Prix du Jockey Club

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Group 1 race
Prix du Jockey Club
Location	Chantilly Racecourse Chantilly, France
Inaugurated	1836
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat race
Website	France-Galop.com
Race information
Distance	2,100 metres (1m 2½f)
Track	Turf, right-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds excluding geldings
Weight	58 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies
Purse	€1,500,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 57.14%, 2nd: 22.86% 3rd: 11.43%, 4th: 5.71% 5th: 2.86%

The Prix du Jockey Club, sometimes referred to as the French Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run over a distance of 2,100 metres (approximately 1 mile 2½ furlongs) at Chantilly Racecourse and takes place annually, presently in early June.

First run on April 24, 1836, the race was inspired by the English Derby and named in homage to the Jockey Club based at Newmarket in England. Initially it was run over 2,500 metres, which was cut to 2,400 metres in 1843. With the exception of some wartime races it continued at this distance until the present length was set in 2005. It was originally restricted to horses born and bred in France, before opening to foreign participants in 1946.

The race first took place away from Chantilly in the year of the 1848 French Revolution, when it was switched at short notice to Versailles. It was not run in 1871 due to the Franco-Prussian War, nor in 1915, but through the remainder of World War I there was a substitute race titled the Prix des Trois Ans. This was held at Moulins in 1916, Chantilly in 1917 and Maisons-Laffitte in 1918. The Prix du Jockey Club resumed the following year with the first of two post-war runnings at Longchamp.

During World War II there were further disruptions. In 1940 a replacement race over 2,600 metres took place at Auteuil with the title Prix de Chantilly. For the following two years the Prix du Jockey Club was contested at Longchamp, with a record number of 28 runners in 1942. It was run over 2,300 metres at Tremblay in 1943 and 1944, then returned to Longchamp for three more years before arriving back at Chantilly in 1948.

The Prix du Jockey Club and the English Derby are usually run in close succession and it is rare for any horse to compete in both events. No horse has won both races, although the 1878 winner of the French version, Insulaire, went on to finish runner-up in the English Derby three days later. The winner of the Prix du Jockey Club in 1999, Montjeu, is the most recent of four horses to also win the Irish Derby. Nine winners have subsequently won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (first run in 1920), most recently Dalakhani in 2003.

The first foreign trained horse to win the Prix du Jockey Club was Assert in 1982, trained in Ireland by David O'Brien. The first such contender to finish in the frame was the 1975 runner-up Patch, trained in England by Peter Walwyn.

Nine fillies have won the race, but none since La Moriniere in 1900. The most recent filly to finish in second place was Bella Paola in 1958 and the last to contest the Prix du Jockey Club was Natagora, third in 2008.

Contents 1 Records 2 Winners since 1950 3 Earlier winners 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Records

Leading jockey (9 wins):

• Yves Saint-Martin – Reliance (1965), Nelcius (1966), Tapalque (1968), Sassafras (1970), Acamas (1978), Top Ville (1979), Darshaan (1984), Mouktar (1985), Natroun (1987)

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Leading trainer (10 wins):

• Tom Jennings, Sr. – Porthos (1852), Monarque (1855), Ventre Saint Gris (1858), Black Prince (1859), Gabrielle d'Estrees (1861), Consul (1869), Insulaire (1878), Zut (1879), Albion (1881), Dandin (1882)

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Leading owner (12 wins):

• Marcel Boussac – Ramus (1922), Tourbillon (1931), Thor (1933), Cillas (1938), Pharis (1939), Ardan (1944), Coaraze (1945), Sandjar (1947), Scratch (1950), Auriban (1952), Philius (1956), Acamas (1978)

