Prix du Palais Royal

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Group 3 race
Prix du Palais Royal

Location	Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France
Inaugurated	1968
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat race
Website	France-Galop.com
Race information
Distance	1,400 metres (7f)
Track	Turf, right-handed
Qualification	Three-years-old and up
Weight	54 kg (3yo); 59 kg (4yo+) Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares Penalties 3 kg for Group 1 winners * 3 kg if two Group 2 wins * 2 kg if one Group 2 win * 2 kg if two Group 3 wins * 1 kg if one Group 3 win * * since July 1 last year
Purse	€80,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 50%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 15% 4th: 10%, 5th: 5%

The Prix du Palais Royal is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1,400 metres (approximately 7 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse and takes place annually in late May or early June.

It was first run in 1968 and takes its name from the Palais Royal, a palace and garden in Paris. Prior to its launch there had been another race with a similar title, the Prix Palais Royal. Run at Saint-Cloud, this earlier race was named in honour of the horse Palais Royal, winner of the Prix Hocquart and the Cambridgeshire Handicap and runner-up in the St. Leger Stakes in 1928.

With the exception of the 1996 running at Deauville, the Prix du Palais Royal has continually taken place at Longchamp. The distance of the race has remained at 1,400 metres since its creation.

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

[edit] Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):

Freddy Head – Regent Street (1969), Prince Mab (1981), Honeyland (1983), Funambule (1990), Robin des Pins (1992)
Cash Asmussen – Bon Vent (1988), Polish Precedent (1989), Polski Boy (1991), Voleris (1993), Cherokee Rose (1995)

Leading trainer (4 wins):

André Fabre – Bon Vent (1988), Polish Precedent (1989), Lunasalt (2001), Art Master (2005)

Leading owner (4 wins):

Daniel Wildenstein – African Sky (1973), Gravelines (1976), Bon Vent (1988), Blu Air Force (2000)

[edit] Winners since 1980

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1980	Baptism	4	Pat Eddery	Jeremy Tree	J. H. Whitney
1981	Prince Mab	3	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer
1982	Indian King	4	Greville Starkey	Guy Harwood	J. Levy
1983	Honeyland	4	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer
1984	Harlow	4	George Duffield	Sir Mark Prescott	John E. Anthony
1985	Spectacular Joke	3	Maurice Philipperon	John Cunnington, Jr.	Paul de Moussac
1986	Comrade in Arms	4	Gérard Dubroeucq	Philippe Lallié	D. W. Molins
1987	Turkish Ruler	4	Jorge Velásquez	Georges Mikhalidès	Mahmoud Fustok
1988	Bon Vent	3	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	1:22.0
1989	Polish Precedent	3	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	1:22.3
1990	Funambule	3	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Etti Plesch	1:23.2
1991	Polski Boy	3	Cash Asmussen	Robert Collet	René Aubert	1:22.7
1992	Robin des Pins	4	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:22.7
1993	Voleris	4	Cash Asmussen	John Hammond	David Thompson	1:21.4
1994	Young Ern	4	Richard Quinn	Simon Dow	M. F. Kentish	1:23.9
1995	Cherokee Rose	4	Cash Asmussen	John Hammond	Sheikh Mohammed	1:25.9
1996	Mistle Cat	6	Wendyll Woods	Sean Woods	Peter K. L. Chu	1:27.5
1997	Nombre Premier	3	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré	Marquise de Moratalla	1:19.3
1998	Hidden Meadow	4	Olivier Peslier	Ian Balding	George Strawbridge	1:20.2
1999	Russian Revival	6	Ray Cochrane	John Gosden	Maktoum Al Maktoum	1:17.9
2000	Blu Air Force	3	Olivier Peslier	Bruno Grizzetti	Daniel Wildenstein	1:20.4
2001	Lunasalt	3	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	1:20.2
2002	Frenchmans Bay	4	Steve Drowne	Roger Charlton	Michael Pescod	1:21.7
2003	Saratan	6	Stéphane Pasquier	Mikel Delzangles	Marquise de Moratalla	1:21.6
2004	Puppeteer	4	Christophe Soumillon	Alain de Royer-Dupré	6C Racing Ltd	1:19.8
2005	Art Master	4	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	1:18.6
2006	Satri	4	Olivier Peslier	Jean-Marie Béguigné	Enrico Ciampi	1:20.1
2007	Garnica	4	Christophe Lemaire	Jean-Claude Rouget	Edmund Gann	1:25.6
2008	Garnica	5	Stéphane Pasquier	David Nicholls	Lady O'Reilly & Eamon Maher	1:21.0