Grand Prix de Chantilly
The Grand Prix de Chantilly is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June. The event replaced the Grand Prix d'Évry, a race established when Évry Racecourse opened in 1973. It was run each year until the venue closed in 1996, and the present version was introduced at Chantilly in 1997. The leading horses from the Grand Prix de Chantilly often go on to compete in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. The last to win both in the same year was Waldgeist in 2018. The Grand Prix de Chantilly is now staged on the same day as the Prix du Jockey Club.
| Class | Group 2 |
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| Location | Chantilly Racecourse Chantilly, France |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Website | france-galop.com |
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| Distance | 2,400 metres (1½ miles) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Four-years-old and up |
| Weight | 56 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares Penalties 3 kg for Group 1 winners * 2 kg for Group 2 winners * 1 kg if two Group 3 wins * * since July 1 last year |
| Purse | €130,000 (2022) 1st: €74,100 |
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| Arrow Eagle | Sibayan | Junko |
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| Junko | Marquisat | Dubai Honour |
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| Simca Mille | Kertez | Lastotchka |
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| Mare Australis | Bubble Gift | Glycon |
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| In Swoop | Sublimis | Vaucelles |
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| Way To Paris | French King | Royal Julius |
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| Aspetar | Ziyad | Silverwave |
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| Waldgeist | Dschingis Secret | Way To Paris |
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| Silverwave | Talismanic | Apilobar |
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| One Foot In Heaven | Garlingari | Harlem |
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| Manatee | Prince Gibraltar | Agent Murphy |
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| Spiritjim | Now We Can | Norse King |
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| Now We Can | Haya Landa | Remus De La Tour |
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| Aiken | Maxios | Dunaden |
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| Silver Pond | Behkabad | Allied Powers |
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| Allied Powers | Timos | Pouvoir Absolu |
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| Scintillo | Chinchon | Magadan |
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| Doctor Dino | Zambezi Sun | Not Just Swing |
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| Saddex | Vison Celebre | Mountain High |
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| Policy Maker | Salutino | Bellamy Cay |
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| Geordieland | Fracassant | Short Pause |
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| Policy Maker | Fair Mix | Short Pause |
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| Ange Gabriel | Martaline | Balakheri |
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| Anabaa Blue | Ange Gabriel | St Expedit |
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| Egyptband | St Expedit | Mont Rocher |
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| Daring Miss | First Magnitude | Ben Ewar |
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| Capri | Epistolaire | Sestino |
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| Fragrant Mix | Sibling Rival | Oa Baldixe |
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| Steward | Surgeon | Darazari |
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| Poliglote | Luna Mareza | Danseur Landais |
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| Tot Ou Tard | Solid Illusion | Suave Tern |
The Grand Prix de Chantilly is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June.
The event replaced the Grand Prix d'Évry, a race established when Évry Racecourse opened in 1973. It was run each year until the venue closed in 1996, and the present version was introduced at Chantilly in 1997.
The leading horses from the Grand Prix de Chantilly often go on to compete in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. The last to win both in the same year was Waldgeist in 2018.
The Grand Prix de Chantilly is now staged on the same day as the Prix du Jockey Club.
Records
[edit]Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Policy Maker – 2004, 2006
Leading jockey (5 wins):
- Olivier Peslier – Fragrant Mix (1998), Doctor Dino (2008), Silver Pond (2011), In Swoop (2021), Mare Australis (2022)
Leading trainer (9 wins):
- André Fabre – Magwal (1984), Galla Placidia (1986), Star Lift (1989), Wajd (1991), Serrant (1993), Bright Moon (1994), Fragrant Mix (1998), Daring Miss (2000), Manatee (2015)
Leading owner (5 wins):
- Daniel Wildenstein – Star Lift (1989), Ode (1990), Pistolet Bleu (1992), Serrant (1993), Bright Moon (1994)
Winners since 1979
