Prix André Baboin
Encyclopedia
The Prix André Baboin is a Group 3
flat
horse race
in France
which is open to thoroughbred
s aged three years or older. It is run at various racecourses over distances of around 2,000 metres (1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.
, Lyon-Parilly
and Marseille-Borély
. Its distance was originally set at 2,000 metres, and it attained Group 3 status in 1984.
The race was given its present title in 1986. This was in memory of André Baboin, a chairman of the Société des Courses de Lyon and a committee member of the Société d'Encouragement, who died the previous year.
The distance of the race was extended to 2,200 metres in 1987, and it was restored to 2,000 metres in 1993. The original sequence of venues — Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseille — was repeated until 2000.
The event was staged at Toulouse
in 2001, and since then it has been switched between Lyon and Bordeaux. Its distance at the latter venue is now 1,900 metres.
Leading jockey
(3 wins):
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Leading trainer
(3 wins):
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Leading owner (2 wins):
Recurring sporting events established in 1982 – this race is included under its original title, Grand Prix des Provinces.
Conditions races
Conditions races are horse races where the weights carried by the runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to; the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving...
flat
Flat racing
Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...
horse race
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
which is open to thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
s aged three years or older. It is run at various racecourses over distances of around 2,000 metres (1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.
History
The event was established in 1982, and it was initially called the Grand Prix des Provinces. The first three editions were held at Bordeaux le BouscatBordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
, Lyon-Parilly
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
and Marseille-Borély
Marseille Borely Racecourse
Marseille Borely Racecourse is a horse racing facility for thoroughbred flat racing and standardbred harness racing located at 16, avenue de Bonneveine in Marseille, France....
. Its distance was originally set at 2,000 metres, and it attained Group 3 status in 1984.
The race was given its present title in 1986. This was in memory of André Baboin, a chairman of the Société des Courses de Lyon and a committee member of the Société d'Encouragement, who died the previous year.
The distance of the race was extended to 2,200 metres in 1987, and it was restored to 2,000 metres in 1993. The original sequence of venues — Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseille — was repeated until 2000.
The event was staged at Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
in 2001, and since then it has been switched between Lyon and Bordeaux. Its distance at the latter venue is now 1,900 metres.
Records
Leading jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
(3 wins):
- Gérald MosséGérald MosséGérald Mossé is a jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally in April 1983 and his success during his apprenticeship under Patrick-Louis Biancone led to an offer to ride for renowned trainer François Boutin and his stable of horses belonging to Jean-Luc Lagardère...
– Partipral (1994), Astarabad (1997), Right Wing (2000) - Olivier PeslierOlivier PeslierOlivier Peslier is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Peslier competes in flat racing mainly in France but travels often around the world for the big international races....
– Parme (1995), Homeland (2001), Doctor Dino (2006)
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Leading trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
(3 wins):
- Alain de Royer-DupréAlain de Royer-DupréAlain de Royer-Dupré is a leading French thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He grew up at the Haras de Saint Lô, a national stud farm in Normandy of which his father was Assistant Director and later Director, responsible for government-owned stallions based at farms in the local...
– Lowell (1989), Astarabad (1997), Valentino (2004) - Elie LelloucheElie LelloucheElie Lellouche is a French trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses and jockeys.After having modest success as a jockey, in 1979 Lellouche obtained his horse trainer's license...
