Prix du Muguet

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Group 2 race
Prix du Muguet

Location	Saint-Cloud Racecourse Saint-Cloud, France
Inaugurated	1967
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat race
Website	France-Galop.com
Race information
Distance	1,600 metres (1 mile)
Track	Turf, left-handed
Qualification	Four-years-old and up
Weight	56 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares Penalties 3 kg for Group 1 winners * 1½ kg for Group 2 winners * * since January 1 last year
Purse	€130,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 57%, 2nd: 22% 3rd: 10.5%, 4th: 7% 5th: 3.5%

The Prix du Muguet is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to four-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at Saint-Cloud Racecourse and takes place annually, usually on May 1.

The race was first run in its present form in 1967, although there had been another race of the same name prior to this. This earlier version of the Prix du Muguet had been restricted to three-year-olds and contested over 2,000 metres.

The present race for older horses was given Group 3 status in 1972 and promoted to Group 2 level in 1995. It has been run at Longchamp on six occasions, the first of which, in 1968, was over 2,000 metres. The subsequent runnings at this course were in 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983 and 1985.

Muguet is the French name for the spring flowering plant Lily of the Valley.

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

[edit] Records

Leading jockey (4 wins):

Freddy Head – Ellora (1976), Northjet (1981), Pink (1985), Exit to Nowhere (1992)
Olivier Peslier – Zabar (1994), Vetheuil (1996), Keltos (2002), Dandoun (2003)

Leading trainer (6 wins):

Criquette Head-Maarek – Pink (1985), Val des Bois (1990), Hatoof (1993), Green Tune (1995), Marathon (1998), Gold Away (1999)

Leading owner (3 wins):

Stavros Niarchos – Redmead (1984), Exit to Nowhere (1992), Spinning World (1997)
Jacques Wertheimer – Pink (1985), Val des Bois (1990), Green Tune (1995)

[edit] Winners since 1980

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1980	American Prince	4	Christy Roche	H. V. S. Murless	Burt Bacharach
1981	Northjet	4	Freddy Head	Olivier Douieb	Serge Fradkoff
1982	Schwepperusschian	5	Serge Gorli	Pierre Biancone	Georges Laporte
1983	Prospero	6	Claude Ramonet	C. Hervé	Mrs Sylvain Aknin
1984	Redmead	4	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos
1985	Pink	4	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Jacques Wertheimer
1986	Apeldoorn	4	Maurice Philipperon	Philippe Barbe	Philippe Barbe
1987	Art Francais	4	Tony Cruz	Patrick Biancone	Daniel Wildenstein
1988	Pitchounet	4	Dominique Lawniczak	Albert Hosselet	Noël Pelat
1989	Gabina	4	Eric Legrix	J. C. Cunnington	Countess Margit Batthyany	1:44.3
1990	Val des Bois	4	Guy Guignard	Criquette Head	Jacques Wertheimer	1:39.5
1991	Colour Chart	4	Steve Cauthen	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	1:45.3
1992	Exit to Nowhere	4	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:45.8
1993	Hatoof	4	Walter Swinburn	Criquette Head	Maktoum Al Maktoum	1:43.6
1994	Zabar	6	Olivier Peslier	Jonathan Pease	Gerald W. Leigh	1:42.1
1995	Green Tune	4	Olivier Doleuze	Criquette Head	Jacques Wertheimer	1:48.1
1996	Vetheuil	4	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	1:40.4
1997	Spinning World	4	Cash Asmussen	Jonathan Pease	Niarchos Family	1:43.8
1998	Marathon	4	Olivier Doleuze	Criquette Head	Alec Head	1:45.1
1999	Gold Away	4	Gérald Mossé	Criquette Head	Wertheimer et Frère	1:49.6
2000	Dansili	4	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	1:47.0
2001	Proudwings	5	Yutaka Take	Ralf Suerland	Hyperion Breeding	1:48.2
2002	Keltos	4	Olivier Peslier	Carlos Laffon-Parias	Gary A. Tanaka	1:39.9
2003	Dandoun	5	Olivier Peslier	John Dunlop	Prince A. A. Faisal	1:42.7
2004	Martillo	4	William Mongil	Ralf Suerland	Gestüt Höny-Hof	1:36.4
2005	Martillo	5	Stéphane Pasquier	Ralf Suerland	Gestüt Höny-Hof	1:37.5
2006	Krataios	6	Miguel Blancpain	Carlos Laffon-Parias	Leonidas Marinopoulos	1:41.5
2007	Racinger	4	Frankie Dettori	Freddy Head	Pierre Goral	1:39.1
2008	Gris de Gris	4	Thierry Thulliez	Jean-Marc Capitte	Jean-Claude Seroul	1:40.6