Prix Noailles

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Group 2 race
Prix Noailles
Location	Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France
Inaugurated	1878
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat race
Website	France-Galop.com
Race information
Distance	2,100 metres (1m 2½f)
Track	Turf, right-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds excluding geldings
Weight	58 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies
Purse	€130,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 57%, 2nd: 22% 3rd: 10.5%, 4th: 7% 5th: 3.5%

The Prix Noailles is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run over a distance of 2,100 metres (approximately 1 mile 2½ furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse and takes place annually in April.

It was first run in 1878 as the Prix du Nabob, named after the racehorse The Nabob, runner-up in the 1854 Ascot Gold Cup and later a successful sire in France. The race was given its present title in 1896, in memory of Alfred de Noailles, a leading figure in French racing who died the previous year.

For many years it was one of five trial races for the Prix du Jockey Club, each of which, with the exception of the Prix Lupin, held specific conditions based on the nationality of a horse's sire or dam. The Prix Noailles was restricted to horses whose dams' sires were born outside France, a condition which continued until 1968. From 1943 to 1946 the race merged with another of the trials, the Prix Daru, and was run as the Prix Daru-Noailles. The 1943 race took place at Tremblay and the 1944 and 1945 races at Maisons-Laffitte.

Originally contested over 2,500 metres, the distance was cut to 2,400 metres in 1942, and to 2,100 metres in 1944. From 1947 it was run over 2,200 metres, reducing to its present length in 2005.

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

[edit] Records

Leading jockey (6 wins):

• Freddy Head – Goodly (1969), Dragoon (1970), Val de l'Orne (1975), Lydian (1981), Nerio (1988), Grand Plaisir (1992)

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Leading trainer (8 wins):

• André Fabre – Jeu de Paille (1983), Cariellor (1984), Dancehall (1989), Fort Wood (1993), Walk on Mix (1995), Fragrant Mix (1997), Slickly (1999), Gentlewave (2006)

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Leading owner (4 wins):

• Marcel Boussac – Irismond (1924), Pharis (1939), Giafar (1947), Faublas (1953)
• Baron Guy de Rothschild – Diatome (1965), Premier Violon (1966), Luthier (1968), Jeu de Paille (1983)

[edit] Winners since 1980

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1980	Julius Caesar	Henri Samani	Serge Boullenger	R. W. Dilley	2:19.90
1981	Lydian	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Ecurie Aland	2:21.80
1982	Persepolis	Lester Piggott	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	2:23.00
1983	Jeu de Paille	Henri Samani	André Fabre	Baron Guy de Rothschild	2:37.40
1984	Cariellor	Alfred Gibert	André Fabre	Suzy Volterra	2:20.10
1985	Glaros	Eric Legrix	Patrick Biancone	Richard K. Eamer	2:23.90
1986	Bering	Gary W. Moore	Criquette Head	Ghislaine Head	2:44.00
1987	Sadjiyd	Yves Saint-Martin	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:19.30
1988	Nerio	Freddy Head	Gérard Collet	Ecurie du Ring	2:22.40
1989	Dancehall	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	Tomohiro Wada	2:22.50
1990	Intimiste	Gérald Mossé	François Boutin	Marquis della Rocchetta	2:27.10
1991	Pistolet Bleu	Dominique Boeuf	Elie Lellouche	Daniel Wildenstein	2:19.00
1992	Grand Plaisir	Freddy Head	J. C. Cunnington	Taisuke Fujishima	2:28.40
1993	Fort Wood	Walter Swinburn	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:31.50
1994	Gunboat Diplomacy	Olivier Peslier	Elie Lellouche	Daniel Wildenstein	2:34.10
1995	Walk on Mix	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	2:18.70
1996	Helissio	Dominique Boeuf	Elie Lellouche	Enrique Sarasola	2:14.50
1997	Fragrant Mix	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	2:16.50
1998	Special Quest	Olivier Doleuze	Criquette Head	Wertheimer et Frère	2:29.10
1999	Slickly	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	2:17.00
2000	Kutub	Davy Bonilla	Freddy Head	Hamdan Al Maktoum	2:20.60
2001	Anabaa Blue	Christophe Soumillon	Carlos Lerner	Charles Mimouni	2:35.90
2002	Ballingarry	Jamie Spencer	Aidan O'Brien	Sue Magnier	2:17.30
2003	Super Celebre	Dominique Boeuf	Elie Lellouche	Ecurie Wildenstein	2:19.90
2004	Voix du Nord	Christophe Soumillon	David Smaga	Baron Thierry van Zuylen	2:17.47
2005	Ruwi	Ioritz Mendizabal	Jean-Claude Rouget	Robert Bousquet	2:21.10
2006	Gentlewave	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Gary A. Tanaka	2:11.00
2007	Soldier of Fortune	Christophe Soumillon	Aidan O'Brien	S. Magnier, D. Smith, M. Tabor	2:07.40
2008	Full of Gold	Thierry Gillet	Criquette Head-Maarek	Alec Head	2:22.50

[edit] Earlier winners

* From 1943 to 1946 the race was merged with the Prix Daru.

[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:
  • 1878-1889, 1890-1919, 1920-1949, 1950-1979, 1980-present

[edit] See also

• List of French flat horse races
• Recurring events established in 1878 – the Prix Noailles is included under its original title, Prix du Nabob.