Prix du Muguet

The Prix du Muguet is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile) at Saint-Cloud in early May.

Prix du Muguet
Group 2 race
Northjet, oil on canvas
Painting by Bob Demuyser (1920-2003)
LocationSaint-Cloud Racecourse
Saint-Cloud, France
Inaugurated1967
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
Websitefrance-galop.com
Race information
Distance1,600 metres (1 mile)[1]
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFour-years-old and up[1]
Weight57 kg
Allowances
1½ kg for fillies and mares
Penalties
3 kg for Group 1 winners *
1½ kg for Group 2 winners *
* since 1 July last year
Purse€130,000 (2019)
1st: €74,100
Prix du Muguet
2020
Persian King Pretreville Skalleti

History

The event is traditionally held at Saint-Cloud on May 1, the French public holiday of Fête du Travail and Fête du Muguet. It is named after Muguet, the French word for the spring-flowering plant Lily of the Valley.

The Prix du Muguet was formerly a 2,000-metre race restricted to three-year-olds. The present version, a 1,600-metre race for older horses, was introduced in 1967. It was contested over 2,000 metres at Longchamp in 1968.

The race was not run in 1971, and it resumed with Group 3 status in 1972. It was absent again in 1974, and for a period thereafter it was sometimes staged at Longchamp (1976–77, 1982–83 and 1985).

The Prix du Muguet was promoted to Group 2 level in 1995.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

  • Martillo – 2004, 2005

Leading jockey (4 wins):

  • Freddy Head – Ellora (1976), Northjet (1981), Pink (1985), Exit to Nowhere (1992)
  • Olivier Peslier – Zabar (1994), Vetheuil (1996), Keltos (2002), Dandoun (2003)

Leading trainer (8 wins):

  • André Fabre - Colour Chart (1991), Vetheuil (1996), Dansili (2000), Byword (2010), Vadamos (2016), Jimmy Two Times (2017), Plumatic (2019), Persian King (2020)

Leading owner (3 wins):

Winners since 1979
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time
1979 Tarek 4 Henri Samani Mitri Saliba Mahmoud Fustok
1980 American Prince 4 Christy Roche Stuart Murless Burt Bacharach
1981 Northjet 4 Freddy Head Olivier Douieb Serge Fradkoff
1982 Schwepperusschian 5 Serge Gorli Pierre Biancone Georges Laporte
1983 Prospero 6 Claude Ramonet C. Hervé Mrs Sylvain Aknin
1984 Redmead 4 Cash Asmussen François Boutin Stavros Niarchos
1985 Pink 4 Freddy Head Criquette Head Jacques Wertheimer
1986 Apeldoorn 4 Maurice Philipperon Philippe Barbe Philippe Barbe
1987 Art Francais 4 Tony Cruz Patrick Biancone Daniel Wildenstein
1988 Pitchounet 4 Dominique Lawniczak Albert Hosselet Noël Pelat
1989 Gabina 4 Eric Legrix J. C. Cunnington Countess Batthyany 1:44.30
1990 Val des Bois 4 Guy Guignard Criquette Head Jacques Wertheimer 1:39.50
1991 Colour Chart 4 Steve Cauthen André Fabre Sheikh Mohammed 1:45.30
1992 Exit to Nowhere 4 Freddy Head François Boutin Stavros Niarchos 1:45.80
1993 Hatoof 4 Walter Swinburn Criquette Head Maktoum Al Maktoum 1:43.60
1994 Zabar 6 Olivier Peslier Jonathan Pease Gerald Leigh 1:42.10
1995 Green Tune 4 Olivier Doleuze Criquette Head Jacques Wertheimer 1:48.10
1996 Vetheuil 4 Olivier Peslier André Fabre Daniel Wildenstein 1:40.40
1997 Spinning World 4 Cash Asmussen Jonathan Pease Niarchos Family 1:43.80
1998 Marathon 4 Olivier Doleuze Criquette Head Alec Head 1:45.10
1999 Gold Away 4 Gérald Mossé Criquette Head Wertheimer et Frère 1:49.60
2000 Dansili 4 Christophe Soumillon André Fabre Khalid Abdullah 1:47.00
2001 Proudwings 5 Yutaka Take Ralf Suerland Hyperion Breeding 1:48.20
2002 Keltos 4 Olivier Peslier Carlos Laffon-Parias Tanaka / Marinopoulos 1:39.90
2003 Dandoun 5 Olivier Peslier John Dunlop Prince A. A. Faisal 1:42.70
2004 Martillo 4 William Mongil Ralf Suerland Gestüt Höny-Hof 1:36.40
2005 Martillo 5 Stéphane Pasquier Ralf Suerland Gestüt Höny-Hof 1:37.50
2006 Krataios 6 Miguel Blancpain Carlos Laffon-Parias Leonidas Marinopoulos 1:41.50
2007 Racinger 4 Frankie Dettori Freddy Head Pierre Goral 1:39.10
2008 Gris de Gris 4 Thierry Thulliez Jean-Marc Capitte Jean-Claude Seroul 1:40.60
2009 Vertigineux 5 Philippe Sogorb Carole Dufrèche C. & P. Dufrèche 1:37.90
2010 Byword 4 Maxime Guyon André Fabre Khalid Abdullah 1:39.50
2011 Rajsaman 4 Thierry Jarnet Freddy Head Saeed Al Romaithi 1:38.30
2012 Zinabaa 7 Yannick Letondeur Michel Macé Ecurie Victoria Dreams 1:39.80
2013 Don Bosco 6 Gregory Benoist David Smaga Omar El Sharif 1:39.00
2014 Sommerabend 7 Gérald Mossé Mirek Rulec Stall Am Alten 1:42.67
2015 Bawina 4 Maxime Guyon Carlos Laffon-Parias Wertheimer et Frère 1:40.86
2016 Vadamos 5 Pierre-Charles Boudot André Fabre Haras De Saint Pair 1:36.93
2017 Jimmy Two Times 4 Vincent Cheminaud André Fabre Godolphin 1:41.01
2018 Recoletos 4 Olivier Peslier Carlos Laffon-Parias Sarl Darpat France 1:42.49
2019 Plumatic 5 Vincent Cheminaud André Fabre Wertheimer et Frère 1:37.97
2020 Persian King[lower-alpha 1] 4 Pierre-Charles Boudot André Fabre Godolphin / Ballymore 1:39.09
  1. The 2020 race was run in June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France

Earlier winners
  • 1967: Agy
  • 1968: Frontal
  • 1969: Prince Jet
  • 1970: Regent Street
  • 1971: no race
  • 1972: Blinis
  • 1973: Jan Ekels
  • 1974: no race
  • 1975: Brinkmanship
  • 1976: Ellora
  • 1977: Mittainvilliers
  • 1978: Faraway Times

See also

References
  1. "Prix du Muguet". The French Black Type. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
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