PRIX DU JOCKEY CLUB

The 'Prix du Jockey Club' is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is raced over a distance of 2,100 meters (approximately 1 mile 2½ furlongs) at Chantilly Racecourse in early June. Organized by France Galop, it is one of the French racing season's four Classic Races.
The Prix du Jockey Club was first run in 1836 and is the French equivalent of England's Epsom Derby. The race was reduced from 2,400 metres (1 mile 4 furlongs) to its present distance in 2005. With the sponsorship of Mitsubishi Motors, the race currently offers the second-largest purse in French flat racing. As such, the race attracts the country's top three-year-old horses. Successful horses who have competed in mid-May's Poule d'Essai des Poulains and Poule d'Essai des Pouliches frequently enter the Prix du Jockey Club.
Since the creation of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1920, nine Prix du Jockey Club winners have gone on to win the "Arc" against older horses. They are: Ksar (1921), Mon Talisman (1927), Le Pacha (1941), Verso II (1943), Ardan (1944), Suave Dancer (1991), Peintre Celebre (1997), Montjeu (1999) and Dalakhani (2003).

Contents

Records

Winners since 1970

Earlier winners

References

See also

Records

Only Le Pacha in 1941 and Peintre Celebre in 1997 have won the Prix du Jockey Club, the Grand Prix de Paris, and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the three races that since 1920 make up all of the French Classic Races open to colts.
'Most wins by an owner:'

★ 12 - Marcel Boussac

★ 8 - Frederic de Lagrange
'Most wins by a trainer:'

★ 10 - Tom Jennings, Sr.

★ 6 - Francois Mathet, Charles Semblat
'Most wins by a jockey:'

★ 9 - Yves Saint-Martin

★ 6 - George Stern

Winners since 1970

'Year'	'Winner'	'Jockey'	'Trainer'	'Owner'	'Time'
1970	Sassafras	Yves Saint-Martin	Francois Mathet	Arpad Plesch	2:31.1
1971	Rheffic	Bill Pyers	Francois Mathet	Mme François Dupre	2:32.0
1972	Hard to Beat	Lester Piggott	Richard Carver	Junzo Kashiyama	2:27.1
1973	Roi Lear	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Mme Germaine Wertheimer	2:34.2
1974	Caracolero	Philippe Paquet	Francois Boutin	Maria Felix 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	Gerard Dubroeucq	Francois 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	Francois Mathet	HH Aga Khan IV	2:25.3
1980	Policeman	Willie Carson	Charlie Milbank	F. 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-Dupre	HH Aga Khan IV	2:32.2
1985	Mouktar	Yves Saint-Martin	Alain de Royer-Dupre	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-Dupre	HH Aga Khan IV	2:30.8
1988	Hours After	Pat Eddery	Patrick L. 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	Mme Bernard Houillon	2:30.3
1993	Hernando	Cash Asmussen	Francois Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	2:27.2
1994	Celtic Arms	Gerald Mosse	Pascal Bary	Jean-Louis Bouchard	2:31.3
1995	Celtic Swing	Kevin Darley	Lady Herries	Peter Savill	2:32.8
1996	Ragmar	Gerald Mosse	Pascal Bary	Jean-Louis Bouchard	2:27.2
1997	Peintre Celebre	Olivier Peslier	Andre Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	2:29.6
1998	Dream Well	Cash Asmussen	Pascal Bary	Niarchos Family	2:39.3
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-Dupre	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-Dupre	HH Aga Khan IV	2:05.8
2007	Lawman	Frankie Dettori	Jean-Marie Béguigné	Claudio Marzocco	2:05.9

