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Prix du Cadran

Flat horse race in France

Field	Value
class	Group 1
horse race	Prix du Cadran
image	Shafaraz.jpg
caption	Shafaraz, oil on canvas
Painting by Bob Demuyser (1920–2003)
location	Longchamp Racecourse
Paris, France
inaugurated	1837
race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
sponsor	Qatar
website	france-galop.com
distance	4,000 metres (2½ miles)
surface	Turf
track	Right-handed
qualification	Four-years-old and up
weight	58 kg
Allowances
1½ kg for fillies and mares
purse	€300,000 (2021)
1st: €171,420

Painting by Bob Demuyser (1920–2003) Paris, France Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares 1st: €171,420 |} The Prix du Cadran is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 4,000 metres (about 2 miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early October.

It is France's most prestigious race for "stayers" – horses which specialise in racing over long distances. It is the French equivalent of the Gold Cup, the leading stayers' race in Great Britain.

History

The event is named after a clock face (cadran) at the École Militaire, a building located alongside its original venue, the Champ de Mars. It was first run in 1837, and was initially contested over one and a quarter laps of the track, about 2,500 metres.

The race was extended to 4,000 metres in 1843, and increased to 4,200 metres in 1846. It was held at Versailles in 1848, due to that year's French Revolution. It was not run in 1850, and its distance changed several times in the following decade. It was restricted to four-year-olds in 1854. It was transferred to Longchamp in 1857, and reverted to 4,200 metres in 1858. It was cancelled in 1871, because of the Franco-Prussian War.

The Prix du Cadran was re-opened to horses aged five or older and cut to 4,000 metres in 1913. It was abandoned throughout World War I, with no running from 1915 to 1918. It was cancelled once during World War II, in 1940. It was staged at Le Tremblay over 4,100 metres from 1943 to 1945. It was abandoned because of student protests in 1968.

The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the Prix du Cadran was classed at the highest level, Group 1. For a period it took place in late May. It was opened to geldings in 1986.

The race was moved to the Saturday of Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe weekend in 1991. It was later switched to the same day as the "Arc", usually the first Sunday in October.

Records

Most successful horse (4 wins):

Marsyas – 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947

Leading jockey (5 wins):

Yves Saint-Martin – Waldmeister (1965), Danseur (1967), Recupere (1974), Buckskin (1977, 1978)

Leading trainer (15 wins):

Tom Jennings – La Cloture (1851), Hervine (1852), Papillon (1854), Monarque (1856), Compiegne (1862), Alerte (1863), Beatrix (1865), La Fortune (1866), Auguste (1867), Longchamps (1868), Le Sarrazin (1869), Boulogne (1870), Saint Christophe (1878), Rayon d'Or (1880), Milan (1881) : (note: the trainers of some of the early winners are unknown)

Leading owner (11 wins):

Frédéric de Lagrange – Compiegne (1862), Alerte (1863), Beatrix (1865), La Fortune (1866), Auguste (1867), Longchamps (1868), Le Sarrazin (1869), Boulogne (1870), Saint Christophe (1878), Rayon d'Or (1880), Milan (1881)

