The Prix d'Harcourt is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles) at Longchamp in April.
Group 2 race | |
Location | Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France |
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Inaugurated | 1929 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website | france-galop.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 2,000 metres (1¼ miles)[1] |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Four-years-old and up |
Weight | 57 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares Penalties 3 kg for Group 1 winners * 1½ kg for Group 2 winners * * since 1 June last year[1] |
Purse | €130,000 (2019) 1st: €74,100[1] |
2024 | ||
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Zarakem | Horizon Dore | Birr Castle |
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2023 | ||
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Simca Mille | Iresine | Kertez |
2022 | ||
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Skalleti | Sealiway | Mare Australis |
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Skalleti | Mare Australis | Monty |
History
editThe event is named in memory of Emmanuel d'Harcourt (1844–1928), a former president of the Société d'Encouragement. It was established in 1929, and was originally contested over 2,400 metres.[2]
The Prix d'Harcourt was held at Auteuil in 1940, and at Maisons-Laffitte in 1943 and 1944. On the latter occasion its distance was 2,000 metres.
The race's distance was changed to 2,150 metres in 1946. It was cut to 2,100 metres in 1953, and to 2,000 metres in 1958. It reverted to 2,100 metres in 1961, and was extended to 2,200 metres in 1969.
The event was formerly staged a few weeks after the Prix Ganay. The dates of the two races were interchanged in 1971, and from this point the Prix d'Harcourt was run over 2,000 metres.
Records
editMost successful horse (2 wins):
Leading jockey (5 wins):
- Yves Saint-Martin – Regent (1960), Allez France (1974), Liloy (1976), Welsh Term (1983), Strawberry Road (1985)
- Maxime Guyon - Cutlass Bay (2010), Giofra (2012), Shaman (2020), Skalleti (2022), Zarakem (2024)
Leading trainer (10 wins):
- André Fabre – Saint Estephe (1986), Village Star (1988), Star Lift (1989), Creator (1990), Panoramic (1991), Freedom Cry (1995), Indian Danehill (2000), Manduro (2006), Cutlass Bay (2010), Cloth of Stars (2017)
Leading owner (6 wins):
- Daniel Wildenstein – Yelapa (1970), Allez France (1974), Liloy (1976), Grand Pavois (1987), Star Lift (1989), Freedom Cry (1995)
Winners since 1980
editYear | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
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1980 | Three Troikas | 4 | Freddy Head | Criquette Head | Ghislaine Head | 2:10.60 |
1981 | Argument | 4 | Alain Lequeux | Maurice Zilber | Bruce McNall | 2:14.50 |
1982 | Lancastrian | 5 | Alain Lequeux | David Smaga | Sir Michael Sobell | 2:13.10 |
1983 | Welsh Term | 4 | Yves Saint-Martin | Robert Collet | Owen Helman | 2:21.20 |
1984 | Lovely Dancer | 4 | Alain Lequeux | Olivier Douieb | Jacki Clérico | 2:17.30 |
1985 | Strawberry Road | 6 | Yves Saint-Martin | Patrick Biancone | Ray Stehr | 2:18.10 |
1986 | Saint Estephe | 4 | Alfred Gibert | André Fabre | Yan Houyvet | 2:11.60 |
1987 | Grand Pavois | 5 | Tony Cruz | Patrick Biancone | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:08.10 |
1988 | Village Star | 5 | Cash Asmussen | André Fabre | Tony Richards | 2:10.50 |
1989 | Star Lift | 5 | Cash Asmussen | André Fabre | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:10.10 |
1990 | Creator | 4 | Cash Asmussen | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:02.10 |
1991 | Panoramic | 4 | Steve Cauthen | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:05.80 |
1992 | Fortune's Wheel | 4 | Mathieu Boutin | Robert Collet | Richard Strauss | 2:10.40 |
1993 | Marildo | 6 | Guy Guignard | David Smaga | David Smaga | 2:07.70 |
1994 | Urban Sea | 5 | Eric Saint-Martin | Jean Lesbordes | David Tsui | 2:15.10 |
1995 | Freedom Cry | 4 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:12.10 |
1996 | Valanour | 4 | Gérald Mossé | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV | 2:02.60 |
