Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp

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The Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for two-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1,000 metres (approximately 5 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse during the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe meeting in early October.

It was first run in 1957, the centenary year of the racecourse, and takes its name from Longchamp Abbey, founded by Isabelle of France in the 13th century.

[edit] Winners since 1978

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
1978 Sigy 2 Freddy Head Criquette Head Ghislaine Head 0:59.0
1979 Double Form 4 John Reid Fulke Johnson Houghton Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza 0:56.7
1980 Moorestyle 3 Lester Piggott Robert Armstrong Moores Furnishings Ltd 0:56.3
1981 Marwell 3 Walter Swinburn Michael Stoute Edmund Loder 0:59.7
1982 Sharpo 5 Pat Eddery Jeremy Tree Monica Sheriffe 1:01.2
1983 Habibti 3 Willie Carson John Dunlop Mohamed Mutawa 0:54.3
1984 Committed 4 Steve Cauthen Dermot Weld Robert Sangster 0:59.8
1985 Committed 5 Michael Kinane Dermot Weld Allen E. Paulson 0:55.2
1986 Double Schwartz 5 Pat Eddery Charlie Nelson Robert Sangster 0:56.8
1987 Polonia 3 Christy Roche Jim Bolger Henryk de Kwiatkowski 0:56.7
1988 Handsome Sailor 5 Michael Hills Barry Hills Robert Sangster 0:57.0
1989 Silver Fling 4 John Matthias Ian Balding George Strawbridge 0:59.9
1990 Dayjur 3 Willie Carson Dick Hern Hamdan Al Maktoum 0:58.7
1991 Keen Hunter 4 Steve Cauthen John Gosden Sheikh Mohammed 0:59.4
1992 Mr Brooks 5 Lester Piggott Richard Hannon Paul Green 1:02.3
1993 Lochsong 5 Frankie Dettori Ian Balding Jeff Smith 0:59.7
1994 Lochsong 6 Frankie Dettori Ian Balding Jeff Smith 0:57.2
1995 Hever Golf Rose 4 Jason Weaver Joe Naughton Michael Hanson 0:57.7
1996 Kistena 3 Olivier Doleuze Criquette Head Wertheimer et Frère 0:59.3
1997 Carmine Lake 3 John Reid Peter Chapple-Hyam Robert Sangster 0:56.9
1998 My Best Valentine 8 Ray Cochrane Vic Soane The Valentines 0:58.9
1999 Agnes World 4 Yutaka Take Hideyuki Mori Takao Watanabe 1:01.4
2000 Namid 4 Johnny Murtagh John Oxx Lady Clague 0:55.1
2001 Imperial Beauty 5 Yutaka Take John Hammond Sue Magnier & Michael Tabor 1:00.3
2002 Continent 5 Darryll Holland David Nicholls Lucayan Stud 0:57.2
2003 Patavellian 5 Steve Drowne Roger Charlton D. J. Deer 0:59.1
2004 Var 5 Frankie Dettori Clive Brittain Mohammed Rashid 0:55.0
2005 Avonbridge 5 Steve Drowne Roger Charlton D. J. Deer 0:56.9
2006 Desert Lord 6 Jamie Spencer Kevin Ryan Bull & Bell Partnership 0:54.8
2007 Benbaun 6 Pat Smullen Mark Wallace Ransley, Birks, Hillen 0:56.7

[edit] Earlier winners

  • 1957 - Texana
  • 1958 - Edellic
  • 1959 - Sly Pola
  • 1960 - High Bulk
  • 1961 - L'Epinay
  • 1962 - Fortino
  • 1963 - Texanita
  • 1964 - Texanita
  • 1965 - Silver Shark
  • 1966 - Farhana
  • 1967 - Pentathlon
  • 1968 - Be Friendly
  • 1969 - Tower Walk
  • 1970 - Balidar
  • 1971 - Sweet Revenge
  • 1972 - Deep Diver
  • 1973 - Sandford Lad
  • 1974 - Moubariz
  • 1975 - Lianga
  • 1976 - Mendip Man / Gentilhombre *
  • 1977 - Gentilhombre

* The 1976 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.

[edit] See also

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