Winners since 1969

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1969	Levmoss	4	Bill Williamson	Seamus McGrath	Seamus McGrath	4:42.70
1970	Le Chouan	4	Bill Pyers	Maurice Zilber	Daniel Wildenstein	4:28.70
1971	Ramsin	4	Henri Samani	Geoffroy Watson	Thierry van Zuylen	4:49.00
1972	Rock Roi	5	Duncan Keith	Peter Walwyn	Roger Hue-Williams	4:30.60
1973	Lassalle	4	Jimmy Lindley	Richard Carver Jr.	Zenya Yoshida	4:40.50
1974	Recupere	4	Yves Saint-Martin	Gilles Delloye	Alan Clore	4:40.50
1975	Le Bavard	4	Alfred Gibert	Max Bonaventure	Henry Aubert	4:40.00
1976	Sagaro	5	Philippe Paquet	François Boutin	Gerry Oldham	4:20.90
1977	Buckskin	4	Yves Saint-Martin	Angel Penna	Daniel Wildenstein	4:36.00
1978	Buckskin	5	Yves Saint-Martin	Peter Walwyn	Daniel Wildenstein	4:38.10
1979	El Badr	4	Henri Samani	Mitri Saliba	Mahmoud Fustok	4:17.30
1980	Shafaraz	7	Maurice Philipperon	Pierre Biancone	Yurk Skalka	4:17.40
1981	Gold River	4	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer	4:38.00
1982	El Badr	7	Alfred Gibert	Mitri Saliba	Mahmoud Fustok	5:19.10
1983	Karkour	5	Freddy Head	Joseph Audon	Ecurie Manhattan	4:49.60
1984	Neustrien	5	Éric Legrix	Patrick Biancone	Naji Pharaon	4:45.50
1985	Balitou	6	Éric Legrix	Patrick Biancone	Daniel Wildenstein	4:17.90
1986	Air de Cour	4	Éric Legrix	Patrick Biancone	Daniel Wildenstein	4:21.10
1987	Royal Gait	4	Olindo Mongelluzzo	Gerardo Villarta	Manuel Pereira-Arias	4:28.90
1988	Yaka	5	Cash Asmussen	Alain Chelet	Mrs Arthur Dewez	4:34.00
1989	Trebrook	5	Éric Legrix	Jean Lesbordes	Georges Blizniansky	4:23.10
1990	Mercalle	4	Maurice Bouland	Maurice Bouland	Raymond Le Poder	4:19.20
1991	Victoire Bleue	4	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	4:27.00
1992	Sought Out	4	Cash Asmussen	John Hammond	Lord Weinstock	4:41.10
1993	Assessor	4	John Reid	Richard Hannon Sr.	Bjorn Nielsen	4:38.20
1994	Molesnes	4	Olivier Peslier	Marcel Rolland	Mitaab bin Abdullah	4:27.50
1995	Always Earnest	7	Alain Badel	Myriam Bollack-Badel	Mrs Claude Bourg	4:36.50
1996	Nononito	5	Thierry Jarnet	Jean Lesbordes	Patrick Sebagh	4:31.50
1997	Chief Contender	4	Olivier Doleuze	Peter Chapple-Hyam	Sue Magnier	4:16.40
1998	Invermark	4	Richard Hughes	James Fanshawe	Sir David Wills	4:47.80
1999	Tajoun	5	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	4:51.80
2000	San Sebastian	6	Davy Bonilla	John Dunlop	Mrs Michael Watt	4:14.10
2001	Germinis	7	Renaud Janneau	Patrice Chevillard	Robert Sallet	4:46.30
2002	Give Notice	5	Johnny Murtagh	John Dunlop	Stewart-Brown / Meacock	4:23.80
2003	Westerner	4	Dominique Boeuf	Élie Lellouche	Ecurie Wildenstein	4:37.50
2004	Westerner	5	Olivier Peslier	Élie Lellouche	Ecurie Wildenstein	4:19.80
2005	Reefscape	4	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	4:36.00
2006	Sergeant Cecil	7	Frankie Dettori	Rod Millman	Terry Cooper	4:20.90
2007	Le Miracle	6	Dominique Boeuf	Werner Baltromei	R'stall Gestüt Hachtsee	4:29.80
2008	Bannaby	5	Christophe Soumillon	M. Delcher Sánchez	Cuadra Miranda SL	4:22.20
2009	Alandi	4	Michael Kinane	John Oxx	HH Aga Khan IV	4:12.70
2010	Gentoo	6	Gérald Mossé	Alain Lyon	Serge Tripier-Mondancin	4:40.80
2011	Kasbah Bliss	9	Gérald Mossé	François Doumen	Henri de Pracomtal	4:30.52
2012	Molly Malone	4	Umberto Rispoli	Mikel Delzangles	Dieter Bürkle	4:43.60
2013	Altano	7	Eduardo Pedroza	Andreas Wohler	Frau Dr I Hornig	4:24.38
2014	High Jinx	6	Ryan Moore	James Fanshawe	Mr & Mrs W. J. Williams	4:12.22
2015	Mille Et Mille	5	Thierry Thulliez	Carlos Lerner	Nicolas Saltiel	4:22.61
2016	Quest For More	6	George Baker	Roger Charlton	Sultan Ahmad Shah	4:23.57
2017	Vazirabad	5	Christophe Soumillon	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	4:34.60
2018	Call The Wind	4	Aurelien Lemaitre	Freddy Head	George Strawbridge	4:24.41
2019	Holdthasigreen	7	Tony Piccone	Bruno Audouin	Jean Gilbert & Claude Le Lay	4:41.83
2020	Princess Zoe	5	Joey Sheridan	Anthony Mullins	Patrick Kehoe & Mrs P Crampton	4:38.88
2021	Trueshan	5	James Doyle	Alan King	Singula Partnership	4:28.10
2022	Kyprios	4	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	Moyglare Stud / Smith / Magnier / Tabor	4:31.62
2023	Trueshan	7	Hollie Doyle	Alan King	Singula Partnership	4:19.52
2024	Kyprios	6	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	Moyglare Stud / Smith / Magnier / Tabor	4:25.36
2025	Caballo De Mar	4	Tom Marquand	George Scott	Victorious Forever	4:34.74

