Prix Allez France

The Prix Allez France is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles) at Chantilly in late April or early May.

Prix Allez France
Group 3 race
LocationChantilly Racecourse
Chantilly, France
Inaugurated2004
Race typeFlat / Thoroughbred
Websitefrance-galop.com
Race information
Distance2,000 metres (1¼ miles)[1]
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationFour-years-old and up
fillies and mares
excluding Group 1 winners *[1]
Weight55½ kg
Allowances
1 kg if not Group placed *
Penalties
3 kg for Group 2 winners *
2 kg for Group 3 winners *
*since 1 June last year[1]
Purse€80,000 (2019)
1st: €40,000[1]

History

The event is named after Allez France, a successful mare trained at Chantilly during the 1970s. Her victories included the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1974.

The Prix Allez France was established in 2004, and the first running was won by Pride. It was one of several races for older fillies introduced that year across Europe. The races were designed as incentives to keep more fillies and mares from being exported or prematurely retired to stud.

Records

Most successful horse:

  • no horse has won this race more than once

Leading jockey (3 wins):

  • Maxime Guyon - Announce (2011), Romantica (2013), Marypop (2016)

Leading trainer (5 wins):

  • André Fabre - Macleya (2007), Announce (2011), Romantica (2013), Kitesurf (2018), Morgan Le Faye (2019)

Leading owner (2 wins):

Winners
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time
2004 Pride 4 Davy Bonilla Alain de Royer-Dupré NP Bloodstock Ltd 2:06.90
2005 Elopa 4 Andrasch Starke Andreas Schütz Stall Gamshof 2:01.60
2006 Paita 4 Olivier Peslier Elie Lellouche Teruya Yoshida 2:04.80
2007 Macleya 5 Stéphane Pasquier André Fabre Richard Thompson 2:01.60
2008 Fair Breeze 5 Andreas Helfenbein Mario Hofer Stall Margarethe 2:09.00
2009 Shemima 4 Christophe Soumillon Alain de Royer-Dupré HH Aga Khan IV 2:06.20
2010 Shemiyla 4 Christophe Lemaire Alain de Royer-Dupré HH Aga Khan IV 2:07.50
2011 Announce 4 Maxime Guyon André Fabre Khalid Abdullah 2:00.50
2012 Aquamarine 4 Thomas Huet Mikel Delzangles Ecurie Wildenstein 2:10.10
2013 Romantica 4 Maxime Guyon André Fabre Khalid Abdullah 2:04.30
2014 Daksha 4 Thierry Thulliez Waldemar Hickst Gestut Ittlingen 2:03.90
2015 Mayhem 4 Stéphane Pasquier Philippe Sogorb Anne-Marie Hayes 2:05.94
2016 Marypop 4 Maxime Guyon Pia Brandt Wood Hall Stud Ltd 2:04.27
2017 The Black Princess 4 Frankie Dettori John Gosden Robin Geffen 2:03.26
2018 Kitesurf[lower-alpha 1] 4 Mickael Barzalona André Fabre Godolphin 2:04.94
2019 Morgan Le Faye[lower-alpha 1] 5 Mickael Barzalona André Fabre Godolphin 2:04.43
  1. The 2018 and 2019 runnings took place at Longchamp

See also

References
  1. "Prix Allez France". The French Black Type. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
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