Prix Yacowlef

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Listed race
Prix Yacowlef
Location	La Touques Racecourse Deauville, Calvados
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Hippodrome de Deauville
Race information
Distance	1000 meters (4.97 furlongs)
Track	Grass, straight
Qualification	Unraced two-year-old Colts and Fillies
Weight	Colts: 58 kg (128 lb) Fillies: 56.5 kg (125 lb)
Purse	€52,000

The Prix Yacowlef is a French Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early August at the La Touques Racecourse in Deauville.

A Listed stakes race with a current purse of €52,000, it is open to unraced two-year-old horses of either sex.

Since 2006 it has been run at a distance of 1,000 meters (4.97 furlongs) on a straight course. Previously, the race was set at 1,200 meters on a right-handed course.

Contents 1 History 2 Prix Yacowlef winners since 2002 3 Earlier winners (partial list) 4 References

[edit] History

In 1922 Epinard, a horse called a "French racing legend" by France Galop, made his racing debut with a win in the Prix Yacowlef [1]. Other notable horses to win this race were Riverman in 1971 and the great filly Dahlia in 1972.

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[edit] Prix Yacowlef winners since 2002

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner
2007	Stern Opinion	Stephane Pasquier	Pascal Bary	Khalid Abdullah
2006	Beauty Is Truth	Christophe Soumillon	Robert Collet	Richard C. Strauss
2005	New Girlfriend	Christophe Soumillon	Robert Collet	Richard C. Strauss
2004	Speciale	Christophe Lemaire	Criquette Head-Maarek	Ghislaine Head
2003	Roseanna	Olivier Peslier	Criquette Head-Maarek	Peter D. Savill
2002	Loving Pride	Olivier Doleuze	Criquette Head-Maarek	Sheikh Mohammed

[edit] Earlier winners (partial list)

[edit] References

• Video at YouTube of the 2007 Prix Yacowlef
• Prix Yacowlef at Pedigree Query