Prix Ferdinand Dufaure

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Group 1 race
Prix Ferdinand Dufaure

Location	Auteuil Racecourse Paris, France
Inaugurated	1951
Race type	Steeplechase
Sponsor	Gras Savoye Cinéma
Website	France-Galop.com
Race information
Distance	4,100 metres (2m 4½f)
Track	Turf, left-handed
Qualification	Four-year-olds
Weight	66 kg Allowances 2 kg for fillies
Purse	€350,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 45%, 2nd: 22%, 3rd: 13% 4th: 9%, 5th: 5%, 6th: 3.5% 7th: 2.5%

The Prix Ferdinand Dufaure is a Group 1 steeplechase in France open to four-year-old horses. It is run over a distance of 4,100 metres (approximately 2 miles 4½ furlongs) at Auteuil Racecourse and takes place annually in late May.

It was first run in 1951 and was named in memory of Ferdinand Dufaure, a former committee member of the Société des Steeple-Chases de France who died in 1947. Originally contested over 4,500 metres, the distance was subsequently modified several times before the present length was set in 1986.

The Prix Ferdinand Dufaure is the main trial for November's Prix Maurice Gillois (Grand Steeple-Chase des Quatre Ans), the championship race for four-year-old steeplechasers in France. The five horses to have won both races are Bonosnap, Katko, As des Carres, Cyrlight and Or Noir de Somoza.

The 2007 runner-up Master Minded subsequently won the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the 2008 Cheltenham Festival.

[edit] Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):

Christophe Pieux – Kizitca (1996), Valdance (1998), Bonbon Rose (2005), Or Noir de Somoza (2006), Remember Rose (2007)

Leading trainer (5 wins):

Jacques Ortet – Oblat (1983), Guchen (1985), Frappeuse (1988), Kizitca (1996), Valdance (1998)
Arnaud Chaillé-Chaillé – Karly Flight (2002), Ice Mood (2003), Cyrlight (2004), Bonbon Rose (2005), Or Noir de Somoza (2006)

Leading owner (3 wins):

Julien Décrion – Ki Ta Dai (1954), Morgex (1968), Biron (1970)
Sean Mulryan – Cyrlight (2004), Bonbon Rose (2005), Or Noir de Somoza (2006)