1997 | River Bay | 4 | Thierry Jarnet | John Hammond | Ecurie Chalhoub | 2:03.20 |
1998 | Astarabad | 4 | Gérald Mossé | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV | 2:14.50 |
1999 | Dark Moondancer | 4 | Gérald Mossé | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Ben Arbib | 2:09.70 |
2000 | Indian Danehill | 4 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Edouard de Rothschild | 2:13.90 |
2001 | Earlene | 4 | Gérald Mossé | Henri-Alex Pantall | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:17.80 |
2002 | Execute | 5 | Thierry Gillet | John Hammond | Ecurie Chalhoub | 2:03.50 |
2003 | Ana Marie | 4 | Christophe Soumillon | Philippe Demercastel | Ecurie Bader | 2:03.10 |
2004 | Vangelis | 5 | Christophe Soumillon | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Herbert Guy | 2:02.60 |
2005 | Delfos | 4 | Miguel Blancpain | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Leonidas Marinopoulos | 2:13.20 |
2006 | Manduro | 4 | Stéphane Pasquier | André Fabre | Georg von Ullmann | 2:01.40 |
2007 | Boris de Deauville | 4 | Yann Barberot | Stéphane Wattel | Bryant / Haegel | 2:13.40 |
2008 | Loup Breton | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Élie Lellouche | Ecurie Wildenstein | 2:14.60 |
2009 | Trincot | 4 | Stéphane Pasquier | Philippe Demercastel | Ecurie Bader | 2:02.88 |
2010 | Cutlass Bay | 4 | Maxime Guyon | André Fabre | Godolphin | 2:03.86 |
2011 | Planteur | 4 | Christophe Soumillon | Élie Lellouche | Ecurie Wildenstein | 2:04.30 |
2012 | Giofra | 4 | Maxime Guyon | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Haras de la Perelle | 2:01.35 |
2013 | Maxios | 5 | Stéphane Pasquier | Jonathan Pease | Niarchos Family | 2:04.48 |
2014 | Smoking Sun | 5 | Stéphane Pasquier | Pascal Bary | Niarchos Family | 2:01.96 |
2015 | Al Kazeem | 7 | Ryan Moore | Roger Charlton | John Deer | 2:10.02 |
2016 | Garlingari[a] | 5 | Stéphane Pasquier | Corine Barande-Barbe | Corine Barande-Barbe | 2:07.03 |
2017 | Cloth of Stars[a] | 4 | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | Godolphin | 1:58.77 |
2018 | Air Pilot | 9 | Christophe Soumillon | Ralph Beckett | Lady Cobham | 2:14.58 |
2019 | Ghaiyyath | 4 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin | 2:02.87 |
2020 | Shaman | 4 | Maxime Guyon | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Wertheimer et Frère | 2:06.68 |
2021 | Skalleti | 6 | Gerald Mosse | Jerome Reynier | Jean-Claude Seroul | 2:11.04 |
2022 | Skalleti | 7 | Maxime Guyon | Jerome Reynier | Jean-Claude Seroul | 2:08.73 |
2023 | Simca Mille | 4 | Alexis Pouchin | Stephane Wattel | Haras De La Perelle & Stephane Wattel | 2:03.39 |
2024 | Zarakem | 4 | Maxime Guyon | Jerome Reynier | Ecurie Benaroussi Sofiane | 2:14.39 |
Earlier winners
edit- 1929: Guy Fawkes
- 1930: Florio
- 1931: Amfortas
- 1932: Amfortas
- 1933: Taxodium
- 1934: Assuerus
- 1935: Mary Tudor
- 1936: Bouillon
- 1937: Le Duc
- 1938: Victrix
- 1939: Canot
- 1940: Ksar El Srir
- 1941: Djebel
- 1942: Djebel
- 1943: Tifinar
- 1944: Un Gaillard
- 1945: Priam
- 1946: Oubanghi
- 1947: Yong Lo
- 1948: Pearl Diver
- 1949: Goody
- 1950: Violoncelle
- 1951: Alizier
- 1952: Piqu'avant
- 1953: Faubourg
- 1954: Gerocourt
- 1955: Mahan
- 1956: Tropique
- 1957: Tapioca
- 1958: Tanerko
- 1959: Franc Luron
- 1960: Regent
- 1961: Drago
- 1962: Vienna
- 1963: Tang
- 1964: Trac
- 1965: Frontin
- 1966: Sigebert
- 1967: Cadmus
- 1968: Carmarthen
- 1969: Grandier
- 1970: Yelapa
- 1971: Caro
- 1972: Pistol Packer
- 1973: Toujours Pret
- 1974: Allez France
- 1975: Card King
- 1976: Liloy
- 1977: Kasteel
- 1978: Monseigneur
- 1979: Trillion
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Prix d'Harcourt". The French Black Type. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ Thamin, André (10 May 1929). "Le Prix d'Harcourt à Longchamp". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- galop.courses-france.com:
- france-galop.com – A Brief History: Prix d'Harcourt.
- galopp-sieger.de – Prix d'Harcourt.
- horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Prix d'Harcourt (2019).
- pedigreequery.com – Prix d'Harcourt – Longchamp.