[edit]| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
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| 1979 | Noir et Or | 4 | Maurice Philipperon | John Cunnington Jr. | Paul de Moussac | 2:32.10 |
| 1980 | Scorpio | 4 | Philippe Paquet | François Boutin | Gerry Oldham | 2:37.00 |
| 1981 | Lancastrian | 4 | Alain Lequeux | David Smaga | Sir Michael Sobell | 2:42.70 |
| 1982 | Hard to Sing | 6 | Gérard Dubroeucq | Charlie Milbank | N. Lathom-Sharp | 2:37.00 |
| 1983 | Diamond Shoal | 4 | Cash Asmussen | Ian Balding | Paul Mellon | 2:42.50 |
| 1984 | Magwal | 5 | Alfred Gibert | André Fabre | Mahmoud Fustok | 2:36.80 |
| 1985 | Long Mick | 4 | Cash Asmussen | François Boutin | Jean-Luc Lagardère | 2:30.40 |
| 1986 | Galla Placidia | 4 | Cash Asmussen | André Fabre | William Kazan | 2:32.40 |
| 1987 | Sharaniya | 4 | Alain Lequeux | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV | 2:37.10 |
| 1988 | Something True | 4 | Tony Cruz | Georges Mikhalidès | Mahmoud Fustok | 2:29.64 |
| 1989 | Star Lift | 5 | Cash Asmussen | André Fabre | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:34.45 |
| 1990 | Ode | 4 | Dominique Boeuf | Élie Lellouche | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:33.33 |
| 1991 | Wajd | 4 | Walter Swinburn | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:35.59 |
| 1992 | Pistolet Bleu | 4 | Dominique Boeuf | Élie Lellouche | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:29.81 |
| 1993 | Serrant | 5 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:37.63 |
| 1994 | Bright Moon | 4 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:30.66 |
| 1995 | Tot ou Tard | 5 | Eric Saint-Martin | Stéphane Wattel | Ecurie Kura | 2:37.83 |
| 1996 | Poliglote | 4 | Freddy Head | Criquette Head | Wertheimer et Frère | 2:36.30 |
| 1997 | Steward | 4 | Sylvain Guillot | Dominique Sépulchre | Georges Coude | 2:30.50 |
| 1998 | Fragrant Mix | 4 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Jean-Luc Lagardère | 2:35.40 |
| 1999 | Capri | 4 | Kieren Fallon | Henry Cecil | Prince Fahd bin Salman | 2:33.70 |
| 2000 | Daring Miss | 4 | Christophe Soumillon | André Fabre | Khalid Abdullah | 2:34.80 |
| 2001 | Egyptband | 4 | Olivier Doleuze | Criquette Head-Maarek | Wertheimer et Frère | 2:26.60 |
| 2002 | Anabaa Blue | 4 | Christophe Soumillon | Carlos Lerner | Charles Mimouni | 2:28.10 |
| 2003 | Ange Gabriel | 5 | Thierry Jarnet | Eric Libaud | Antonia Devin | 2:27.40 |
| 2004 | Policy Maker | 4 | Kieren Fallon | Élie Lellouche | Ecurie Wildenstein | 2:34.90 |
| 2005 | Geordieland | 4 | Thierry Thulliez | Jean-Marie Béguigné | Raynald Elbaz | 2:27.50 |
| 2006 | Policy Maker | 6 | Stéphane Pasquier | Élie Lellouche | Ecurie Wildenstein | 2:24.80 |
| 2007 | Saddex | 4 | Torsten Mundry | Peter Rau | Stall Avena | 2:28.70 |
| 2008 | Doctor Dino | 6 | Olivier Peslier | Richard Gibson | Javier Martinez Salmean | 2:35.40 |
| 2009 | Scintillo | 4 | Richard Hughes | Richard Hannon Sr. | White Beech Farm | 2:34.60 |
| 2010 | Allied Powers | 5 | Ioritz Mendizabal | Michael Bell | Fish / Ware | 2:33.90 |
| 2011 | Silver Pond | 4 | Olivier Peslier | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Haras du Quesnay | 2:29.60 |
| 2012 | Aiken | 4 | William Buick | John Gosden | George Strawbridge | 2:35.8 |
| 2013 | Now We Can | 4 | Thierry Thulliez | Nicolas Clement | Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges | 2:33.16 |
| 2014 | Spiritjim | 4 | Christophe Soumillon | Pascal Bary | Hspirit | 2:29.32 |
| 2015 | Manatee | 4 | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | Godolphin | 2:29.64 |
| 2016 | One Foot In Heaven | 4 | Christophe Soumillon | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Fair Salinia Ltd | 2:35.53 |
| 2017 | Silverwave | 5 | Pierre-Charles Boudot | Pascal Bary | Hspirit | 2:29.45 |
| 2018 | Waldgeist | 4 | Pierre-Charles Boudot | André Fabre | Gestut Ammerland & Newsells Park | 2:29.49 |
| 2019 | Aspetar | 4 | James Doyle | Roger Charlton | Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani | 2:24.60 |
| 2020 | Way To Paris[a] | 7 | Pierre-Charles Boudot | Andrea Marcialis | Paolo Ferrario | 2:38.02 |
| 2021 | In Swoop | 4 | Olivier Peslier | Francis-Henri Graffard | Gestut Schlenderhan | 2:45.37 |
| 2022 | Mare Australis | 4 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Gestut Schlenderhan | 2:29.16 |
| 2023 | Simca Mille | 4 | Alexis Pouchin | Stephane Wattel | Haras De La Perelle & Stephane Wattel | 2:28.40 |
| 2024 | Junko | 5 | Maxime Guyon | André Fabre | Wertheimer et Frère | 2:32.94 |
| 2025 | Arrow Eagle | 4 | Cristian Demuro | Jean-Claude Rouget | Mrs Waltraut Spanner | 2:29.77 |
- ^ The 2020 running took place at Deauville due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Earlier winners
[edit]- 1973: Karoon
- 1974: Admetus
- 1975: Un Kopeck
- 1976: Tip Moss
- 1977: Paint the Town
- 1978: Vagaries
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- france-galop.com – A Brief History: Grand Prix de Chantilly.
- galop.courses-france.com – Grand Prix de Chantilly – Palmarès depuis 1997.
- galopp-sieger.de – Grand Prix de Chantilly.
- horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Grand Prix de Chantilly (2016).
- pedigreequery.com – Grand Prix de Chantilly – Chantilly.