Earlier winners

★ 1836 - Frank

★ 1837 - Lydia

★ 1838 - Vendredi

★ 1839 - Romulus

★ 1840 - Tontine

★ 1841 - Poetess

★ 1842 - Plover

★ 1843 - Renonce

★ 1844 - Lanterne

★ 1845 - Fitz Emilius

★ 1846 - Meudon

★ 1847 - Morok

★ 1848 - Gambetti

★ 1849 - Expérience

★ 1850 - Saint-Germain

★ 1851 - Amalfi

★ 1852 - Porthos

★ 1853 - Jouvence

★ 1854 - Celebrity

★ 1855 - Monarque

★ 1856 - Lion

★ 1857 - Potocki

★ 1858 - Ventre Saint Gris

★ 1859 - Black Prince

★ 1860 - Beauvais

★ 1861 - Gabrielle d'Estrées

★ 1862 - Souvenir

★ 1863 - La Toucques

★ 1864 - Bois Roussel

★ 1865 - Gontran

★ 1866 - Florentin

★ 1867 - Patricien

★ 1868 - Suzerain

★ 1869 - Consul

★ 1870 - Bigarreau

★ 1871 - ''no race''

★ 1872 - Revigny

★ 1873 - Boïard

★ 1874 - Saltarelle

★ 1875 - Salvator

★ 1876 - Kilt

★ 1877 - Jongleur

★ 1878 - Insulaire

★ 1879 - Zut

★ 1880 - Beauminet



★ 1881 - Albion

★ 1882 - Dandin / Saint-James
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★ 1883 - Frontin

★ 1884 - Little Duck

★ 1885 - Reluisant

★ 1886 - Sycomore / Upas
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★ 1887 - Monarque

★ 1888 - Stuart

★ 1889 - Clover

★ 1890 - Heaume

★ 1891 - Ermak

★ 1892 - Chêne Royal

★ 1893 - Ragotsky

★ 1894 - Gospodar

★ 1895 - Omnium II

★ 1896 - Champaubert

★ 1897 - Palmiste

★ 1898 - Gardefeu

★ 1899 - Perth

★ 1900 - La Morinière

★ 1901 - Saxon

★ 1902 - Retz

★ 1903 - Ex Voto

★ 1904 - Ajax

★ 1905 - Finasseur

★ 1906 - Maintenon

★ 1907 - Mordant

★ 1908 - Quintette / Sea Sick
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★ 1909 - Négofol

★ 1910 - Or du Rhin II

★ 1911 - Alcantara II

★ 1912 - Friant II

★ 1913 - Dagor

★ 1914 - Sardanapale

★ 1915 - ''no race''

★ 1916 - Teddy

★ 1917 - Brumelli

★ 1918 - Montmartin

★ 1919 - Tchad

★ 1920 - Sourbier

★ 1921 - Ksar

★ 1922 - Ramus

★ 1923 - Le Capucin

★ 1924 - Pot au Feu

★ 1925 - Belfonds



★ 1926 - Madrigal

★ 1927 - Mon Talisman

★ 1928 - Le Corrège

★ 1929 - Hotweed

★ 1930 - Château Bouscaut

★ 1931 - Tourbillon

★ 1932 - Strip the Willow

★ 1933 - Thor

★ 1934 - Duplex

★ 1935 - Pearlweed

★ 1936 - Mieuxcé

★ 1937 - Clairvoyant

★ 1938 - Cillas

★ 1939 - Pharis

★ 1940 - Quicko

★ 1941 - Le Pacha

★ 1942 - Magister

★ 1943 - Verso II

★ 1944 - Ardan

★ 1945 - Coaraze

★ 1946 - Prince Chevalier

★ 1947 - Sandjar

★ 1948 - Bey

★ 1949 - Good Luck

★ 1950 - Scratch

★ 1951 - Sicambre

★ 1952 - Auriban

★ 1953 - Chamant

★ 1954 - Le Petit Prince

★ 1955 - Rapace

★ 1956 - Philius

★ 1957 - Amber

★ 1958 - Tamanar

★ 1959 - Herbager

★ 1960 - Charlottesville

★ 1961 - Right Royal

★ 1962 - Val de Loir

★ 1963 - Sanctus

★ 1964 - Le Fabuleux

★ 1965 - Reliance

★ 1966 - Nelcius

★ 1967 - Astec

★ 1968 - Tapalqué

★ 1969 - Goodly


★ The 1882, 1886 and 1908 races were dead-heats and have joint winners.

References

★ Prix du Jockey Club at France-Galop.com (French language)

★ Official English language website for the Prix du Jockey Club

See also

★ List of French flat horse races