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Prix du Bois

Field	Value
class	Group 3
horse race	Prix du Bois
location	Deauville Racecourse
Deauville, France
inaugurated	1925
race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
website	france-galop.com
distance	1,000 metres (5f)
surface	Turf
track	Straight
qualification	Two-year-olds
weight	57 kg
Allowances
1½ kg for fillies
Penalties
2 kg for Group winners
purse	€80,000 (2022)
1st: €40,000

Deauville, France Allowances 1½ kg for fillies Penalties 2 kg for Group winners 1st: €40,000 |}

The Prix du Bois is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,000 metres (about 5 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late June or early July.

History

The event was established in 1925, and it was originally held at Longchamp. It takes its name from the Bois de Boulogne, the location of its former home, and the Avenue du Bois (now the Avenue Foch), which leads towards the racecourse.

Due to World War II, the Prix du Bois was not run from 1940 to 1945.

The race was promoted to Group 3 status in 1982. It continued to be staged at Longchamp until 1994. It took place at Chantilly in 1995, and returned to Longchamp in 1996. For a period thereafter it was switched between Deauville (1997–98, 2003) and Chantilly (1999–2002, 2004–05).

The Prix du Bois was transferred to Maisons-Laffitte in 2006, and had another spell at Chantilly between 2009 and 2015. It has been run at Deauville again since 2016.

The leading horses from the Prix du Bois often go on to compete in the Prix Robert Papin. The first to win both races was Erica in 1927, and the most recent was Family One in 2011.

Records

Leading jockey (10 wins):

Roger Poincelet – Chesterfield (1946), Arbace (1948), Dahabi (1949), Lets Fly (1953), Polamia (1957), Dan Cupid (1958), High Bulk (1960), Mr Brookwood (1961), Spy Well (1962), Timmy Lad (1963)

Leading trainer (6 wins):

François Mathet – Taoutcha (1952), Calshot (1966), Zeddaan (1967), Rockcress (1968), Myosotis (1974), Adraan (1979)
Etienne Pollet – Polamia (1957), Dan Cupid (1958), High Bulk (1960), Mr Brookwood (1961), Spy Well (1962), Timmy Lad (1963)
Pascal Bary – Export Price (1986), Rich and Famous (1989), Imperfect World (1998), Much Faster (2003), Divine Proportions (2004), Natagora (2007)

Leading owner (5 wins):

Gertrude Widener – Polamia (1957), Dan Cupid (1958), Mr Brookwood (1961), Spy Well (1962), Timmy Lad (1963)

