Prix du Cadran

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Group 1 race
Prix du Cadran
Location Longchamp Racecourse
Paris, France
Inaugurated 1837
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor Qatar
Website france-galop.com
Race information
Distance 4,000 metres (2½ miles)
Track Turf, right-handed
Qualification Four-years-old and up
Weight 58 kg
Allowances
1½ kg for fillies and mares
Purse €250,000 (2009)
Distribution
1st: 57.14%, 2nd: 22.86%
3rd: 11.43%, 4th: 5.71%
5th: 2.86%

The Prix du Cadran is a Group 1 flat horse race in France which is open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 4,000 metres (about 2½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early October.

It is the most prestigious race in France for "stayers" – those horses which specialise in racing over long distances. The equivalent event in Great Britain is the Gold Cup, which is run at Royal Ascot in June.

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[edit] History

The Prix du Cadran was first run on April 27, 1837. It was named after a clock face (French word cadran) at the École Militaire, which is located next to the race's original venue, the Champ de Mars. It is the second oldest horse race in France which is still known by its original title, behind the Prix du Jockey Club (established in 1836). The event was initially contested over one and a quarter laps of the Champs de Mars, a distance of 2,500 metres. The inaugural running offered a prize fund of 3,000 francs. It was extended to 4,000 metres in 1843, and then to 4,200 metres in 1846.

The Prix du Cadran was temporarily switched to Versailles during the 1848 French Revolution. It was not run in 1850, and it underwent several changes in the following decade. Its distance was frequently modified between 1851 and 1857, and it was restricted to four-year-olds in 1854. The race was moved to Longchamp in 1857, and it reverted to 4,200 metres in 1858.

The Prix du Cadran was cancelled in 1871 because of the Franco-Prussian War. Its distance was cut to 4,000 metres in 1913, and at the same time it was opened to horses aged five or older. It was abandoned throughout World War I, with no running from 1915 to 1918.

The event was cancelled only once during World War II, in 1940. It was transferred to Le Tremblay from 1943 to 1945, where it was contested over 4,100 metres. The only subsequent cancellation came in 1968.

When the present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, the Prix du Cadran was classed at the highest level, Group 1. At this time it took place in late May. It was opened to geldings in 1986, and it was moved to a new calendar position, the Saturday of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe weekend, in 1991. It is now usually run on the first Sunday in October, the same day as the "Arc".

[edit] Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):

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

Leading trainer (15 wins):

  • Tom Jennings, Sr. – 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)

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)

[edit] Winners since 1969

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1969 Levmoss 4 Bill Williamson Seamus McGrath Seamus McGrath 4:42.7
1970 Le Chouan 4 Bill Pyers Maurice Zilber Daniel Wildenstein 4:28.7
1971 Ramsin 4 Henri Samani Geoffroy Watson Baron Thierry van Zuylen 4:49.0
1972 Rock Roi 5 Duncan Keith Peter Walwyn Roger Hue-Williams 4:30.6
1973 Lassalle 4 Jimmy Lindley Richard Carver, Jr. Zenya Yoshida 4:40.5
1974 Recupere 4 Yves Saint-Martin Gilles Delloye Alan Clore 4:40.5
1975 Le Bavard 4 Alfred Gibert Max Bonaventure Henry Aubert 4:40.0
1976 Sagaro 5 Philippe Paquet François Boutin Gerry Oldham 4:20.9
1977 Buckskin 4 Yves Saint-Martin Angel Penna, Sr. Daniel Wildenstein 4:36.0
1978 Buckskin 5 Yves Saint-Martin Peter Walwyn Daniel Wildenstein 4:38.1
1979 El Badr 4 Henri Samani Mitri Saliba Mahmoud Fustok 4:17.3
1980 Shafaraz 7 Maurice Philipperon Pierre Biancone Yurk Skalka 4:17.4
1981 Gold River 4 Freddy Head Alec Head Jacques Wertheimer 4:38.0
1982 El Badr 7 Alfred Gibert Mitri Saliba Mahmoud Fustok 5:19.1
1983 Karkour 5 Freddy Head Joseph Audon Ecurie Manhattan 4:49.6
1984 Neustrien 5 Eric Legrix Patrick Biancone Naji Pharaon 4:45.5
1985 Balitou 6 Eric Legrix Patrick Biancone Daniel Wildenstein 4:17.9
1986 Air de Cour 4 Eric Legrix Patrick Biancone Daniel Wildenstein 4:21.1
1987 Royal Gait 4 Olindo Mongelluzzo G. Villarta Manuel Pereira-Arias 4:28.9
1988 Yaka 5 Cash Asmussen Alain Chelet Mrs Arthur Dewez 4:34.0
1989 Trebrook 5 Eric Legrix Jean Lesbordes Georges Blizniansky 4:23.1
1990 Mercalle 4 Maurice Bouland Maurice Bouland Raymond Le Poder 4:19.2
1991 Victoire Bleue 4 Thierry Jarnet André Fabre Daniel Wildenstein 4:27.0
1992 Sought Out 4 Cash Asmussen John Hammond Lord Weinstock 4:41.1
1993 Assessor 4 John Reid Richard Hannon Bjorn E. Nielsen 4:38.2
1994 Molesnes 4 Olivier Peslier Marcel Rolland Mitaab bin Abdullah 4:27.5
1995 Always Earnest 7 Alain Badel Myriam Bollack-Badel Mrs Claude Bourg 4:36.5
1996 Nononito 5 Thierry Jarnet Jean Lesbordes Patrick Sebagh 4:31.5
1997 Chief Contender 4 Olivier Doleuze Peter Chapple-Hyam Sue Magnier 4:16.4
1998 Invermark 4 Richard Hughes James Fanshawe Sir David Wills 4:47.8
1999 Tajoun 5 Gérald Mossé Alain de Royer-Dupré HH Aga Khan IV 4:51.8
2000 San Sebastian 6 Davy Bonilla John Dunlop Mrs Michael Watt 4:14.1
2001 Germinis 7 Renaud Janneau Patrice Chevillard Robert Sallet 4:46.3
2002 Give Notice 5 Johnny Murtagh John Dunlop Stewart-Brown / Meacock 4:23.8
2003 Westerner 4 Dominique Boeuf Elie Lellouche Ecurie Wildenstein 4:37.5
2004 Westerner 5 Olivier Peslier Elie Lellouche Ecurie Wildenstein 4:19.8
2005 Reefscape 4 Christophe Soumillon André Fabre Khalid Abdullah 4:36.0
2006 Sergeant Cecil 7 Frankie Dettori Rod Millman Terry Cooper 4:20.9
2007 Le Miracle 6 Dominique Boeuf Werner Baltromei R'stall Gestüt Hachtsee 4:29.8
2008 Bannaby 5 Christophe Soumillon M. Delcher Sánchez Cuadra Miranda 4:22.2
2009 Alandi 4 Michael Kinane John Oxx HH Aga Khan IV 4:12.7
2010 Gentoo 6 Gérald Mossé Alain Lyon Serge Tripier-Mondancin 4:40.8
2011 Kasbah Bliss 9 Gérald Mossé François Doumen Henri de Pracomtal 4:30.52

[edit] Earlier winners

* Vamos finished first in 1953, but he was disqualified.

[edit] References

[edit] See also

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