Prix Paul de Moussac

Turf race infobox
class = Group 3
horse race = Prix Paul de Moussac


caption =
location = Chantilly Racecourse
Chantilly, France
inaugurated = 1909
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat race
website = [http://www.france-galop.com/All-the-races.233+M52087573ab0.0.html?&course_id=1564&no_cache=1&numero_id=152 France-Galop.com]
distance = 1,600 metres (1 mile)
track = Turf, right-handed
qualification = Three-year-old
colts and geldings
excluding Group 1 winners
from earlier in same year
weight = 55½ kg
Penalties
3 kg for Group 1 winners *
2 kg for Group 2 winners *
1 kg for Group 3 winners *
* "since September 1 last year"
purse = €80,000 "(2008)"
Distribution
1st: 50%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 15%
4th: 10%, 5th: 5%
bonuses = The Prix Paul de Moussac is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at Chantilly Racecourse, and it takes place annually in June.

It was first run in 1909 at Longchamp as the Prix de La Jonchere, named after the racehorse La Jonchere, winner of the Prix de Diane in 1877. Originally the race was contested over 1,400 metres and open to horses three-years-old and up.

The race was not run from 1915 to 1918 during World War I and was transferred to Tremblay from 1943 to 1945 due to World War II, but otherwise it remained at Longchamp until 1986. The distance was increased to 1,500 metres in 1966 and to its present length in 1971. The race was restricted to three-year-olds in 1972.

For several years after leaving Longchamp the venue frequently changed, with races at Chantilly (1987–89, 1991, 1993), Saint-Cloud (1990, 1992) and Maisons-Laffitte (1994). It returned to Longchamp for two runnings in the mid 1990s before switching in 1997 to its present home, Chantilly.

The race was re-named in 2006 to honour Paul de Moussac (1924–1995), a leading French racehorse owner and breeder.

Records

Leading jockey (6 wins):
* Roger Poincelet – "Fanatique (1944), Menetrier (1948, 1949), Djebe (1950), Antler (1954), Fiftieth State (1962)"
* Freddy Head – "Lemmy (1967), Daring Display (1972), Satingo (1973), Avaray (1976), Bellypha (1979), What a Guest (1982)"----Leading trainer (7 wins):
* André Fabre – "Polish Precedent (1989), Metal Storm (1991), Sharman (1993), Freedom Cry (1994), Android (1996), Grazalema (1999), Art Master (2004)"----Leading owner (4 wins):
* Daniel Wildenstein – "Faraway Son (1971), Boxing Day (1990), Freedom Cry (1994), Android (1996)"

Winners since 1980

note label|1999|1|1 Irish Prize finished first in 1999 but was relegated to fourth place following a Stewards' Inquiry.

Earlier winners

* 1909 - Prestissimo
* 1910 - Oversight
* 1911 - Le Charmeur
* 1912 -
* 1913 - Dagor
* 1914 -
* 1915–18 - "no race"
* 1919 -
* 1920 - Maskara
* 1921 - Glorious
* 1922 -
* 1923 -
* 1924 - Perdicas
* 1925 - Entrechat
* 1926 - Millet
* 1927 - Samphire
* 1928 - King Arthur
* 1929 -
* 1930 -
* 1931 -
* 1932 -
* 1933 - Rodosto
* 1934 - Rodosto

* 1935 -
* 1936 - Ambrose Light
* 1937 - Flying Thoughts
* 1938 - Blue Star
* 1939 - Emir d'Iran
* 1940 - Corviglia
* 1941 - Panipat
* 1942 - Balthazar
* 1943 -
* 1944 - Fanatique
* 1945 -
* 1946 - Patchouly
* 1947 - Dorogoi
* 1948 - Menetrier
* 1949 - Menetrier
* 1950 - Djebe
* 1951 - Bel Amour
* 1952 - Luzon
* 1953 - Luzon
* 1954 - Antler
* 1955 - Klairon
* 1956 - Pas de Quatre
* 1957 - Verrieres

* 1958 - Sweet Home
* 1959 - Radjah
* 1960 - Trevieres
* 1961 -
* 1962 - Fiftieth State
* 1963 - Catilina
* 1964 -
* 1965 - Nemours
* 1966 -
* 1967 - Lemmy
* 1968 - Calife
* 1969 - Calife
* 1970 -
* 1971 - Faraway Son
* 1972 - Daring Display
* 1973 - Satingo
* 1974 - Contraband
* 1975 - Dandy Lute
* 1976 - Avaray
* 1977 - Lightning
* 1978 - Mannshour
* 1979 - Bellypha

References

* [http://www.france-galop.com/All-the-races.233+M52087573ab0.0.html?&course_id=1564&no_cache=1&numero_id=152 France-Galop.com]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=775 PedigreeQuery.com]
* Racing Post:
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=91313&r_date=1988-6-12 1988] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=95388&r_date=1989-6-11 1989] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=99718&r_date=1990-6-4 1990] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=104524&r_date=1991-6-4 1991] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=109424&r_date=1992-6-8 1992] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=114425&r_date=1993-6-6 1993] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=119522&r_date=1994-6-4 1994] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=124850&r_date=1995-6-3 1995] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=204563&r_date=1996-6-1 1996] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=240267&r_date=1997-6-8 1997]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=253915&r_date=1998-6-7 1998] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=269219&r_date=1999-6-13 1999] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=283519&r_date=2000-6-11 2000] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=303236&r_date=2001-6-18 2001] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=319032&r_date=2002-6-17 2002] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=335472&r_date=2003-6-16 2003] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=355076&r_date=2004-6-21 2004] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=387746&r_date=2005-6-12 2005] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=411896&r_date=2006-6-11 2006] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=435671&r_date=2007-6-10 2007]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=460781&r_date=2008-6-8 2008]
* [http://galop.courses-france.com/plat/courses/Prix-Paul-de-Moussac-1980-2009.php galop.courses-france.com]

ee also

* List of French flat horse races
* " – the Prix Paul de Moussac is included under its original title, Prix de La Jonchere."