Prix de Condé

Turf race infobox
class = Group 3
horse race = Prix de Condé


caption =
location = Longchamp Racecourse
Paris, France
inaugurated = 1867
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat race
website = [http://www.france-galop.com/All-the-races.233+M52087573ab0.0.html?&course_id=1599&no_cache=1&numero_id=117 France-Galop.com]
distance = 1,800 metres (1⅛ miles)
track = Turf, right-handed
qualification = Two-year-olds
excluding G1 & G2 winners
weight = 56 kg
Allowances
1½ kg for fillies
Penalties
2½ kg if two Group 3 wins
1½ kg if one Group 3 win
purse = €80,000 "(2008)"
Distribution
1st: 50%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 15%
4th: 10%, 5th: 5%
bonuses = The Prix de Condé is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1,800 metres (approximately 1⅛ miles) at Longchamp Racecourse, and it takes place annually in October.

The race was first run in 1867, and it was originally contested over a distance of 2,000 metres at Chantilly. The title of the event honours the memory of the Princes of Condé, who owned the mansion which overlooks the racecourse, the Château de Chantilly. Upon the death of Louis Henri de Condé (1756–1830), the last of the Condé line, the estate was bequeathed to Henri d'Orléans, the Duc d'Aumale.

The Prix de Condé was not run in 1870 because of the Franco-Prussian War. It was transferred to its present venue, Longchamp, in 1907. The regular version of the race was abandoned throughout World War I, with no runnings from 1914 to 1918. However, at Chantilly in 1917 there was another event titled the Prix de Condé, which, like the regular version, was contested by two-year-olds over 2,000 metres.

During World War II the Prix de Condé was cancelled only once, in 1939. Thereafter, when it could not be run at Longchamp, it was temporarily switched to Auteuil (1940), Maisons-Laffitte (1943) and Tremblay (1944). At both Auteuil and Maisons-Laffitte the distance was shortened to 1,800 metres.

When the present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, the Prix de Condé was classed at Group 3 level. The usual distance of the race, which had been 2,000 metres since its launch, was purposely cut to 1,800 metres in 1985.

Records

Leading jockey (6 wins):
* Roger Poincelet – "Telegram (1949), Simplon (1952), Altipan (1956), Gelsemium (1958), Tchita (1960), Le Mesnil (1962)"----Leading trainer (6 wins):
* Etienne Pollet – "Lagides (1955), Altipan (1956), Gelsemium (1958), Tchita (1960), Le Mesnil (1962), Jacambre (1964)"
* André Fabre – "Dancehall (1988), Cristofori (1991), New Frontier (1996), Thief of Hearts (1997), Graikos (2002), Linda's Lad (2005)"----Leading owner (4 wins):
* Edouard A. de Rothschild – "Saint Just (1909), Chateau Lafite (1917), Bubbles (1927), Amalia (1935)"

Winners since 1980

note label|1996|1|1 Monza finished first in 1996 but was relegated to second place following a Stewards' Inquiry.

Earlier winners

* 1867 - Lady Henriette
* 1868 - Massinissa
* 1869 - Bachelette
* 1870 - "no race"
* 1871 - Revigny
* 1872 -
* 1873 - Saltarelle
* 1874 - Almanza
* 1875 - Basquine
* 1876 - Jongleur
* 1877 - Solliciteuse
* 1878 - Sheridan
* 1879 - La Flandrie
* 1880 - La Bultee
* 1881 - Seigneur
* 1882 - Farfadet
* 1883 -
* 1884 -
* 1885 - Utrecht
* 1886 - Oviedo
* 1887 - Saint Gall
* 1888 -
* 1889 - Bougie
* 1890 - Primerose
* 1891 -
* 1892 - Argenteuil
* 1893 - Le Pompon
* 1894 - Le Justicier
* 1895 -
* 1896 - Ortie Blanche
* 1897 - Volnay
* 1898 - Sospiro
* 1899 - Codoman
* 1900 - Jacobite
* 1901 - Kruger
* 1902 - Etang d'Or
* 1903 - Feuille de Chou

* 1904 - Genial
* 1905 - Monsieur Perichon
* 1906 - Claudia
* 1907 - Talo Biribil
* 1908 - Aveu
* 1909 - Saint Just
* 1910 - Made in England
* 1911 - Mongolie
* 1912 - Pirpiriol
* 1913 -
* 1914–16 - "no race"
* 1917 - Chateau Lafite
* 1918 - "no race"
* 1919 - Campa
* 1920 - Harpocrate
* 1921 - Ramus
* 1922 - Massine
* 1923 - Roquentin
* 1924 - Sherry
* 1925 - Becassine
* 1926 - Accalmie
* 1927 - Bubbles
* 1928 -
* 1929 -
* 1930 - Barneveldt
* 1931 - Gris Perle
* 1932 - Minestrone
* 1933 - Denver
* 1934 - Finlandaise
* 1935 - Amalia
* 1936 -
* 1937 - Castel Fusano
* 1938 - Galerien
* 1939 - "no race"
* 1940 -
* 1941 - Massinor
* 1942 - Verso II

* 1943 - Laborde
* 1944 - Basileus
* 1945 - Prince Chevalier
* 1946 - Rose O'Lynn
* 1947 -
* 1948 - Tagala
* 1949 - Telegram
* 1950 - Le Tyrol
* 1951 - Le Bourgeois
* 1952 - Simplon
* 1953 - Friendship
* 1954 - Walhalla
* 1955 - Lagides
* 1956 - Altipan
* 1957 - Apple Pippin
* 1958 - Gelsemium
* 1959 - Wordpam
* 1960 - Tchita
* 1961 - Montfleur
* 1962 - Le Mesnil
* 1963 - Le Fabuleux
* 1964 - Jacambre
* 1965 - A Tempo
* 1966 - Phaeton
* 1967 - La Lagune
* 1968 - Longpont
* 1969 - Faldor
* 1970 - Skelda
* 1971 - Relpin
* 1972 - Margouillat
* 1973 - Riverton
* 1974 -
* 1975 - French Friend
* 1976 - El Criollo
* 1977 - Pevero
* 1978 - Top Ville
* 1979 - Corvaro

References

* [http://www.france-galop.com/All-the-races.233+M52087573ab0.0.html?&course_id=1599&no_cache=1&numero_id=117 France-Galop.com]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=630 PedigreeQuery.com]
* Racing Post:
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=93917&r_date=1988-10-17 1988] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=98045&r_date=1989-10-22 1989] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=102634&r_date=1990-10-14 1990] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=107452&r_date=1991-10-13 1991] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=112343&r_date=1992-10-11 1992] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=117338&r_date=1993-10-10 1993] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=122485&r_date=1994-10-6 1994] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=127934&r_date=1995-10-5 1995] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=231424&r_date=1996-10-5 1996] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=244300&r_date=1997-10-4 1997]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=257749&r_date=1998-10-3 1998] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=273025&r_date=1999-10-2 1999] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=291563&r_date=2000-9-30 2000] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=308166&r_date=2001-10-21 2001] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=323998&r_date=2002-10-20 2002] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=340765&r_date=2003-10-19 2003] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=360206&r_date=2004-10-17 2004] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=393493&r_date=2005-10-16 2005] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=418803&r_date=2006-10-15 2006] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=443208&r_date=2007-10-21 2007]

ee also

* List of French flat horse races