Grand_Prix_de_Saint-Cloud

Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud

Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud

Horse race

The Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Saint-Cloud over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late June or early July.

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History

The event was established in 1904, and it was originally called the Prix du Président de la République. It was initially contested at Maisons-Laffitte over 2,500 metres by horses aged three or older. It was abandoned throughout World War I, with no running from 1915 to 1918. It resumed at Saint-Cloud in 1919.

The race was cancelled once during World War II, in 1940. Its original title was discarded in 1941, following the end of the French Third Republic. The newly named Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud was run at Longchamp (1941–42), Maisons-Laffitte (1943, 1945) and Le Tremblay (1944) before returning to Saint-Cloud in 1946.

The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud was classed at Group 1 level. It was cut to 2,400 metres in 1987, and closed to three-year-olds in 2005.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Nino – 1926, 1927
  • Tanerko – 1957, 1958
  • Rheingold – 1972, 1973
  • Helissio – 1996, 1997
  • Ange Gabriel – 2002, 2003

Leading jockey (7 wins):

  • Yves Saint-Martin – Relko (1964), Rheingold (1972, 1973), Dahlia (1974), Shakapour (1980, dead-heat), Akarad (1981), Strawberry Road (1985)

Leading trainer (8 wins):

  • François Mathet – Tanerko (1957, 1958), Dicta Drake (1961), Match (1962), Relko (1964), Exceller (1977), Shakapour (1980, dead-heat), Akarad (1981)
  • André Fabre – Village Star (1988), In the Wings (1990), Apple Tree (1994), Carnegie (1995), Fragrant Mix (1998), Plumania (2010), Meandre (2012), Waldgeist (2018)

Leading owner (5 wins):

  • Marcel Boussac – Corrida (1936), Djebel (1942), Ardan (1945), Coaraze (1946), Goyama (1948)

Winners since 1970

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a Spiritjim finished first in 2014, but was disqualified after failing a drug test.

Earlier winners

  • 1904: Gouvernant
  • 1905: Finasseur
  • 1906: Maintenon
  • 1907: Querido
  • 1908: Sea Sick
  • 1909: Verdun
  • 1910: Oversight
  • 1911: Ossian
  • 1912: De Viris
  • 1913: Predicateur
  • 1914: Sardanapale
  • 1915–18: no race
  • 1919: Radames
  • 1920: Eugene de Savoie
  • 1921: Pomme de Terre
  • 1922: Kircubbin
  • 1923: Bahadur
  • 1924: Pot au Feu
  • 1925: Cadum
  • 1926: Nino
  • 1927: Nino
  • 1928: Mon Talisman
  • 1929: Bubbles
  • 1930: Feb
  • 1931: Barneveldt
  • 1932: Prince Rose
  • 1933: Macaroni
  • 1934: Assuerus
  • 1935: Louqsor
  • 1936: Corrida
  • 1937: Vatellor
  • 1938: Victrix
  • 1939: Genievre
  • 1940: no race
  • 1941: Maurepas
  • 1942: Djebel
  • 1943: Escamillo
  • 1944: Un Gaillard
  • 1945: Ardan
  • 1946: Coaraze
  • 1947: Yong Lo
  • 1948: Goyama
  • 1949: Medium
  • 1950: Ocarina
  • 1951: Violoncelle
  • 1952: Fast Fox
  • 1953: Magnific
  • 1954: Banassa
  • 1955: Chingacgook
  • 1956: Burgos / Oroso *
  • 1957: Tanerko
  • 1958: Tanerko
  • 1959: Herbager
  • 1960: Sheshoon
  • 1961: Dicta Drake
  • 1962: Match
  • 1963: Exbury
  • 1964: Relko
  • 1965: Sea Bird
  • 1966: Sea Hawk
  • 1967: Taneb
  • 1968: Hopeful Venture
  • 1969: Felicio

* The 1956 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud". The French Black Type. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
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