Prix du Bois
Group 3 race | |
Location |
Deauville Racecourse Deauville, France |
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Inaugurated | 1925 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website | france-galop.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,000 metres (5f)[1] |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Straight |
Qualification | Two-year-olds[1] |
Weight |
57 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies Penalties 3 kg for Group winners[1] |
Purse |
€80,000 (2017) 1st: €40,000[1] |
The Prix du Bois is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,000 metres (about 5 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late June or early July.
History
The event was established in 1925, and it was originally held at Longchamp. It takes its name from the Bois de Boulogne, the location of its former home, and the Avenue du Bois (now the Avenue Foch), which leads towards the racecourse.
Due to World War II, the Prix du Bois was not run from 1940 to 1945.
The race was promoted to Group 3 status in 1982. It continued to be staged at Longchamp until 1994. It took place at Chantilly in 1995, and returned to Longchamp in 1996. For a period thereafter it was switched between Deauville (1997–98, 2003) and Chantilly (1999–2002, 2004–05).
The Prix du Bois was transferred to Maisons-Laffitte in 2006, and had another spell at Chantilly between 2009 and 2015. It has been run at Deauville again since 2016.
The leading horses from the Prix du Bois often go on to compete in the Prix Robert Papin. The first to win both races was Erica in 1927, and the most recent was Family One in 2011.
Records
Leading jockey (10 wins):
- Roger Poincelet – Chesterfield (1946), Arbace (1948), Dahabi (1949), Lets Fly (1953), Polamia (1957), Dan Cupid (1958), High Bulk (1960), Mr Brookwood (1961), Spy Well (1962), Timmy Lad (1963)
Leading trainer (6 wins):
- François Mathet – Taoutcha (1952), Calshot (1966), Zeddaan (1967), Rockcress (1968), Myosotis (1974), Adraan (1979)
- Etienne Pollet – Polamia (1957), Dan Cupid (1958), High Bulk (1960), Mr Brookwood (1961), Spy Well (1962), Timmy Lad (1963)
- Pascal Bary – Export Price (1986), Rich and Famous (1989), Imperfect World (1998), Much Faster (2003), Divine Proportions (2004), Natagora (2007)
Leading owner (5 wins):
- Gertrude Widener – Polamia (1957), Dan Cupid (1958), Mr Brookwood (1961), Spy Well (1962), Timmy Lad (1963)
Winners since 1978
Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
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1978 | Irish River | Maurice Philipperon | John Cunnington, Jr. | Mrs Raymond Adès | |
1979 | Adraan | Yves Saint-Martin | François Mathet | HH Aga Khan IV | 0:57.70 |
1980 | Twig Prince | Michel Planard | Pierre Biancone | Mrs André Lhote | |
1981 | Maelstrom Lake | Georges Doleuze | Edouard Bartholomew | Jacques Feuillard | |
1982 | American Stress | Bruno Pizzorni | Freddie Palmer | Edouard Buffard | |
1983 | Masarika | Yves Saint-Martin | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV | 0:57.60 |
1984 | Noblequest | Gérard Dubroeucq | Robert Collet | Bendar bin M. Al Kabir | 0:57.00 |
1985 | Kanmary | Guy Guignard | Elie Lellouche | Mrs Patrick O'Neill | 0:59.50 |
1986 | Export Price | Cash Asmussen | Pascal Bary | Ecurie I. M. Fares | 0:57.30 |
1987 | Arabian Falcon | Guy Guignard | Bernard Vanheeghe | Mrs Georges Sandor | 0:59.20 |
1988 | Tersa | Freddy Head | François Boutin | Allen Paulson | 0:59.10 |
1989 | Rich and Famous | Norbert Jeanpierre | Pascal Bary | Ross Gilbert | 0:58.20 |
1990 | The Perfect Life | Alain Lequeux | Robert Collet | Richard Strauss | 0:58.20 |