Winners since 1978

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1978	Irish River	Maurice Philipperon	John Cunnington Jr.	Mrs Raymond Adès
1979	Adraan	Yves Saint-Martin	François Mathet	Aga Khan IV	0:57.70
1980	Twig Prince	Michel Planard	Pierre Biancone	Mrs André Lhote
1981	Maelstrom Lake	Georges Doleuze	Edouard Bartholomew	Jacques Feuillard
1982	American Stress	Bruno Pizzorni	Freddie Palmer	Edouard Buffard
1983	Masarika	Yves Saint-Martin	Alain de Royer-Dupré	Aga Khan IV	0:57.60
1984	Noblequest	Gérard Dubroeucq	Robert Collet	Bendar bin M. Al Kabir	0:57.00
1985	Kanmary	Guy Guignard	Élie Lellouche	Mrs Patrick O'Neill	0:59.50
1986	Export Price	Cash Asmussen	Pascal Bary	Ecurie I. M. Fares	0:57.30
1987	Arabian Falcon	Guy Guignard	Bernard Vanheeghe	Mrs Georges Sandor	0:59.20
1988	Tersa	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Allen Paulson	0:59.10
1989	Rich and Famous	Norbert Jeanpierre	Pascal Bary	Ross Gilbert	0:58.20
1990	The Perfect Life	Alain Lequeux	Robert Collet	Richard Strauss	0:58.20
1991	Arazi	Gérald Mossé	François Boutin	Allen Paulson	0:58.70
1992	Glorieux Dancer	Mathieu Boutin	Robert Collet	Werner Wolf	0:59.80
1993	Porto Varas	Freddy Head	François Boutin	Niccolò Incisa Rocchetta	0:58.00
1994	Expelled	Pat Eddery	François Boutin	Khalid Abdullah	0:57.40
1995	Media Nox	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	0:58.20
1996	Deep Finesse	Philip Robinson	Michael Jarvis	John Sims	0:59.20
1997	Zelding	Thierry Jarnet	Robert Collet	Richard Strauss	1:00.50
1998	Imperfect World	Sylvain Guillot	Pascal Bary	Serge Fradkoff	0:58.90
1999	Morning Pride	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Maktoum Al Maktoum	0:57.40
2000	Ozone Layer	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Maktoum Al Maktoum	1:02.00
2001	Ziria	Gérald Mossé	Carlos Laffon-Parias	Leonidas Marinopoulos	0:58.20
2002	Ela Merici	Vincent Vion	Corine Barande-Barbe	Corine Barande-Barbe	1:00.30
2003	Much Faster	Thierry Thulliez	Pascal Bary	Ecurie J. L. Bouchard	0:57.60
2004	Divine Proportions	Christophe Lemaire	Pascal Bary	Niarchos Family	0:58.70
2005	Gwenseb	Olivier Peslier	Carlos Laffon-Parias	Wertheimer et Frère	0:58.10
2006	Sandwaki	Olivier Peslier	Carlos Laffon-Parias	Wertheimer et Frère	0:59.80
2007	Natagora	Stéphane Pasquier	Pascal Bary	Stefan Friborg	0:57.20
2008	Percolator	Christophe Soumillon	Paul Cole	Henry Robinson	0:56.30
2009	Dolled Up	Olivier Peslier	Robert Collet	Anne-Marie Hayes	0:58.10
2010	Keratiya	Christophe Lemaire	Jean-Claude Rouget	Aga Khan IV	0:59.10
2011	Family One	Ioritz Mendizabal	Yann Barberot	Ecurie Ascot	0:57.58
2012	Snowday	Olivier Peslier	Carlos Laffon-Parias	Wertheimer et Frère	0:59.31
2013	Vedeux	Marc Lerner	Carlos Lerner	P Hoze & Ecurie Haras du Cadran	0:59.24
2014	Goken	Fabrice Veron	Henri-Alex Pantall	Guy Pariente	0:58.52
2015	Fly On The Night	Umberto Rispoli	Attilio Giorgi	Pietro Sinistri	0:58.28
2016	Cosachope	Maxime Guyon	Philippe Sogorb	Guy Pariente	0:58.77
2017	Zonza	Cristian Demuro	Didier Guillemin	Alain Jathier	0:58.56
2018	Little Kim	Ben Curtis	Karl Burke	Nick Bradley Racing & Sohi & E Burke	0:58.04
2019	Maven	Mickael Barzalona	Wesley Ward	Richard Ravin	0:58.36
2020	Livachope	Anthony Crastus	Jane Soubagne	Alain Chopard	0:57.03
2021	Atomic Force	Stephane Pasquier	Kevin Ryan	Hambleton Racing Ltd Xxvii And Partner	1:10.39
2022	Belbek	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Nurlan Bizakov	1:09.22
2023	Ramatuelle	Aurélien Lemaitre	Christopher Head	Infinity Nine Horses, Ecurie Des Monceaux Et Al	1:08.05
2024	Arabie	Jim Crowley	Karl Burke	Mohamed Saeed Al Shahi	1:10.69

The 2020 race was run at Longchamp due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France

The 2021 and 2022 race was run at Chantilly and the distance was 1,200 meters

Earlier winners

1925: Tatters
1926: Never Late
1927: Erica
1928: La Rocque
1929: Advertencia
1930: Cristal
1931: Sisterari
1932: Asterisk
1933: Corindon
1934: Puits d'Amour
1935: Don Milo
1936: Le Radjah
1937: Pamir
1938: Courteille
1939: Folincourt
1940–45: no race
1946: Chesterfield
1947: Primeur
1948: Arbace
1949: Dahabi
1950: Idas
1951: Pharaos
1952: Taoutcha
1953: Let's Fly
1954: Americ
1955: Reine Martiale
1956: L'Astrologue
1957: Polamia
1958: Dan Cupid
1959: Barbaresque
1960: High Bulk
1961: Mr Brookwood
1962: Spy Well
1963: Timmy Lad
1964: Fair Portion
1965: Nursery Song
1966: Calshot
1967: Zeddaan
1968: Rockcress
1969: Baroque
1970: My Swallow
1971: Daring Display
1972: Benthose
1973: Lianga
1974: Myosotis
1975: Dacani
1976: Juge de Paix
1977: Soudromont

References

France Galop / Racing Post:
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france-galop.com – A Brief History: Prix du Bois.
galop.courses-france.com – Prix du Bois – Palmarès depuis 1980.
galopp-sieger.de – Prix du Bois.
horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Prix du Bois (2017).
pedigreequery.com – Prix du Bois – Chantilly.

References

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