– Our Account (1990), Parme (1995), Starlish (2009) - François Rohaut – Homeland (2001), Sign of the Wolf (2003), Bal de la Rose (2007)
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Leading owner (2 wins):
- Gary A. Tanaka – Homeland (2001), Caesarion (2002)
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 1982 | Darly | 3 | Alain Lequeux Alain Lequeux Alain Lequeux was one of France's leading jockeys in the 1970s and 1980s. He won 33 Group or Grade 1 races, including the 1981 Washington, D.C. International Stakes aboard Providential for trainer Charlie Whittingham. Son of leading French rider Guy Lequeux, he won more than 2,000 races while... |
David Smaga | Georges Blizniansky | |
| 1983 | Dayzaan | 7 | Freddy Head Freddy Head Freddy Head is a retired champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing and currently a horse trainer. Known also as "Freddie", his grandfather was a jockey as was his father Alec Head who also became a successful trainer and owner of Haras du Quesnay near Deauville... |
André Fabre André Fabre André Fabre is a French thoroughbred horse racing trainer.The son of a diplomat, Fabre graduated from university with a law degree but then decided to pursue a career in thoroughbred horse racing. He began by working in the stables as a groom then as a schooling rider... |
Peter Baumgartner | |
| 1984 | Monjal | 3 | Jean-Luc Kessas | Bernard Sécly Bernard Secly Bernard Secly is a horse trainer in Thoroughbred flat racing and most notably in steeplechase racing.Secly won five Group One flat races but is best known for his conditioning two French Horse Racing Hall of Fame steeplechase horses, Katko and Al Capone II.-External links:*... |
Salomon Sawicka | |
| 1985 | Pylades | 3 | Alain Junk | Charlie Milbank | Egon Wanke | |
| 1986 | Yaka | 3 | Alain Badel | Alain Chelet | Mrs Arthur Dewez | |
| 1987 | Grand Fleuve | 3 | Maurice Philipperon Maurice Philipperon Maurice Philipperon is a noted French jockey who after retirement became president of the French jockeys' association.His winning rides in Gr. 1 and 2 races included:* the Prix Ganay in 1970, 1971 and 1980 on Grandier, Caro and Arctic Tern.... |
John Cunnington, Jr. | Paul de Moussac | |
| 1988 | Vaguely Pleasant | 6 | Dominique Boeuf Dominique Boeuf Dominique Boeuf is a jockey in Thoroughbred flat racing. He began his career while still a teen and won his first race on 15 September 1984. Three years later, he got his first Group One win aboard Groom Dancer in the 1987 Prix Lupin... |
Patrick Biancone Patrick Biancone Patrick Louis Biancone is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He is currently based in the United States, but enjoyed success in both Europe and Hong Kong earlier in his career... |
André Ben Lassin | |
| 1989 | Lowell | 3 | William Mongil | Alain de Royer-Dupré Alain de Royer-Dupré Alain de Royer-Dupré is a leading French thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He grew up at the Haras de Saint Lô, a national stud farm in Normandy of which his father was Assistant Director and later Director, responsible for government-owned stallions based at farms in the local... |
Marquesa de Moratalla | 2:16.80 |
| 1990 | Our Account | 6 | Philippe Bruneau | Elie Lellouche Elie Lellouche Elie Lellouche is a French trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses and jockeys.After having modest success as a jockey, in 1979 Lellouche obtained his horse trainer's license... |
Denis Krief | |
| 1991 | Flanaghan Cocktail | 3 | Philippe Dumortier | Jean-Claude Rouget Jean-Claude Rouget Jean-Claude Rouget is a French Thoroughbred horse trainer and former jockey.-References:... |
Jean-Michel Lorca | |
| 1992 | Oumnaz | 3 | Norbert Jeanpierre | Xavier Betron | Ecurie Belles Provinces | |
| 1993 | Marildo | 6 | Guy Guignard | David Smaga | David Smaga | |
| 1994 | Partipral | 5 | Gérald Mossé Gérald Mossé Gérald Mossé is a jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally in April 1983 and his success during his apprenticeship under Patrick-Louis Biancone led to an offer to ride for renowned trainer François Boutin and his stable of horses belonging to Jean-Luc Lagardère... |
M. Delcher Sánchez | Enrique Sarasola Enrique Sarasola Enrique Sarasola was a Spanish industrialist, a major figure in his country's transition to democracy, and an owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses.... |
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| 1995 | Parme | 4 | Olivier Peslier Olivier Peslier Olivier Peslier is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Peslier competes in flat racing mainly in France but travels often around the world for the big international races.... |
