Prix Saint-Alary

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Group 1 race
Prix Saint-Alary

Location	Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France
Inaugurated	1960
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat race
Sponsor	Coolmore Stud
Website	France-Galop.com
Race information
Distance	2,000 metres (1¼ miles)
Track	Turf, right-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old fillies
Weight	57 kg
Purse	€250,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 57.14%, 2nd: 22.86% 3rd: 11.43%, 4th: 5.71% 5th: 2.86%

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

It was first run in 1960 and was named in honour of Evremond de Saint-Alary (1868–1941), a leading racehorse owner and breeder in France.

The race is a trial for the Prix de Diane, which usually takes place three weeks later at Chantilly. Nine fillies have won both races, including Indian Skimmer, to date the only foreign trained winner of the Prix Saint-Alary.

1 Records
2 Winners since 1979
3 Earlier winners
4 References
5 See also

[edit] 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)

Leading trainer (7 wins):

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

Leading owner (4 wins):

HH Aga Khan IV – Cervinia (1963), Behera (1989), Zainta (1998), Vadawina (2005)

[edit] Winners since 1979

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1979	Three Troikas	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Ghislaine Head	2:04.9
1980	Paranete	Alfred Gibert	Mitri Saliba	Mahmoud Fustok	2:04.8
1981	Tootens	Georges Doleuze	E. Bartholomew	Cora Lynch	2:15.1
1982	Harbour	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Ecurie Aland	2:20.1
1983	Smuggly	Alain Badel	Olivier Douieb	E. Seltzer	2:19.7
1984	Grise Mine	Yves Saint-Martin	André Fabre	Baron Guy de Rothschild	2:12.2
1985	Fitnah	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Miss H. Al Maktoum	2:04.7
1986	Lacovia	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Gerry Oldham	2:06.7
1987	Indian Skimmer	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	Sheikh Mohammed	2:10.1
1988	Riviere d'Or	Gary W. Moore	Criquette Head	Jacques Wertheimer	2:05.2
1989	Behera	Alain Lequeux	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:02.1
1990	Air de Rien	Alain Badel	Myriam Bollack-Badel	Jacques Berès	2:04.0
1991	Treble	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Edward L. Stephenson	2:08.4
1992	Rosefinch	Steve Cauthen	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:05.0
1993	Intrepidity	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:04.8
1994	Moonlight Dance	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	2:08.3
1995	Muncie	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	2:08.7
1996	Luna Wells	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	2:13.6
1997	Brilliance	Olivier Peslier	Pascal Bary	Ecurie Skymarc Farm	2:09.1
1998	Zainta	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:03.2
1999	Cerulean Sky	Sylvain Guillot	Robert Collet	Richard C. Strauss	2:06.3
2000	Reve d'Oscar	Alain Badel	Myriam Bollack-Badel	Mrs Guy de Châtelperron	2:08.0
2001	Nadia	Dominique Boeuf	Carlos Laffon-Parias	Maktoum Al Maktoum	2:08.6
2002	Marotta	Thierry Jarnet	Richard Gibson	Antoinette Oppenheimer	2:03.0
2003	Fidelite	Olivier Peslier	Criquette Head-Maarek	Wertheimer et Frère	2:06.3
2004	Ask for the Moon	Ioritz Mendizabal	Jean-Claude Rouget	Jean-Pierre Dubois	2:05.1
2005	Vadawina	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	HH Aga Khan IV	2:02.8
2006	Germance	Ioritz Mendizabal	Jean-Claude Rouget	Nelson Radwan	2:05.1
2007	Coquerelle	Christophe Lemaire	Jean-Claude Rouget	Ecurie des Monceaux	2:11.1
2008	Belle et Celebre	Christophe Lemaire	Alain de Royer-Dupré	Mrs Gilles Forien	2:10.0