Earlier winners

1837: Miss Annette
1838: Franck
1839: Nautilus
1840: Nautilus
1841: Deception
1842: Nautilus
1843: Annetta
1844: Nativa
1845: Edwin
1846: Tomate
1847: Liverpool
1848: Morok
1849: Nanetta
1850: no race
1851: La Cloture
1852: Hervine
1853: Trust
1854: Papillon
1855: Remuneration
1856: Monarque
1857: Nat
1858: Potocki
1859: Martel en Tete
1860: Geologie
1861: Pretendant
1862: Compiegne
1863: Alerte
1864: Guillaume le Taciturne
1865: Beatrix
1866: La Fortune
1867: Auguste
1868: Longchamps
1869: Le Sarrazin
1870: Boulogne
1871: no race
1872: Veranda
1873: Revigny
1874: Boiard
1875: Saltarelle
1876: Saint Cyr
1877: Enguerrande
1878: Saint Christophe
1879: Clocher
1880: Rayon d'Or
1881: Milan
1882: Bariolet
1883: Seigneur
1884: Regain
1885: Archiduc
1886: Lapin
1887: Sauterelle
1888: Krakatoa
1889: Siberie
1890: Clover
1891: Mirabeau
1892: Berenger
1893: Chene Royal
1894: Fousi Yama
1895: Excuse
1896: Omnium II
1897: Olmutz
1898: Chambertin
1899: Le Roi Soleil
1900: Perth
1901: Ivoire
1902: La Camargo
1903: Astronome
1904: Camisole
1905: Gouvernant
1906: Strozzi
1907: Ris Orangis
1908: Kalisz
1909: Sauge Pourpree
1910: Aveu
1911: La Francaise
1912: Combourg
1913: Predicateur
1914: Nimbus
1915–18: no race
1919: Bridaine
1920: Samourai
1921: Odol
1922: Ksar
1923: Le Prodige
1924: Filibert de Savoie
1925: Cadum
1926: Priori
1927: Asteroide
1928: Nino
1929: Cacao
1930: Hotweed
1931: Chateau Bouscaut
1932: Brulette
1933: Gris Perle
1934: Thor
1935: Brantôme
1936: Chaudiere
1937: Fantastic
1938: Dadji
1939: Foxlight
1940: no race
1941: Maurepas
1942: Nepenthe
1943: Hern the Hunter
1944: Marsyas
1945: Marsyas
1946: Marsyas
1947: Marsyas
1948: Arbar
1949: Turmoil
1950: Ciel Etoile
1951: Ysard
1952: Mat de Cocagne
1953: Feu du Diable *
1954: Silex
1955: Elpenor
1956: Bewitched
1957: Cambremer
1958: Scot
1959: Tello
1960: Le Loup Garou
1961: Puissant Chef
1962: Taine
1963: Taine
1964: Azincourt
1965: Waldmeister
1966: Fantomas
1967: Danseur
1968: no race

Vamos finished first in 1953, but he was disqualified.

References

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galop.courses-france.com:
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france-galop.com – A Brief History: Prix du Cadran.
galopp-sieger.de – Prix du Cadran.
horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Prix du Cadran (2018).
pedigreequery.com – Prix du Cadran – Longchamp.
tbheritage.com – Prix du Cadran.

References

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