1991 | Arazi | Gérald Mossé | François Boutin | Allen Paulson | 0:58.70 |
1992 | Glorieux Dancer | Mathieu Boutin | Robert Collet | Werner Wolf | 0:59.80 |
1993 | Porto Varas | Freddy Head | François Boutin | Niccolò Incisa Rocchetta | 0:58.00 |
1994 | Expelled | Pat Eddery | François Boutin | Khalid Abdullah | 0:57.40 |
1995 | Media Nox | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Khalid Abdullah | 0:58.20 |
1996 | Deep Finesse | Philip Robinson | Michael Jarvis | John Sims | 0:59.20 |
1997 | Zelding | Thierry Jarnet | Robert Collet | Richard Strauss | 1:00.50 |
1998 | Imperfect World | Sylvain Guillot | Pascal Bary | Serge Fradkoff | 0:58.90 |
1999 | Morning Pride | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 0:57.40 |
2000 | Ozone Layer | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Maktoum Al Maktoum | 1:02.00 |
2001 | Ziria | Gérald Mossé | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Leonidas Marinopoulos | 0:58.20 |
2002 | Ela Merici | Vincent Vion | Corine Barande-Barbe | Corine Barande-Barbe | 1:00.30 |
2003 | Much Faster | Thierry Thulliez | Pascal Bary | Ecurie J. L. Bouchard | 0:57.60 |
2004 | Divine Proportions | Christophe Lemaire | Pascal Bary | Niarchos Family | 0:58.70 |
2005 | Gwenseb | Olivier Peslier | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Wertheimer et Frère | 0:58.10 |
2006 | Sandwaki | Olivier Peslier | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Wertheimer et Frère | 0:59.80 |
2007 | Natagora | Stéphane Pasquier | Pascal Bary | Stefan Friborg | 0:57.20 |
2008 | Percolator | Christophe Soumillon | Paul Cole | Henry Robinson | 0:56.30 |
2009 | Dolled Up | Olivier Peslier | Robert Collet | Anne-Marie Hayes | 0:58.10 |
2010 | Keratiya | Christophe Lemaire | Jean-Claude Rouget | HH Aga Khan IV | 0:59.10 |
2011 | Family One | Ioritz Mendizabal | Yann Barberot | Ecurie Ascot | 0:57.58 |
2012 | Snowday | Olivier Peslier | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Wertheimer et Frère | 0:59.31 |
2013 | Vedeux | Marc Lerner | Carlos Lerner | P Hoze & Ecurie Haras du Cadran | 0:59.24 |
2014 | Goken | Fabrice Veron | Henri-Alex Pantall | Guy Pariente | 0:58.52 |
2015 | Fly On The Night | Umberto Rispoli | Attilio Giorgi | Pietro Sinistri | 0:58.28 |
2016 | Cosachope | Maxime Guyon | Philippe Sogorb | Guy Pariente | 0:58.77 |
2017 | Zonza | Cristian Demuro | Didier Guillemin | Alain Jathier | 0:58.56 |
Earlier winners
- 1925: Tatters
- 1926: Never Late
- 1927: Erica
- 1928: La Rocque
- 1929: Advertencia
- 1930: Cristal
- 1931: Sisterari
- 1932: Asterisk
- 1933: Corindon
- 1934: Puits d'Amour
- 1935: Don Milo
- 1936: Le Radjah
- 1937: Pamir
- 1938: Courteille
- 1939: Folincourt
- 1940–45: no race
- 1946: Chesterfield
- 1947: Primeur
- 1948: Arbace
- 1949: Dahabi
- 1950: Idas
- 1951: Pharaos
- 1952: Taoutcha
- 1953: Let's Fly
- 1954: Americ
- 1955: Reine Martiale
- 1956: L'Astrologue
- 1957: Polamia
- 1958: Dan Cupid
- 1959: Barbaresque
- 1960: High Bulk
- 1961: Mr Brookwood
- 1962: Spy Well
- 1963: Timmy Lad
- 1964: Fair Portion
- 1965: Nursery Song
- 1966: Calshot
- 1967: Zeddaan
- 1968: Rockcress
- 1969: Baroque
- 1970: My Swallow
- 1971: Daring Display
- 1972: Benthose
- 1973: Lianga
- 1974: Myosotis
- 1975: Dacani
- 1976: Juge de Paix
- 1977: Soudromont
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Prix du Bois". The French Black Type. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- france-galop.com – A Brief History: Prix du Bois.
- galop.courses-france.com – Prix du Bois – Palmarès depuis 1980.
- galopp-sieger.de – Prix du Bois.
- horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Prix du Bois (2017).
- pedigreequery.com – Prix du Bois – Chantilly.