[edit] Winners

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner
1951	Bremontier	Roger Obry	Arthur Bates	Edouard Gugenheim
1952	Lord Boby	René Beche	Henri Brierre	A. Chiaverini
1953	Carpaccio	Claude Maire	Pierre Pelat	Simone Del Duca
1954	Ki Ta Dai	Pierre Delfarguiel	André Adèle	Julien Décrion
1955	Bonosnap	Jacques Fabre	Georges Pelat	Antonin Mourrut
1956	Porte Fanion	Claude Maire	Arthur Bates	Edouard Gugenheim
1957	Reine des Landes	Jean Bourges	Georges Pelat	Mrs Georges Pelat
1958	Reymio	Roger Obry	Noël Pelat	Georges Rouquie
1959	Bustier	Maurice Prod'homme	André Adèle	André Adèle
1960	Gigoletto	Yves Daniel	Léon Gaumondy	E. Labreveux
1961	Artus II	Marcel Maschio	Christian Doumen	Fernand Buret
1962	Atomium	Pierre Biancone	Noël Pelat	Comte de Monteynard
1963	Gerardmer	Claude Deleuze	Maurice d'Okhuysen	Comte René de Rivaud
1964	Bazouka II	Georges Hamon	René Sirvain	Jean Seguinotte
1965	Pavillon	Gérard Boeuf	Antoine Monnat	A. Baguenault de Puchesse
1966	Prime	Jacques Geneau	Pierre Pelat	Comte L. de Kerouara
1967	Taverne	Christian Mahé	Arthur Bates	Raphaël Hakim
1968	Morgex	Jean-Paul Ciravegna	André Adèle	Julien Décrion
1969	Francion	Jean-Jacques Declercq	Pierre Biancone	Marcel Le Masson
1970	Biron	Jean-Paul Ciravegna	André Adèle	Julien Décrion
1971	Firebird	Alain Grimaux	Arthur Bates	Roger Mouly
1972	Xochimil	J. P. Pirodon	Hubert d'Aillières	M. des Roches de Chassay
1973	Incantado	Pierre Costes	Georges Pelat	Daniel Wildenstein
1974	Grey Rabbit	Jean-Jacques Declercq	Jacques Geneau	Hilaire Spiers
1975	Vieux Yor	Hervé Corfdir	Willie Kalley	Mrs Dick Kalley
1976	Seventh Heaven	Jacques Morin	Bernard Sécly	Lawrence M. Gelb
1977	Moncourt	Hervé Corfdir	Marcel Maschio	Georges Sebaoun
1978	Tanlas	Claude Dugast	Léon Sansson	A. Sansson
1979	Lapo d'Or	Denis Leblond	Jean-Paul Gallorini	Giuseppe Campanella
1980	Gelas	Bernard Gauthier	Jack Barbe	Mrs Michel Maréchal
1981	Bruges	François Primel	Robert Collet	Jim R. Mullion
1982	Lou Pescadou (DH)	Denis Bailliez	Jack Barbe	Mrs Jean Muller
1982	Salute (DH)	François Primel	Robert Collet	Mrs Daniel Bertrand
1983	Oblat	Alain Chelet	Jacques Ortet	Mrs Aime Laveyron
1984	Doelan	Jean-Yves Artu	Yann-Marie Porzier	René Aebischer
1985	Guchen	Diego Roussel	Jacques Ortet	Mrs Francis Loizon
1986	Nestor Burma	Denis Leblond	Gérard Collet	Sylvain Chouraqui
1987	Katko	Jean-Yves Beaurain	Bernard Sécly	Comte Pierre de Montesson
1988	Frappeuse	Bruno Jollivet	Jacques Ortet	Henri Georgel
1989	Tito l'Effronte	Franck Smeulders	Jean Dasque	Jean Dasque
1990	Ucello II	Adam Kondrat	François Doumen	Marquise de Moratalla
1991	As des Carres	Loïc Manceau	Jean Dasque	Claude Cohen
1992	Old River	Jean-Pierre Godet	A. Sagot	Claude Cohen
1993	Earl Grant	Jean-Yves Beaurain	Bernard Sécly	Bernard Boutboul
1994	Parika	Philippe Sourzac	Guillaume Macaire	Alain Ranson
1995	Ytalsa Royale	Cyrille Gombeau	Bernard Barbier	Gilbert Gallot
1996	Kizitca	Christophe Pieux	Jacques Ortet	Peter Baumgartner
1997	Vieux Beaufai	Pierre Bigot	Frédéric Danloux	Ecurie Siklos
1998	Valdance	Christophe Pieux	Jacques Ortet	Naji Pharaon
1999	Arlas	Stéphane Massinot	Thierry Civel	Ecurie Centrale
2000	Boisnoir	Pascal Marsac	Guy Chérel	Daniel Wildenstein
2001	Turgot	Dominique Bressou	Jehan Bertran de Balanda	Mrs Magalen Bryant
2002	Karly Flight	Philippe Sourzac	Arnaud Chaillé-Chaillé	Patrick Boiteau
2003	Ice Mood	Philippe Sourzac	Arnaud Chaillé-Chaillé	Jean-Michel Bazire
2004	Cyrlight	Philippe Sourzac	Arnaud Chaillé-Chaillé	Sean Mulryan
2005	Bonbon Rose	Christophe Pieux	Arnaud Chaillé-Chaillé	Sean Mulryan
2006	Or Noir de Somoza	Christophe Pieux	Arnaud Chaillé-Chaillé	Sean Mulryan
2007	Remember Rose	Christophe Pieux	Jean-Paul Gallorini	Ernst Iten
2008	Oculi	Dean Gallagher	François-Marie Cottin	Jacques Detré & Antoine Filliette