Prix de Fontainebleau

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Group 3 race
Prix de Fontainebleau

Location	Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France
Inaugurated	1889
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat race
Sponsor	SG Private Banking
Website	France-Galop.com
Race information
Distance	1,600 metres (1 mile)
Track	Turf, right-handed
Qualification	Three-year-old colts
Weight	58 kg
Purse	€80,000 (2008) Distribution 1st: 50%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 15% 4th: 10%, 5th: 5%

The Prix de Fontainebleau is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at Longchamp Racecourse and takes place annually in April.

It was first run in 1889 and is named after Fontainebleau Forest, where a race meeting used to be held from 1862 to 1891 at the Vallée de la Solle racecourse. The original distance of the race was 2,200 metres (1 mile 3 furlongs), which was cut to 1,600 metres in 1952 when it became a trial race for the Poule d'Essai des Poulains. After several alterations in the mid 1960s, the race returned to this distance in 1968.

1 Records since 1952
2 Winners since 1979
3 Earlier winners
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Records since 1952

Leading jockey (6 wins):

Maurice Philipperon – Farabi (1967), Blinis (1971), Arctic Tern (1976), Irish River (1979), Castle Guard (1983), Kendor (1989)

Leading trainer (9 wins):

Etienne Pollet – Thunderhead (1952), Tosco (1953), Tenareze (1956), Pantouflard (1958), Aerodynamic (1961), Prudent (1962), Neptunus (1964), Grey Dawn (1965), Timmy My Boy (1968)

Leading owner (4 wins):

Gertrude Widener – Aerodynamic (1961), Prudent (1962), Grey Dawn (1965), Timmy My Boy (1968)
Stavros Niarchos – Cresta Rider (1981), Melyno (1982), Mendez (1984), Hector Protector (1991)

[edit] Winners since 1979

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1979	Irish River	Maurice Philipperon	John Cunnington, Jr.	Mrs Raymond Adès	1:50.6
1980	Nice Havrais	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Alan Clore
1981	Cresta Rider	Philippe Paquet	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos
1982	Melyno	Yves Saint-Martin	François Mathet	Stavros Niarchos
1983	Castle Guard	Maurice Philipperon	John Fellows	Peter G. Richards
1984	Mendez	Cash Asmussen	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos
1985	No Pass No Sale	Alfred Gibert	Robert Collet	René M. Aubert	1:50.4
1986	Fast Topaze	Cash Asmussen	Georges Mikhalidès	Mahmoud Fustok	1:46.7
1987	Soviet Star	Greville Starkey	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	1:42.1
1988	Blushing John	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Allen E. Paulson	1:41.7
1989	Kendor	Maurice Philipperon	Raymond Touflan	Adolphe Bader	1:43.1
1990	Linamix	Gérald Mossé	François Boutin	Jean-Luc Lagardère	1:43.6
1991	Hector Protector	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Stavros Niarchos	1:41.5
1992	Rainbow Corner	Pat Eddery	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	1:41.1
1993	Zieten	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	1:44.2
1994	Fadeyev	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Maktoum Al Maktoum	1:47.0
1995	Atticus	Olivier Doleuze	Criquette Head	Jacques Wertheimer	1:43.1
1996	Ashkalani	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	1:38.4
1997	Daylami	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	1:39.8
1998	With the Flow	Olivier Doleuze	Criquette Head	Marshall Jenney	1:50.2
1999	Indian Danehill	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Baron Edouard de Rothschild	1:48.0
2000	Berine's Son	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	Baron Edouard de Rothschild	1:52.8
2001	Denon	Thierry Jarnet	Jonathan Pease	Niarchos Family	1:50.2
2002	Bowman	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	1:40.7
2003	Clodovil	Olivier Plaçais	André Fabre	Lagardère Family	1:44.0
2004	American Post	Christophe Soumillon	Criquette Head-Maarek	Khalid Abdullah	1:38.5
2005	Laverock	Miguel Blancpain	Carlos Laffon-Parias	Maktoum Al Maktoum	1:45.4
2006	Stormy River	Thierry Thulliez	Nicolas Clément	Ecurie Mister Ess A S	1:38.2
2007	Chichi Creasy	Ronan Thomas	Nicole Rossio	Béatrice Rossio	1:38.2
2008	Tamayuz	Davy Bonilla	Freddy Head	Hamdan Al Maktoum	1:48.3