Prix de Pomone

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The Prix de Pomone is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares. It is run over a distance of 2,500 metres (approximately 1 mile 4½ furlongs) at Deauville Racecourse in August.

It was first run in 1920 at a distance of 2,400 metres, which was increased to 2,600 metres in 1963, and to 2,700 metres in 1973. The present distance was set in 2004.

[edit] Winners since 1988

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1988	Light the Lights	3	Freddy Head	François Boutin	3:01.0
1989	Colorado Dancer	3	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	3:06.5
1990	Whitehaven	3	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	3:05.7
1991	Patricia	3	Steve Cauthen	Henry Cecil	3:04.9
1992	Magic Night	4	Alain Badel	Philippe Demercastel	3:07.1
1993	Bright Moon	3	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	2:58.0
1994	Bright Moon	4	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	2:57.9
1995	Sunrise Song	4	Gérald Mossé	François Doumen	2:59.4
1996	Helen of Spain	4	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	3:00.9
1997	Whitewater Affair	4	John A. Reid	Michael Stoute	3:03.6
1998	Leggera	3	Olivier Doleuze	John L. Dunlop	3:02.0
1999	Bimbola	5	Thierry Gillet	Jehan Bertran de Balanda	2:56.3
2000	Interlude	3	Thierry Jarnet	Sir Michael Stoute	3:03.5
2001	Abitara	5	Thierry Jarnet	Andreas Wöhler	3:06.0
2002	Bernimixa	3	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	3:02.8
2003	Vallée Enchantée	3	Dominique Boeuf	Elie Lellouche	3:02.9
2004	Lune d'Or	3	Thierry Jarnet	Richard Gibson	2:38.9
2005	Diamond Tango	4	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	2:46.3
2006	Freedonia	4	Thierry Gillet	John Hammond	2:39.2
2007	Macleya	5	Stéphane Pasquier	André Fabre	2:40.9