Prix Allez France

Prix Allez France

Group 3 race
Location	Chantilly Racecourse Chantilly, France
Inaugurated	2004
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Website	france-galop.com
Race information
Distance	2,000 metres (1¼ miles)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Four-years-old and up fillies and mares excluding Group 1 winners *
Weight	55 kg Allowances 1 kg if not Group placed * Penalties 3 kg for Group 2 winners * 2 kg for Group 3 winners * * since January 1 last year
Purse	€80,000 (2013) 1st: €40,000

The Prix Allez France is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles) at Chantilly in late April or early May.

History

The event is named after Allez France, a successful mare trained at Chantilly during the 1970s. Her victories included the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1974.

The Prix Allez France was established in 2004, and the first running was won by Pride. It was one of several races for older fillies introduced that year across Europe. The races were designed as incentives to keep more fillies and mares from being exported or prematurely retired to stud.

Records

Most successful horse:

• no horse has won this race more than once

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Leading jockey:

• no jockey has won this race more than once

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Leading trainer (3 wins):

• Alain de Royer-Dupré – Pride (2004), Shemima (2009), Shemiyla (2010)
• André Fabre - Macleya (2007), Announce (2011), Romantica (2013)

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Leading owner (2 wins):

• HH Aga Khan IV – Shemima (2009), Shemiyla (2010)

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2004	Pride	4	Davy Bonilla	Alain de Royer-Dupré	NP Bloodstock Ltd	2:06.90
2005	Elopa	4	Andrasch Starke	Andreas Schütz	Stall Gamshof	2:01.60
2006	Paita	4	Olivier Peslier	Elie Lellouche	Teruya Yoshida	2:04.80
2007	Macleya	5	Stéphane Pasquier	André Fabre	Richard Thompson	2:01.60
2008	Fair Breeze	5	Andreas Helfenbein	Mario Hofer	Stall Margarethe	2:09.00
2009	Shemima	4	Christophe Soumillon	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:06.20
2010	Shemiyla	4	Christophe Lemaire	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:07.50
2011	Announce	4	Maxime Guyon	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:00.50
2012	Aquamarine	4	Thomas Huet	Mikel Delzangles	Ecurie Wildenstein	2:10.10
2013	Romantica	4	Maxime Guyon	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:04.30
2014	Daksha	4	Thierry Thulliez	Waldemar Hickst	Gestut Ittlingen	2:03.90
2015	Mayhem	4	Stéphane Pasquier	Philippe Sogorb	Anne-Marie Hayes	2:05.94

See also

• List of French flat horse races

References

• Racing Post:
  • 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • 2014, 2015

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• france-galop.com – A Brief History: Prix Allez France.
• galop.courses-france.com – Prix Allez France – Palmarès depuis 2004.
• galopp-sieger.de – Prix Allez France.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Prix Allez France (2015).
• pedigreequery.com – Prix Allez France – Chantilly.