Prix Saint-Alary

Prix Saint-Alary

Group 1 race
Location	Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France
Inaugurated	1960
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor	Coolmore Stud
Website	france-galop.com
Race information
Distance	2,000 metres (1¼ miles)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old fillies
Weight	57 kg
Purse	€250,000 (2015) 1st: €142,850

The Prix Saint-Alary is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.

History

The event is named after Evremond de Saint-Alary (1868–1941), a successful racehorse owner and breeder. It was established in 1960, and was originally contested on Longchamp's middle course (moyenne piste). It was switched to the main course (grande piste) in 1987.

The Prix Saint-Alary serves as a trial for the following month's Prix de Diane. Eleven fillies have won both races. The first was La Sega in 1962, and the most recent was Sarafina in 2010.

Records

Leading jockey (9 wins):

• Freddy Head – Tidra (1967), Pistol Packer (1971), Riverqueen (1976), Reine de Saba (1978), Three Troikas (1979), Harbour (1982), Fitnah (1985), Lacovia (1986), Treble (1991)

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Leading trainer (8 wins):

• André Fabre – Grise Mine (1984), Rosefinch (1992), Intrepidity (1993), Moonlight Dance (1994), Muncie (1995), Luna Wells (1996), Vadawina (2005), Wavering (2011)

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Leading owner (7 wins):

• HH Aga Khan IV – Cervinia (1963), Behera (1989), Zainta (1998), Vadawina (2005), Sarafina (2010), Sagawara (2012), Vazira (2014)

Winners since 1978

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1973	Dahlia	Bill Pyers	Maurice Zilber	Nelson Bunker Hunt	2:10.40
1974	Comtesse de Loir	Jean-Claude Desaint	John Cunnington	George Ohrstrom	2:05.40
1975	Nobiliary	Lester Piggott	Maurice Zilber	Nelson Bunker Hunt	2:08.20
1976	Riverqueen	Freddie Head	Alec Head	Christian Datessen	2:07.10
1977	Madelia	Yves Saint-Martin	Angel Penna, Sr.	Daniel Wildenstein	2:10.70
1978	Reine de Saba	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer	2:12.10
1979	Three Troikas	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Ghislaine Head	2:04.90
1980	Paranete	Alfred Gibert	Mitri Saliba	Mahmoud Fustok	2:04.80
1981	Tootens	Georges Doleuze	Edouard Bartholomew	Cora Lynch	2:15.10
1982	Harbour	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Ecurie Aland	2:20.10
1983	Smuggly	Alain Badel	Olivier Douieb	Edward Seltzer	2:19.70
1984	Grise Mine	Yves Saint-Martin	André Fabre	Guy de Rothschild	2:12.20
1985	Fitnah	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Miss H. Al Maktoum	2:04.70
1986	Lacovia	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Gerry Oldham	2:06.70
1987	Indian Skimmer	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	Sheikh Mohammed	2:10.10
1988	Riviere d'Or	Gary W. Moore	Criquette Head	Jacques Wertheimer	2:05.20
1989	Behera	Alain Lequeux	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:02.10
1990	Air de Rien	Alain Badel	Myriam Bollack-Badel	Jacques Berès	2:04.00
1991	Treble	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Edward Stephenson	2:08.40
1992	Rosefinch	Steve Cauthen	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:05.00
1993	Intrepidity	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:04.80
1994	Moonlight Dance	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	2:08.30
1995	Muncie	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	2:08.70
1996	Luna Wells	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	2:13.60
1997	Brilliance	Olivier Peslier	Pascal Bary	Ecurie Skymarc Farm	2:09.10
1998	Zainta	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:03.20
1999	Cerulean Sky	Sylvain Guillot	Robert Collet	Richard Strauss	2:06.30
2000	Reve d'Oscar	Alain Badel	Myriam Bollack-Badel	Mrs Guy de Châtelperron	2:08.00
2001	Nadia	Dominique Boeuf	Carlos Laffon-Parias	Maktoum Al Maktoum	2:08.60
2002	Marotta	Thierry Jarnet	Richard Gibson	Antoinette Oppenheimer	2:03.00
2003	Fidelite	Olivier Peslier	Criquette Head-Maarek	Wertheimer et Frère	2:06.30
2004	Ask for the Moon	Ioritz Mendizabal	Jean-Claude Rouget	Jean-Pierre Dubois	2:05.10
2005	Vadawina	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	HH Aga Khan IV	2:02.80
2006	Germance	Ioritz Mendizabal	Jean-Claude Rouget	Nelson Radwan	2:05.10
2007	Coquerelle	Christophe Lemaire	Jean-Claude Rouget	Ecurie des Monceaux	2:11.10
2008	Belle et Celebre	Christophe Lemaire	Alain de Royer-Dupré	Aliette Forien	2:10.00
2009	Stacelita	Christophe Lemaire	Jean-Claude Rouget	Ecurie Monastic	2:10.66
2010	Sarafina	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:04.10
2011	Wavering	Mickael Barzalona	André Fabre	Godolphin	2:05.80
2012	Sagawara	Christophe Lemaire	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:04.37
2013	Silasol	Olivier Peslier	Carlos Laffon-Parias	Wertheimer et Frère	2:10.53
2014	Vazira^[a]	Christophe Soumillon	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:08.45
2015	Queen's Jewel	Maxime Guyon	Freddy Head	Wertheimer et Frère	2:00.87

^a We Are finished first in 2014 but was later disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance, caused by illness.^[1]

Earlier winners

• 1960: La Motte
• 1961: Solitude
• 1962: La Sega
• 1963: Cervinia
• 1964: Belle Sicambre
• 1965: Scala
• 1966: Tonnera

• 1967: Tidra
• 1968: no race
• 1969: Saraca
• 1970: Lalika
• 1971: Pistol Packer
• 1972: Prodice

See also

• List of French flat horse races

References

1. "Head's Are Disqualified". sportinglife.com. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

• France Galop / Racing Post:
  • 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
  • 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
  • 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
• galop.courses-france.com:
  • 1960–1979, 1980–present

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• galopp-sieger.de – Prix Saint-Alary.
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Prix Saint-Alary (2015).
• pedigreequery.com – Prix Saint-Alary – Longchamp.