Prix Saint-Alary

Turf race infobox
class = Group 1
horse race = Prix Saint-Alary


caption =
location = Longchamp Racecourse
Paris, France
inaugurated = 1960
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat race
sponsor = Coolmore Stud
website = [http://www.france-galop.com/All-the-races.233+M52087573ab0.0.html?&course_id=1517&no_cache=1&numero_id=25 France-Galop.com]
distance = 2,000 metres (1¼ miles)
track = Turf, right-handed
qualification = Three-year-old fillies
weight = 57 kg
purse = €250,000 "(2008)"
Distribution
1st: 57.14%, 2nd: 22.86%
3rd: 11.43%, 4th: 5.71%
5th: 2.86%
bonuses = The Prix Saint-Alary is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1¼ miles) at Longchamp Racecourse and takes place annually in May.

It was first run in 1960 and was named in honour of Evremond de Saint-Alary (1868–1941), a leading racehorse owner and breeder in France.

The race is a trial for the Prix de Diane, which usually takes place three weeks later at Chantilly. Nine fillies have won both races, including Indian Skimmer, to date the only foreign trained winner of the Prix Saint-Alary.

Records

Leading jockey (9 wins):
* Freddy Head – "Tidra (1967), Pistol Packer (1971), Riverqueen (1976), Reine de Saba (1978), Three Troikas (1979), Harbour (1982), Fitnah (1985), Lacovia (1986), Treble (1991)"----Leading trainer (7 wins):
* André Fabre – "Grise Mine (1984), Rosefinch (1992), Intrepidity (1993), Moonlight Dance (1994), Muncie (1995), Luna Wells (1996), Vadawina (2005)"----Leading owner (4 wins):
* HH Aga Khan IV – "Cervinia (1963), Behera (1989), Zainta (1998), Vadawina (2005)"

Winners since 1979

Earlier winners

* 1960 - La Motte
* 1961 - Solitude
* 1962 - La Sega
* 1963 - Cervinia
* 1964 - Belle Sicambre
* 1965 - Scala
* 1966 - Tonnera

* 1967 - Tidra
* 1968 - "no race"
* 1969 - Saraca
* 1970 - Lalika
* 1971 - Pistol Packer
* 1972 - Prodice
* 1973 - Dahlia

* 1974 - Comtesse de Loir
* 1975 - Nobiliary
* 1976 - Riverqueen
* 1977 - Madelia
* 1978 - Reine de Saba

References

* [http://www.france-galop.com/All-the-races.233+M52087573ab0.0.html?&course_id=1517&no_cache=1&numero_id=25 France-Galop.com]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=516 PedigreeQuery.com]
* Racing Post:
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=90868&r_date=1988-5-22 1988] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=94967&r_date=1989-5-21 1989] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=99400&r_date=1990-5-20 1990] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=104197&r_date=1991-5-19 1991] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=109078&r_date=1992-5-24 1992] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=114093&r_date=1993-5-23 1993] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=119166&r_date=1994-5-22 1994] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=124505&r_date=1995-5-21 1995] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=204040&r_date=1996-5-19 1996] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=239437&r_date=1997-5-18 1997]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=252664&r_date=1998-5-17 1998] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=268250&r_date=1999-5-23 1999] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=282510&r_date=2000-5-21 2000] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=301894&r_date=2001-5-20 2001] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=317514&r_date=2002-5-19 2002] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=333878&r_date=2003-5-18 2003] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=353237&r_date=2004-5-23 2004] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=386350&r_date=2005-5-22 2005] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=410213&r_date=2006-5-21 2006] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=434081&r_date=2007-5-20 2007]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=458980&r_date=2008-5-18 2008]
* "galop.courses-france.com:"
** [http://galop.courses-france.com/plat/courses/Prix-Saint-Alary-1950-1979.php 1960-1979] , [http://galop.courses-france.com/plat/courses/Prix-Saint-Alary-1980-2009.php 1980-present]

ee also

* List of French flat horse races