Prix La Force

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Group 3 race
Prix La Force
Location	Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France
Inaugurated	1910
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat race
Sponsor	SG Private Banking
Website	France-Galop.com
Race information
Distance	2,000 metres (1¼ miles)
Track	Turf, right-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	58 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies
Purse	€80,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 50%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 15% 4th: 10%, 5th: 5%

The Prix La Force is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1¼ miles) at Longchamp Racecourse and takes place annually in April or May.

It was first run in 1910 and was named in memory of the Duc de La Force, Bertrand Nompar de Caumont, a leading figure in French racing who died the previous year. For many years the race was open to older horses, until it was restricted to three-year-olds from 1950, when it became a trial race for the Prix du Jockey Club.

The distance of the race in 1950 was 2,000 metres, which was modified several times before a more sustained period at this distance began in 1966. This was increased to 2,400 metres in 1997, returning to its former distance in 2001. In recent years the race has regularly taken place away from Longchamp, and was held at Chantilly in 1995, 2001 and 2002, Deauville in 1996 and Saint-Cloud in 2003 and 2004.

Contents 1 Records 2 Winners since 1980 3 Earlier winners 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Records

Leading jockey (7 wins):

• Freddy Head – Cadmus (1966), Mazarin (1969), Orante (1975), Fabulous Dancer (1979), Truculent (1984), Louis Le Grand (1985), Val des Bois (1989)

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Leading trainer (6 wins):

• Criquette Head-Maarek – Fabulous Dancer (1979), Truculent (1984), Louis Le Grand (1985), The Scout (1987), Val des Bois (1989), Kotashaan (1991)

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Leading owner (4 wins):

• Jacques Wertheimer – Orante (1975), Truculent (1984), Val des Bois (1989), Kotashaan (1991)

[edit] Winners since 1980

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1980	Nemr	Alfred Gibert	Mitri Saliba	Mahmoud Fustok
1981	Al Nasr	Alfred Gibert	André Fabre	Moufid F. Dabaghi
1982	Be My Native	Bruce Raymond	Robert Armstrong	K. Hsu
1983	White Spade	Lester Piggott	David Smaga	Sylvain Benillouche
1984	Truculent	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Jacques Wertheimer
1985	Louis Le Grand	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Khalid Abdullah
1986	Loyal Double	Gérald Mossé	Patrick Biancone	J. T. Lundy
1987	The Scout	Gary W. Moore	Criquette Head	Khalid Abdullah
1988	Welkin	Cash Asmussen	Corine Barbe	Alfred M. Cuddy	2:07.9
1989	Val des Bois	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Jacques Wertheimer	2:14.0
1990	Sifting Gold	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	Roy H. Strudwick	2:03.1
1991	Kotashaan	Guy Guignard	Criquette Head	Jacques Wertheimer	2:06.5
1992	Break Bread	Cash Asmussen	David Smaga	Lord Weinstock	2:06.5
1993	Sin Kiang	Cash Asmussen	Jean de Roualle	Sir James Goldsmith	2:12.9
1994	Percutant	Guy Guignard	David Smaga	Baron Thierry van Zuylen	2:10.4
1995	Tzar Rodney	Olivier Peslier	Georges Doleuze	William Trichter	2:12.5
1996	Radevore	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:07.7
1997	Magellano	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Sultan Al Kabeer	2:44.1
1998	Dream Well	Cash Asmussen	Pascal Bary	Niarchos Family	2:31.0
1999	Nowhere to Exit	Richard Quinn	John Dunlop	Gary Pinchen	2:47.3
2000	Holding Court	Olivier Peslier	Michael Jarvis	John Good	2:34.9
2001	Art Contemporain	Thierry Jarnet	Jean-Claude Rouget	Jean-Louis Tepper	2:11.1
2002	Diaghilev *	Jamie Spencer	Aidan O'Brien	Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier	2:07.8
2003	Vespone	Christophe Lemaire	Nicolas Clément	Ecurie Mister Ess A S	2:15.4
2004	Delfos	Olivier Peslier	Carlos Laffon-Parias	Leonidas Marinopoulos	2:08.4
2005	Kendor Dine	Stéphane Pasquier	Yves de Nicolay	Didier Kahn	2:14.2
2006	Barastraight	Ioritz Mendizabal	Jean-Claude Rouget	Serge Boucheron	2:04.4
2007	Literato	Christophe Lemaire	Jean-Claude Rouget	Hervé Morin	2:04.8
2008	High Rock	Christophe Lemaire	Jean-Claude Rouget	Robert Bousquet	2:12.9

* The 2002 winner Diaghilev was later exported to Hong Kong and re-named River Dancer.

[edit] Earlier winners

* The 1959 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.

[edit] References

• France-Galop.com
• PedigreeQuery.com
• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008
• galop.courses-france.com

[edit] See also

• List of French flat horse races