 Daylami Gérald Mossé Alain de Royer-Dupré HH Aga Khan IV 1:39.8
1998 With the Flow Olivier Doleuze Criquette Head Marshall Jenney 1:50.2
1999 Indian Danehill Olivier Peslier André Fabre Baron Edouard de Rothschild 1:48.0
2000 Berine's Son Christophe Soumillon André Fabre Baron Edouard de Rothschild 1:52.8
2001 Denon Thierry Jarnet Jonathan Pease Niarchos Family 1:50.2
2002 Bowman Olivier Peslier André Fabre Sheikh Mohammed 1:40.7
2003 Clodovil Olivier Plaçais André Fabre Lagardère Family 1:44.0
2004 American Post Christophe Soumillon Criquette Head-Maarek Khalid Abdullah 1:38.5
2005 Laverock Miguel Blancpain Carlos Laffon-Parias Maktoum Al Maktoum 1:45.4
2006 Stormy River Thierry Thulliez Nicolas Clément Ecurie Mister Ess A S 1:38.2
2007 Chichi Creasy Ronan Thomas Nicole Rossio Béatrice Rossio 1:38.2
2008 Tamayuz Davy Bonilla Freddy Head Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:48.3

[edit] Earlier winners

  • 1952 - Thunderhead II
  • 1953 - Tosco
  • 1954 - Ferriol
  • 1955 -
  • 1956 - Tenareze
  • 1957 - Franc Luron
  • 1958 - Pantouflard
  • 1959 -
  • 1960 - Bondolfi
  • 1961 - Aerodynamic
  • 1962 - Prudent
  • 1963 - Manderley
  • 1964 - Neptunus
  • 1965 - Grey Dawn II
  • 1966 - Barbare
  • 1967 - Farabi
  • 1968 - Timmy My Boy
  • 1969 - Le Mas Marvent
  • 1970 - Breton
  • 1971 - Blinis
  • 1972 - Hard to Beat
  • 1973 - African Sky
  • 1974 - Mount Hagen
  • 1975 - Monsanto
  • 1976 - Arctic Tern
  • 1977 - Blushing Groom
  • 1978 - Kenmare


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