Prix Messidor

The Prix Messidor is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Maisons-Laffitte over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July.

Prix Messidor
Group 3 race
LocationMaisons-Laffitte
France
Inaugurated1949
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
Websitefrance-galop.com
Race information
Distance1,600 metres (1 mile)
SurfaceTurf
TrackStraight
QualificationThree-years-old and up
Weight53½ kg (3y); 57½ kg (4y+)
Allowances
1½ kg for fillies and mares
Penalties
4 kg for Group 1 winners *
4 kg if two Group 2 wins *
3 kg if one Group 2 win *
3 kg if two Group 3 wins *
2 kg if one Group 3 win *
* since January 1
Purse€80,000 (2016)
1st: €40,000

History

The event was established in 1949, and it was originally held at Saint-Cloud. It was initially called the Prix de Messidor, a name derived from messis, the Latin word for "harvest". The present title, without the "de", was introduced in 1955.

For a period the race was switched between Maisons-Laffitte (1963–65, 1968–69) and Saint-Cloud (1966–67, 1970–72). It began a longer spell at Maisons-Laffitte in 1973.

The race was transferred to Deauville in 1997. It returned to Maisons-Laffitte in 2005.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Catilina – 1962, 1963

Leading jockey (6 wins):

  • Yves Saint-Martin – Catilina (1962, 1963), Cripton (1964), Irish Minstrel (1969), Tassmoun (1980), Ya Zaman (1981)

Leading trainer (13 wins):

  • André Fabre – Mille Balles (1984), Fitzwilliam Place (1987), Mill Native (1988), Polish Precedent (1989), Acteur Francais (1991), Fanmore (1993), Neuilly (1997), Dansili (1999), Valixir (2005), Intello (2013), Fractional (2015), Vadamos (2016), Impulsif (2019)

Leading owner (4 wins):

  • Aga Khan IV – Cripton (1964), Tassmoun (1980), Valixir (2005), Alnadana (2009)

Winners since 1978
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time
1978 Cosmopolitan 3 Philippe Paquet François Boutin Robert Jolibois
1979 American Prince 3 Willie Carson Stuart Murless Burt Bacharach
1980 Tassmoun 4 Yves Saint-Martin François Mathet Aga Khan IV
1981 Ya Zaman 4 Yves Saint-Martin Mitri Saliba Mahmoud Fustok 1:36.20
1982 Noalcoholic 5 George Duffield Gavin Pritchard-Gordon William du Pont III
1983 Pampabird 4 Maurice Philipperon John Cunnington, Jr. Paul de Moussac 1:35.20
1984 Mille Balles 4 Freddy Head André Fabre Enzo di Nella 1:37.30
1985 Comrade in Arms 3 Alfred Gibert Philippe Lallié D. W. Molins 1:36.10
1986 Gay Minstrel 5 Gary W. Moore Criquette Head Jacques Wertheimer 1:37.00
1987 Fitzwilliam Place 3 Dominique Boeuf André Fabre Bruce McNall 1:34.50
1988 Mill Native 4 Cash Asmussen André Fabre Paul de Moussac 1:34.20
1989 Polish Precedent 3 Cash Asmussen André Fabre Sheikh Mohammed 1:36.30
1990 Septieme Ciel 3 Freddy Head Criquette Head Johnny Jones 1:41.30
1991 Acteur Francais 3 Thierry Jarnet André Fabre Paul de Moussac 1:36.08
1992 Take Risks 3 Mathieu Boutin Jean Lesbordes David Tsui 1:41.00
1993 Fanmore 5 Thierry Jarnet André Fabre Khalid Abdullah 1:36.30
1994 Jeune Homme 4 Cash Asmussen François Boutin Yoshio Asakawa 1:39.10
1995 Nec Plus Ultra 4 Thierry Gillet Alain de Royer-Dupré Marquesa de Moratalla 1:36.50
1996 Grey Risk 3 Sylvain Guillot Philippe Demercastel Ecurie Bader 1:40.50
1997 Neuilly 3 Alain Junk André Fabre Mrs Paul de Moussac 1:37.10
1998 Fly to the Stars 4 Daragh O'Donohoe Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:36.60
1999 Dansili 3 Olivier Peslier André Fabre Khalid Abdullah 1:33.70
2000 Faberger 4 L. Hammer-Hansen Erika Mäder Wiesenhof Bloodstock 1:39.50
2001 Panis 3 Thierry Thulliez Pascal Bary Ecurie J. L. Bouchard 1:38.40
2002 Altieri 4 Gabriele Bietolini Vittorio Caruso Scuderia Incolinx 1:40.30
2003 Special Kaldoun 4 Dominique Boeuf David Smaga Ecurie Chalhoub 1:34.60
2004 Ryono 5 Tony Castanheira Peter Lautner Hildegard Focke 1:39.60
2005 Valixir 4 Christophe Soumillon André Fabre Aga Khan IV 1:35.70
2006 Librettist 4 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor Godolphin 1:36.00
2007 Stormy River 4 Thierry Thulliez Nicolas Clément Ecurie Mister Ess A S 1:33.90
2008 Racinger 5 Davy Bonilla Freddy Head Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:35.70
2009 Alnadana 4 Christophe Soumillon Alain de Royer-Dupré Aga Khan IV 1:38.70
2010 Fuisse 4 Stéphane Pasquier Criquette Head-Maarek Haras du Quesnay 1:35.30
2011 Vagabond Shoes 4 Christophe Soumillon Yan Durepaire Javier Martinez Salmean 1:39.50
2012 Tin Horse 4 Thierry Jarnet Didier Guillemin Marquesa de Moratalla 1:35.45
2013 Intello 3 Olivier Peslier André Fabre Wertheimer et Frere 1:34.00
2014 Graphic 5 Frankie Dettori William Haggas Royal Ascot Racing Club 1:38.10
2015 Fractional 6 Mickael Barzalona André Fabre Godolphin 1:38.40
2016 Vadamos 5 Vincent Cheminaud André Fabre Haras de Saint Pair 1:35.10
2017 Taareef 4 Ioritz Mendizabal Jean-Claude Rouget Hamdan Al Maktoum 1:34.86
2018 Geniale 4 Yutaka Take Mikio Matsunaga Kieffers Co Ltd 1:37.62
2019 Impulsif [a] 4 Mickael Barzalona Andre Fabre Godolphin 1:38.80

a The 2019 running moved to Deauville during unsafely track.

Earlier winners
  • 1949: Beverly
  • 1950: Philactis
  • 1951:
  • 1952: no race
  • 1953: Pomare
  • 1954: Phlox
  • 1955: Chargeur
  • 1956: Cigalon
  • 1957–59: no race
  • 1960: Fin Bec
  • 1961: Pen Mane
  • 1962: Catilina
  • 1963: Catilina
  • 1964: Cripton
  • 1965: Red Slipper
  • 1966: Agy
  • 1967: Morris Dancer
  • 1968: Fisc
  • 1969: Irish Minstrel
  • 1970: Brabant
  • 1971: Joshua
  • 1972: Arosa
  • 1973: Martinmas
  • 1974: El Toro
  • 1975: Son of Silver
  • 1976: Dona Barod
  • 1977: Malecite
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