Group 2 race | |
Location | Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France |
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Inaugurated | 1955 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Qatar |
Website | france-galop.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 2,400 metres (1½ miles) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Four-years-old and up excluding geldings |
Weight | 58 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares |
Purse | €130,000 (2021) 1st: €74,100 |
2023 | ||
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Place Du Carrousel | Iresine | Sammarco |
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2022 | ||
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Iresine | Bubble Gift | Verry Elleegant |
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Deep Bond | Broome | Iresine |
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1990 | ||
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In The Wings | Zartota | Robertet |
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Star Lift | Robore | Apache |
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Beeshi | Luth Dancer | Village Star |
The Prix Foy is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred colts and fillies aged four years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.
The race serves as a trial for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, which is held at the same venue three weeks later.
History
The event is named in memory of Henri Foy (1872–1954), a long-serving member of the Société d'Encouragement, a former governing body of horse racing in France. It was established in 1955, and originally called the Prix Henri Foy.
The race was initially contested over 2,300 metres, and for a period it was open to horses aged three or older. It was cut to 2,200 metres in 1961, and the minimum age was raised to four in 1967. Its title was shortened to the Prix Foy in 1969.
The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the Prix Foy was given Group 3 status. It was subsequently run on the same day as the Prix Niel, a similar event restricted to three-year-olds.
The race was extended to 2,400 metres in 1979. It was promoted to Group 2 level in 1998.
Three winners of the Prix Foy have achieved victory in the same year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Allez France (1974), Sagace (1984) and Waldgeist (2019). Three horses have won the Arc after being defeated in this event – Gold River (1981), All Along (1983) and Subotica (1992).
Prix Foy is eligible for geldings from 2020.[1]
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Allez France – 1974, 1975
- Sagace – 1984, 1985
- Orfevre – 2012, 2013
- Waldgeist – 2018, 2019
Leading jockey (9 wins):
- Yves Saint-Martin – Suffren (1960), Acer (1964), Petrone (1968), Snow Castle (1972), Allez France (1974, 1975), Sagace (1984, 1985), Mersey (1986)
Leading trainer (11 wins):
- André Fabre – Ordinance (1987), Star Lift(1989), In the Wings (1990), Richard of York (1994), Carnegie (1995), Swain (1996), Shirocco (2006), Manduro (2007), Waldgeist (2018, 2019), Place Du Carrousel (2023)
Leading owner (7 wins):
- Daniel Wildenstein – Petrone (1968), Allez France (1974, 1975), Sagace (1984, 1985), Mersey (1986), Star Lift (1989)
Winners since 1979
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time |
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1979 | Pevero | 4 | Philippe Paquet | François Boutin | Gerry Oldham | |
1980 | Le Marmot | 4 | Philippe Paquet | François Boutin | Rodolph Schafer | 2:32.8 |
1981 | Detroit | 4 | Pat Eddery | Olivier Douieb | Robert Sangster | 2:40.80 |
1982 | April Run | 4 | Lester Piggott | François Boutin | Diana Firestone | 2:32.20 |
1983 | Time Charter | 4 | Billy Newnes | Henry Candy | Robert Barnett | 2:40.60 |
1984 | Sagace | 4 | Yves Saint-Martin | Patrick Biancone | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:38.40 |
1985 | Sagace | 5 | Yves Saint-Martin | Patrick Biancone | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:33.50 |
1986 | Mersey | 4 | Yves Saint-Martin | Patrick Biancone | Daniel Wildenstein | |
