Grand Prix de Chantilly

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Group 2 race
Grand Prix de Chantilly

Location	Chantilly Racecourse Chantilly, France
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat race
Website	France-Galop.com
Race information
Distance	2,400 metres (1½ miles)
Track	Turf, right-handed
Qualification	Four-years-old and up
Weight	56 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares Penalties 3 kg for Group 1 winners * 2 kg for Group 2 winners * 1 kg if two Group 3 wins * * since July 1 last year
Purse	€130,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 57%, 2nd: 22% 3rd: 10.5%, 4th: 7% 5th: 3.5%

The Grand Prix de Chantilly is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to four-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1½ miles) at Chantilly Racecourse and takes place annually in early June.

It was introduced at its present venue in 1997 as a replacement for a race lost by the closure of Evry Racecourse in December 1996. Its predecessor, the Grand Prix d'Evry, was run over the same distance and had taken place each year at Evry since the racecourse opened in 1973.

When it arrived at Chantilly the race was initially run on the same day as the Prix de Diane, switching to the Prix du Jockey Club meeting in 2005.

Successful horses from this race often appear next in the Group 1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. Five horses have won both races in the same year, most recently Ange Gabriel in 2003.

1 Records
2 Winners since 1979
3 Earlier winners
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Records

Leading jockey (4 wins):

Cash Asmussen – Diamond Shoal (1983), Long Mick (1985), Galla Placidia (1986), Star Lift (1989)

Leading trainer (8 wins):

André Fabre – Magwal (1984), Galla Placidia (1986), Star Lift (1989), Wajd (1991), Serrant (1993), Bright Moon (1994), Fragrant Mix (1998), Daring Miss (2000)

Leading owner (5 wins):

Daniel Wildenstein – Star Lift (1989), Ode (1990), Pistolet Bleu (1992), Serrant (1993), Bright Moon (1994)

[edit] Winners since 1979

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1979	Noir et Or	4	Maurice Philipperon	John Cunnington, Jr.	Paul de Moussac	2:32.10
1980	Scorpio	4	Philippe Paquet	François Boutin	Gerry Oldham	2:37.00
1981	Lancastrian	4	Alain Lequeux	David Smaga	Sir Michael Sobell	2:42.70
1982	Hard to Sing	6	Gérard Dubroeucq	Charlie Milbank	N. Lathom-Sharp	2:37.00
1983	Diamond Shoal	4	Cash Asmussen	Ian Balding	Paul Mellon	2:42.50
1984	Magwal	5	Alfred Gibert	André Fabre	Mahmoud Fustok	2:36.80
1985	Long Mick	4	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Jean-Luc Lagardère	2:30.40
1986	Galla Placidia	4	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	William Kazan	2:32.40
1987	Sharaniya	4	Alain Lequeux	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:37.10
1988	Something True	4	Tony Cruz	Georges Mikhalidès	Mahmoud Fustok	2:29.64
1989	Star Lift	5	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	2:34.45
1990	Ode	4	Dominique Boeuf	Elie Lellouche	Daniel Wildenstein	2:33.33
1991	Wajd	4	Walter Swinburn	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:35.59
1992	Pistolet Bleu	4	Dominique Boeuf	Elie Lellouche	Daniel Wildenstein	2:29.81
1993	Serrant	5	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	2:37.63
1994	Bright Moon	4	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	2:30.66
1995	Tot ou Tard	5	Eric Saint-Martin	Stéphane Wattel	Ecurie Kura	2:37.83
1996	Poliglote	4	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Wertheimer et Frère	2:36.30
1997	Steward	4	Sylvain Guillot	Dominique Sépulchre	Georges Coude	2:30.50
1998	Fragrant Mix	4	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	2:35.40
1999	Capri	4	Kieren Fallon	Henry Cecil	Prince Fahd bin Salman	2:33.70
2000	Daring Miss	4	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:34.80
2001	Egyptband	4	Olivier Doleuze	Criquette Head-Maarek	Wertheimer et Frère	2:26.60
2002	Anabaa Blue	4	Christophe Soumillon	Carlos Lerner	Charles Mimouni	2:28.10
2003	Ange Gabriel	5	Thierry Jarnet	Eric Libaud	Antonia Devin	2:27.40
2004	Policy Maker	4	Kieren Fallon	Elie Lellouche	Ecurie Wildenstein	2:34.90
2005	Geordieland	4	Thierry Thulliez	Jean-Marie Béguigné	Raynald Elbaz	2:27.50
2006	Policy Maker	6	Stéphane Pasquier	Elie Lellouche	Ecurie Wildenstein	2:24.80
2007	Saddex	4	Torsten Mundry	Peter Rau	Stall Avena	2:28.70
2008	Doctor Dino	6	Olivier Peslier	Richard Gibson	Javier Martinez Salmean	2:35.40