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Prix Foy

Field	Value
class	Group 2
horse race	Prix Foy
location	Longchamp Racecourse
Paris, France
inaugurated	1955
race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
sponsor	Qatar
website	france-galop.com
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

Paris, France excluding geldings Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares 1st: €74,100 |} 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.

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
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
2024	Iresine	7	Marie Vélon	Jean-Pierre Gauvin	Bertrand Milliere	2:34.15
2025	Byzantine Dream	4	Oisin Murphy	Tomoyasu Sakaguchi	Kazumi Yoshida	2:28.32

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

References

France Galop / Racing Post:
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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.

References

[https://www.racing.com/news/2019-07-09/news-geldings-green-light-in-french-group-races Geldings' green light in French Group races]

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