Prix de Lutèce

Prix de Lutèce
Group 3 race
Location Longchamp Racecourse
Paris, France
Inaugurated 1864
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Website france-galop.com
Race information
Distance 3,000 metres (1⅞ miles)
Surface Turf
Track Right-handed
Qualification Three-year-olds
Weight 56 kg
Allowances
1½ kg for fillies
1 kg if not Group placed *
Penalties
3 kg for Group 2 winners *
3 kg if two Group 3 wins *
1 kg if one Group 3 win *
* since January 1
Purse €80,000 (2012)
1st: €40,000

The Prix de Lutèce is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 3,000 metres (about 1⅞ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early September.

History

The event is named after Lutetia (in French, Lutèce), a Gallo-Roman city located on the site of what is now Paris. The first version was established in 1864, and it usually took place in the spring. Its conditions varied, but in its later years it was a 2,400-metre race for horses aged three or older. It continued to be staged until 1968.

The present version, a long-distance event for three-year-olds, was first held in 1978. It now serves as a trial for the following month's Prix Royal-Oak. The last horse to win both races in the same year was Agent Double in 1984.

The modern Prix de Lutèce is currently run in September, but it was part of early October's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe fixture from 1988 to 1998.

Records

Leading jockey since 1978 (4 wins):

Leading trainer since 1978 (9 wins):

Leading owner since 1978 (5 wins):

Winners since 1978

Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time
1978 Nizon Philippe Paquet François Boutin 3:20.40
1979 Prove It Baby Philippe Paquet François Boutin Walter Haefner
1980 What a Joy Jean-Luc Kessas Bernard Sécly Lawrence Gelb
1981 Tipperary Fixer Maurice Philipperon John Fellows Ben Arbib
1982 Balitou Alfred Gibert Patrick Biancone Mrs Patrick Goureau
1983 Galant Vert Henri Samani André Fabre Guy de Rothschild
1984 Agent Double Freddy Head Criquette Head Jacques Wertheimer
1985 Khaelan Lester Piggott Steve Norton Ahmed bin Salman
1986 Anazid Yves Saint-Martin Alain de Royer-Dupré HH Aga Khan IV
1987 Balsam Cash Asmussen André Fabre Moufid Dabaghi
1988 Floripedes Richard Briard Georges Bridgland Sir James Goldsmith 3:22.70
1989 Mardonius Cash Asmussen André Fabre Sheikh Mohammed 3:10.90
1990 North Col Tony Cruz Jonathan Pease Simon Emmet 3:14.80
1991 Sought Out Cash Asmussen Michael Stoute Lord Weinstock 3:18.00
1992 Dadarissime Cash Asmussen Georges Bridgland Sir James Goldsmith 3:30.00
1993 Shaiybara Gérald Mossé John Oxx HH Aga Khan IV 3:38.20
1994 The Little Thief Alain Junk Eric Danel George Ohrstrom 3:13.10
1995 Grey Shot Frankie Dettori Ian Balding Jeff Smith 3:20.60
1996 Tarator Thierry Jarnet Elie Lellouche Wafic Saïd 3:18.60
1997 Three Cheers Frankie Dettori John Gosden Sheikh Mohammed 3:08.70
1998 Russian Hope Goulven Toupel Henri-Alex Pantall Edouard de Rothschild 3:21.40
1999 Northerntown Davy Bonilla Freddy Head Wertheimer et Frère 3:10.00
2000 Epitre Olivier Peslier André Fabre Edouard de Rothschild 3:24.80
2001 Street Shaana Olivier Peslier André Fabre Jean-Luc Lagardère 3:18.40
2002 Savannah Bay Olivier Doleuze Brian Meehan Joe Allbritton 3:10.60
2003 Risk Seeker Dominique Boeuf Elie Lellouche Ecurie Wildenstein 3:12.90
2004 Etendard Indien Christophe Soumillon André Fabre Edouard de Rothschild 3:29.00
2005 Shamdala Christophe Soumillon Alain de Royer-Dupré HH Aga Khan IV 3:16.30
2006 Getaway Christophe Soumillon André Fabre Georg von Ullmann 3:13.30
2007 Coastal Path Stéphane Pasquier André Fabre Khalid Abdullah 3:07.80
2008 Shemima [a] Christophe Soumillon Alain de Royer-Dupré HH Aga Khan IV 3:20.00
2009 Wajir Anthony Crastus Elie Lellouche Ecurie Wildenstein 3:16.10
2010 Brigantin Pierre-Charles Boudot André Fabre Elisabeth Fabre 3:10.22
2011 Pacifique Gérald Mossé Alain de Royer-Dupré Skymarc / Monceaux 3:22.06
2012 Verema Christophe Lemaire Alain de Royer-Dupré HH Aga Khan IV 3:20.00
2013 Valirann Christophe Lemaire Alain de Royer-Dupré HH Aga Khan IV 3:14.37
2014 Auvray Gregory Benoist Élie Lellouche Augustin-Normand / Vidal 3:16.70

a Americain finished first in 2008, but he was relegated to second place following a stewards' inquiry.

Earlier winners

  • 1865: Tourmalet
  • 1866: Etoile Filante
  • 1867: Normandie
  • 1868: Le Petit Caporal
  • 1869: L'Oise
  • 1870: Sornette
  • 1872: Faublas
  • 1873: Franc Tireur
  • 1874: Franc Tireur
  • 1875: Dictature
  • 1876: Chassenon
  • 1877: Caen
  • 1878: Balagny
  • 1880: Castillon
  • 1881: Le Destrier
  • 1882: Veston
  • 1884: Sansonnet
  • 1886: Aida
  • 1887: Richelieu
  • 1888: Avril
  • 1892: Amadis
  • 1893: Boudoir
  • 1895: Jaffa
  • 1896: Merlin
  • 1898: Elf
  • 1899: General Albert
  • 1900: Melina
  • 1901: Pomona
  • 1903: Alencon
  • 1905: Rataplan
  • 1906: Hilarion
  • 1907: Montlieu
  • 1908: Biniou
  • 1909: Moulins la Marche
  • 1910: La Francaise
  • 1911: Sablonnet
  • 1912: Lahire
  • 1913: Carandor
  • 1914: Shannon
  • 1920: Neomenie
  • 1921: Sereska
  • 1922: Flechois
  • 1923: Flechois
  • 1924: Filibert de Savoie
  • 1925: Ariel
  • 1926: Hohneck
  • 1927: Chicaneau
  • 1928: Cistercien
  • 1929: Le Parquet
  • 1930: Picaflor
  • 1931: Amfortas
  • 1932: Bara
  • 1933: Nanaia
  • 1934: Trop Presse
  • 1935: Fedor
  • 1936: Cardon
  • 1937: Horncastle
  • 1938: Frisquet
  • 1939: Tali
  • 1940: Ribera
  • 1941: Pas un Sou
  • 1942: Quicko
  • 1951: Coast Guard
  • 1954: Vamos
  • 1956: Elpenor
  • 1959: Etwild
  • 1962: Snob
  • 1967: Bon Mot
  • 1968: Carnaval

See also

References

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