Prix de Fontainebleau

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


caption =
location = Longchamp Racecourse
Paris, France
inaugurated = 1889
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat race
sponsor = SG Private Banking
website = [http://www.france-galop.com/All-the-races.233+M52087573ab0.0.html?&course_id=1597&no_cache=1&numero_id=119 France-Galop.com]
distance = 1,600 metres (1 mile)
track = Turf, right-handed
qualification = Three-year-old colts
weight = 58 kg
purse = €80,000 "(2008)"
Distribution
1st: 50%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 15%
4th: 10%, 5th: 5%
bonuses = The Prix de Fontainebleau is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at Longchamp Racecourse, and it takes place annually in April.

It was first run in 1889 and is named after Fontainebleau Forest, where a race meeting used to be held from 1862 to 1891 at the Vallée de la Solle racecourse. The original distance of the race was 2,200 metres (1 mile 3 furlongs), which was cut to 1,600 metres in 1952 when it became a trial race for the Poule d'Essai des Poulains. After several alterations in the mid 1960s, the race returned to this distance in 1968.

Records since 1952

Leading jockey (6 wins):
* Maurice Philipperon – "Farabi (1967), Blinis (1971), Arctic Tern (1976), Irish River (1979), Castle Guard (1983), Kendor (1989)"----Leading trainer (9 wins):
* Etienne Pollet – "Thunderhead (1952), Tosco (1953), Tenareze (1956), Pantouflard (1958), Aerodynamic (1961), Prudent (1962), Neptunus (1964), Grey Dawn (1965), Timmy My Boy (1968)"----Leading owner (4 wins):
* Gertrude Widener – "Aerodynamic (1961), Prudent (1962), Grey Dawn (1965), Timmy My Boy (1968)"

Winners since 1979

Earlier winners

* 1952 - Thunderhead II
* 1953 - Tosco
* 1954 - Ferriol
* 1955 -
* 1956 - Tenareze
* 1957 - Franc Luron
* 1958 - Pantouflard
* 1959 -
* 1960 - Bondolfi

* 1961 - Aerodynamic
* 1962 - Prudent
* 1963 - Manderley
* 1964 - Neptunus
* 1965 - Grey Dawn
* 1966 - Barbare
* 1967 - Farabi
* 1968 - Timmy My Boy
* 1969 - Le Mas Marvent

* 1970 - Breton
* 1971 - Blinis
* 1972 - Hard to Beat
* 1973 - African Sky
* 1974 - Mount Hagen
* 1975 - Monsanto
* 1976 - Arctic Tern
* 1977 - Blushing Groom
* 1978 - Kenmare

References

* [http://www.france-galop.com/All-the-races.233+M52087573ab0.0.html?&course_id=1597&no_cache=1&numero_id=119 France-Galop.com]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=579 PedigreeQuery.com]
* Racing Post:
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=90286&r_date=1988-4-17 1988] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=94388&r_date=1989-4-16 1989] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=98774&r_date=1990-4-16 1990] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=103555&r_date=1991-4-11 1991] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=108453&r_date=1992-4-20 1992] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=113475&r_date=1993-4-19 1993] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=118491&r_date=1994-4-16 1994] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=123941&r_date=1995-4-23 1995] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=202673&r_date=1996-4-21 1996] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=238020&r_date=1997-4-20 1997]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=251284&r_date=1998-4-19 1998] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=266635&r_date=1999-4-25 1999] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=280815&r_date=2000-4-23 2000] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=300097&r_date=2001-4-15 2001] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=315488&r_date=2002-4-14 2002] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=332024&r_date=2003-4-20 2003] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=351276&r_date=2004-4-25 2004] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=384064&r_date=2005-4-24 2005] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=407814&r_date=2006-4-23 2006] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=430688&r_date=2007-4-15 2007]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=455442&r_date=2008-4-13 2008]
* [http://galop.courses-france.com/plat/courses/Prix-de-Fontainebleau-1980-2009.php galop.courses-france.com]

ee also

* List of French flat horse races