[edit] Winners since 1950

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1950	Scratch	Rae Johnstone	Charles Semblat	Marcel Boussac	2:32.2
1951	Sicambre	Paul Blanc	Max Bonaventure	Jean Stern	2:35.1
1952	Auriban	Rae Johnstone	Charles Semblat	Marcel Boussac	2:29.2
1953	Chamant	Maxime Garcia	Charles Bartholomew	H. Letellier	2:29.4
1954	Le Petit Prince	René Bertiglia	Charles Semblat	L. L. Lawrence	2:43.3
1955	Rapace	Freddie Palmer	R. Wallon	Count F. de Ganay	2:37.4
1956	Philius	Serge Boullenger	Charlie Elliott	Marcel Boussac	2:45.1
1957	Amber	Maxime Garcia	Richard Carver	Mrs André Mariotti	2:34.0
1958	Tamanar	Jean Deforge	John Cunnington	Ramon Beamonte	2:34.8
1959	Herbager	Guy Chancelier	Pierre Pelat	Simone Del Duca	2:34.0
1960	Charlottesville	George Moore	Alec Head	HH Aga Khan IV	2:34.8
1961	Right Royal	Roger Poincelet	Etienne Pollet	Mrs Jean Couturié	2:31.6
1962	Val de Loir	Freddie Palmer	Max Bonaventure	Marquise du Vivier	2:29.4
1963	Sanctus	Maurice Larraun	Etienne Pollet	Jean Ternynck	2:33.4
1964	Le Fabuleux	Jean Massard	William Head	Mrs Guy Weisweiller	2:32.4
1965	Reliance	Yves Saint-Martin	François Mathet	François Dupré	2:36.2
1966	Nelcius	Yves Saint-Martin	Miguel Clément	Paul Duboscq	2:36.8
1967	Astec	A. Jézéquel	A. Lieux	Baron de La Rochette	2:29.8
1968	Tapalque	Yves Saint-Martin	François Mathet	Arpad Plesch	2:32.2
1969	Goodly	Freddy Head	William Head	M. Lehmann	2:30.4
1970	Sassafras	Yves Saint-Martin	François Mathet	Arpad Plesch	2:31.1
1971	Rheffic	Bill Pyers	François Mathet	Mrs François Dupré	2:32.0
1972	Hard to Beat	Lester Piggott	Richard Carver	Junzo Kashiyama	2:27.1
1973	Roi Lear	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Germaine Wertheimer	2:34.2
1974	Caracolero	Philippe Paquet	François Boutin	María Félix Berger	2:32.1
1975	Val de l'Orne	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer	2:35.2
1976	Youth	Freddy Head	Maurice Zilber	Nelson Bunker Hunt	2:27.4
1977	Crystal Palace	Gérard Dubroeucq	François Mathet	Baron Guy de Rothschild	2:29.6
1978	Acamas	Yves Saint-Martin	Guy Bonnaventure	Marcel Boussac	2:32.3
1979	Top Ville	Yves Saint-Martin	François Mathet	HH Aga Khan IV	2:25.3
1980	Policeman	Willie Carson	Charlie Milbank	Frederick E. Tinsley	2:27.3
1981	Bikala	Serge Gorli	Patrick Biancone	Jules Ouaki	2:29.5
1982	Assert	Christy Roche	David O'Brien	Robert Sangster	2:29.5
1983	Caerleon	Pat Eddery	Vincent O'Brien	Robert Sangster	2:27.3
1984	Darshaan	Yves Saint-Martin	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:32.2
1985	Mouktar	Yves Saint-Martin	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:34.0
1986	Bering	Gary W. Moore	Criquette Head	Ghislaine Head	2:24.1
1987	Natroun	Yves Saint-Martin	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:30.8
1988	Hours After	Pat Eddery	Patrick Biancone	Marquise de Moratalla	2:33.4
1989	Old Vic	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	Sheikh Mohammed	2:28.7
1990	Sanglamore	Pat Eddery	Roger Charlton	Khalid Abdullah	2:24.7
1991	Suave Dancer	Cash Asmussen	John Hammond	Henri Chalhoub	2:27.4
1992	Polytain	Frankie Dettori	Antonio Spanu	Mrs Bruno Houillion	2:30.3
1993	Hernando	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	2:27.2
1994	Celtic Arms	Gérald Mossé	Pascal Bary	Jean-Louis Bouchard	2:31.3
1995	Celtic Swing	Kevin Darley	Lady Herries	Peter Savill	2:32.8
1996	Ragmar	Gérald Mossé	Pascal Bary	Jean-Louis Bouchard	2:27.2
1997	Peintre Celebre	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	2:29.6
1998	Dream Well	Cash Asmussen	Pascal Bary	Niarchos Family	2:29.3
1999	Montjeu	Cash Asmussen	John Hammond	Michael Tabor	2:33.5
2000	Holding Court	Philip Robinson	Michael Jarvis	John Good	2:31.8
2001	Anabaa Blue	Christophe Soumillon	Carlos Lerner	Charles Mimouni	2:27.9
2002	Sulamani	Thierry Thulliez	Pascal Bary	Niarchos Family	2:25.0
2003	Dalakhani	Christophe Soumillon	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:26.7
2004	Blue Canari	Thierry Thulliez	Pascal Bary	Ecurie Jean-Louis Bouchard	2:25.2
2005	Shamardal	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:09.0
2006	Darsi	Christophe Soumillon	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:05.8
2007	Lawman	Frankie Dettori	Jean-Marie Béguigné	Claudio Marzocco & Enrico Ciampi	2:05.9
2008	Vision d'Etat	Ioritz Mendizabal	Eric Libaud	Jacques Detré	2:08.6

[edit] Earlier winners

* The 1843 and 1856 races finished as dead-heats but were decided by run-offs.
* The 1882, 1886 and 1908 races were dead-heats and have joint winners.

[edit] References

• France-Galop.com
• PedigreeQuery.com
• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008
• galop.courses-france.com:
  • 1836-1859, 1860-1889, 1890-1919, 1920-1949, 1950-1979, 1980-present
• tbheritage.com

[edit] See also

• List of French flat horse races