1987 | Ordinance | 4 | Pat Eddery | André Fabre | Khalid Abdullah | |
1988 | Beeshi | 4 | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole | Fahd Salman | 2:34.60 |
1989 | Star Lift | 5 | Dominique Boeuf | André Fabre | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:32.80 |
1990 | In The Wings | 4 | Pat Eddery | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:31.30 |
1991 | Splash of Colour | 4 | Cash Asmussen | Nicolas Clément | Susumu Harada | 2:30.10 |
1992 | Magic Night | 4 | Alain Badel | Philippe Demercastel | Hideo Yokoyama | 2:40.50 |
1993 | Only Royale | 4 | Ray Cochrane | Luca Cumani | Giuseppe Sainaghi | 2:51.60 |
1994 | Richard of York | 4 | Sylvain Guillot | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:34.60 |
1995 | Carnegie | 4 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:35.60 |
1996 | Swain | 4 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:31.90 |
1997 | Yokohama | 6 | Olivier Doleuze | Criquette Head | Madeleine Paulson | 2:31.80 |
1998 | Limnos | 4 | Cash Asmussen | Dominique Sépulchre | Niarchos Family | 2:42.30 |
1999 | El Condor Pasa | 4 | Masayoshi Ebina | Yoshitaka Ninomiya | Takashi Watanabe | 2:31.40 |
2000 | Montjeu | 4 | Michael Kinane | John Hammond | Michael Tabor | 2:32.80 |
2001 | Hightori | 4 | Gérald Mossé | Philippe Demercastel | Gary Tanaka | 2:30.10 |
2002 | Aquarelliste | 4 | Dominique Boeuf | Élie Lellouche | Ecurie Wildenstein | 2:29.00 |
2003 | Ange Gabriel | 5 | Thierry Jarnet | Eric Libaud | Antonia Devin | 2:28.60 |
2004 | Policy Maker | 4 | Olivier Peslier | Élie Lellouche | Ecurie Wildenstein | 2:38.70 |
2005 | Pride | 5 | Christophe Lemaire | Alain de Royer-Dupré | NP Bloodstock Ltd | 2:29.20 |
2006 | Shirocco | 5 | Christophe Soumillon | André Fabre | Georg von Ullmann | 2:32.90 |
2007 | Manduro | 5 | Stéphane Pasquier | André Fabre | Georg von Ullmann | 2:28.80 |
2008 | Zambezi Sun | 4 | Stéphane Pasquier | Pascal Bary | Khalid Abdullah | 2:28.80 |
2009 | Spanish Moon | 5 | Ryan Moore | Sir Michael Stoute | Khalid Abdullah | 2:28.70 |
2010 | Duncan | 5 | William Buick | John Gosden | Normandie Stud Ltd | 2:35.90 |
2011 | Sarafina | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV | 2:32.28 |
2012 | Orfevre | 4 | Christophe Soumillon | Yasutoshi Ikee | Sunday Racing | 2:34.26 |
2013 | Orfevre | 5 | Christophe Soumillon | Yasutoshi Ikee | Sunday Racing | 2:41.47 |
2014 | Ruler of the World | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Aidan O'Brien | Al Shaqab, Magnier, Tabor, Smith | 2:26.93 |
2015 | Postponed | 4 | Andrea Atzeni | Luca Cumani | Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum | 2:32.88 |
2016 | Silverwave | 4 | Maxime Guyon | Pascal Bary | Hspirit | 2:32.28 |
2017 | Dschingis Secret | 4 | Adrie de Vries | Markus Klug | Horst Pudwill | 2:35.86 |
2018 | Waldgeist | 4 | Pierre-Charles Boudot | André Fabre | Gestut Ammerland & Newsells Park | 2:28.70 |
2019 | Waldgeist | 5 | Pierre-Charles Boudot | André Fabre | Gestut Ammerland & Newsells Park | 2:27.57 |
2020 | Anthony Van Dyck | 4 | Mickael Barzalona | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Magnier / Tabor | 2:33.27 |
2021 | Deep Bond | 4 | Cristian Demuro | Ryuji Okubo | Shinji Maeda | 2:31.82 |
2022 | Iresine | 5 | Marie Vélon | Jean-Pierre Gauvin | Bertrand Milliere | 2:36.46 |
2023 | Place Du Carrousel | 4 | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | Al Shaqab Racing & Ballylinch Stud | 2:35.66 |
Earlier winners
- 1955: Norman
- 1956: Fric
- 1957: Blockhaus
- 1958: Primesautier
- 1959: Bel Baraka
- 1960: Suffren
- 1961: Right Royal
- 1962: Exbury
- 1963: Misti
- 1964: Acer
- 1965: Sigebert
- 1966: Taneb
- 1967: Busted
- 1968: Petrone
- 1969: Park Top
- 1970: Lorenzaccio
- 1971: Prominent
- 1972: Snow Castle
- 1973: Direct Flight
- 1974: Allez France
- 1975: Allez France
- 1976: Kasteel
- 1977: Malacate
- 1978: Trillion
See also
References
- france-galop.com – A Brief History: Prix Foy.
- galopp-sieger.de – Prix Foy.
- horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Prix Foy (2016).
- pedigreequery.com – Prix Foy – Longchamp.