- Francois Boutin
Horseracing personalities infobox
name = Francois Boutin
caption =
occupation = Trainer
birthplace =Beaunay ,Marne ,France
birth date = January 21, 1937
death date = February 1, 1995
career wins = Not found
race =Criterium de Saint-Cloud
(1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1989)Prix Lupin
(1970, 1982, 1983, 1991, 1992, 1993)Prix Morny
(1973, 1977, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993)Prix Jacques Le Marois
(1974, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994)Prix de la Salamandre
(1974, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993)Prix d'Ispahan (1975, 1976, 1988)Prix Jean Prat
(1975, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1990)
Grand Critérium (1975, 1977, 1990, 1991)Prix du Moulin de Longchamp
(1975, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1993)Prix Vermeille (1976, 1981, 1984)Prix Marcel Boussac (1977, 1981, 1986)
Prix d'Astarté (1978, 1992)Prix Maurice de Gheest (1979, 1980)Prix Ganay (1980, 1984, 1986)Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
(1982, 1987, 1993, 1994)Poule d'Essai des Poulains
(1983, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)French Classic Races :Grand Prix de Paris (1974)Prix du Jockey Club (1974, 1993)Prix de Diane (1984, 1986, 1988, 1994)British Classic Races :Epsom Oaks (1968)
2,000 Guineas (1974, 1982)
1,000 Guineas (1987)Other major
England /Ireland wins:Ascot Gold Cup (1975, 1976, 1977)Irish Derby Stakes (1976)St. James's Palace Stakes (1993)
Matron Stakes (1994)United States :Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational (1981, 1982)Washington, D.C. International Stakes (1982, 1984)Breeders' Cup :Breeders' Cup Turf Mile (1987, 1988)Breeders' Cup Juvenile (1991)
awards =Leading trainer in France by earnings
(1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984)
Daily Telegraph Award of Merit (1993)
honours =Prix François Boutin at Deauville Racecourse
horses =Nonoalco , Sagaro, Nureyev,April Run ,Miesque ,Blushing John ,Hector Protector ,Arazi Kingmambo ,East of the Moon
updated = CURRENTTIME, CURRENTDAYNAMECURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTDAY CURRENTYEAR (UTC )François Boutin (
January 21 ,1937 -February 1 ,1995 ) was a leading FrenchThoroughbred horse trainer . The son of afarmer , he was born in the village ofBeaunay in the northerlyMarne département . He began riding horses at a young age and competed inshow jumping andcross-country equestrianism . He began his professional racing career driving horses inharness racing then after serving as aflat racing apprentice, obtained his license as a trainer in 1964.François Boutin was the trainer for the stables of
Jean-Luc Lagardère and for theStavros Niarchos family. During his more than thirty year career he was the leading money winner in France seven times (1976, 1978-81, 1983-84). Although victory eluded him in France's most prestigious horse race, thePrix de l'Arc de Triomphe , Boutin won thePoule d'Essai des Poulains on six occasions and most every other important race in the country multiple times.Racing outside of France, Boutin's horse Sagaro is the only one to ever have won England's
Ascot Gold Cup three years in a row. As well, Boutin-trained horses won the 1982 English 2,000 Guineas, the 1987 1,000 Guineas and the Matron Stakes inIreland (Nureyev, ridden by stable jockeyPhilippe Paquet , finished first in the 1980 Two Thousand Guineas, but was later disqualified). François Boutin trainedApril Run for Diana M. Firestone who won in France plus had back-to-back wins in the 1981-82 Grade IJoe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational atBelmont Park .Boutin is best remembered as the trainer of the Hall of Fame
filly Miesque who had back-to-back wins in theBreeders' Cup Mile in 1987 and 1988 and forArazi , whose breathtaking victory in the 1991Breeders' Cup Juvenile was followed by his shocking upset in the 1992Kentucky Derby .François Boutin was married to American Lucy Young, the daughter of
Overbrook Farm ownerWilliam T. Young . Their daughter, Patricia Boutin, is involved in the sport, operating Suprina Bloodstock agency.In 1995, François Boutin died of a heart attack in
Paris . ThePrix François Boutin atHippodrome Deauville-La Touques race course inDeauville is named in his honor.References
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950202/ai_n13964775 February 2, 1995 obituary for Francois Boutin in "The Independent"]
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