Elie Lellouche Elie Lellouche Elie Lellouche is a French trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses and jockeys.After having modest success as a jockey, in 1979 Lellouche obtained his horse trainer's license... |
Daniel Wildenstein Daniel Wildenstein Daniel Leopold Wildenstein was a French art dealer and scholar, as well as a leading thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder.... |
2:06.30 |
| 1996 | Artan | 4 | Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen Peter Schiergen is a former German champion jockey and a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.- Horse trainer :Schiergen trained Boreal, winner of the 2001 Coronation Cup.... |
Martin Rölke | Stall Brandenburg | 2:08.00 |
| 1997 | Astarabad | 3 | Gérald Mossé Gérald Mossé Gérald Mossé is a jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally in April 1983 and his success during his apprenticeship under Patrick-Louis Biancone led to an offer to ride for renowned trainer François Boutin and his stable of horses belonging to Jean-Luc Lagardère... |
Alain de Royer-Dupré Alain de Royer-Dupré Alain de Royer-Dupré is a leading French thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He grew up at the Haras de Saint Lô, a national stud farm in Normandy of which his father was Assistant Director and later Director, responsible for government-owned stallions based at farms in the local... |
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| 1998 | Great Dane | 3 | Kieren Fallon Kieren Fallon Kieren Francis Fallon is a professional flat racing jockey and has been British Champion Jockey six times.... |
Henry Cecil Henry Cecil Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil is a successful English horse racing trainer who has had many winners in the Epsom Derby, 1,000 Guineas and 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Oaks and the St. Leger Stakes.... |
Greenbay Stables Ltd | 2:16.80 |
| 1999 | Kadance Ville | 4 | Jean-René Dubosc | Jean-Claude Rouget Jean-Claude Rouget Jean-Claude Rouget is a French Thoroughbred horse trainer and former jockey.-References:... |
Serge Boucheron | 2:00.90 |
| 2000 | Right Wing | 6 | Gérald Mossé Gérald Mossé Gérald Mossé is a jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally in April 1983 and his success during his apprenticeship under Patrick-Louis Biancone led to an offer to ride for renowned trainer François Boutin and his stable of horses belonging to Jean-Luc Lagardère... |
John Dunlop John L. Dunlop John L. Dunlop is a successful race horse trainer based in Arundel, Sussex, with over 3000 winners between 1966 and 2002.He was the British flat racing Champion Trainer in 1995.... |
8th Earl Cadogan Charles Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan Charles Gerald John Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan is a British peer and landowner.He was born the son of William Gerald Charles Cadogan, 7th Earl Cadogan and known as Viscount Chelsea before inheriting the title of Earl Cadogan on the death of his father on 4 July 1997. He was educated at Eton College... |
2:01.20 |
| 2001 | Homeland | 3 | Olivier Peslier Olivier Peslier Olivier Peslier is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Peslier competes in flat racing mainly in France but travels often around the world for the big international races.... |
François Rohaut | Gary A. Tanaka | 2:03.60 |
| 2002 | Caesarion | 3 | Stéphane Pasquier Stéphane Pasquier Stéphane Pasquier in Paris, France, is a flat racing jockey. In October 2006, he won the 85th Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.... |
Jean de Roualle | Gary A. Tanaka | 2:16.08 |
| 2003 | Sign of the Wolf | 3 | François-Xavier Bertras | François Rohaut | Andrew Crichton | 2:09.00 |
| 2004 | Valentino | 5 | Ioritz Mendizabal | Alain de Royer-Dupré Alain de Royer-Dupré Alain de Royer-Dupré is a leading French thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He grew up at the Haras de Saint Lô, a national stud farm in Normandy of which his father was Assistant Director and later Director, responsible for government-owned stallions based at farms in the local... |
Fierro / Forien | 2:05.00 |
| 2005 | Laverock | 3 | Miguel Blancpain | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Maktoum Al Maktoum Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum , also referred to as Sheikh Maktoum was the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and the emir of Dubai.-Biography:... |
2:12.57 |
| 2006 | Doctor Dino | 4 | Olivier Peslier Olivier Peslier Olivier Peslier is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Peslier competes in flat racing mainly in France but travels often around the world for the big international races.... |
Richard Gibson | Martinez Salmean / Nanni | 2:03.30 |
| 2007 | Bal de la Rose | 3 | Stéphane Pasquier Stéphane Pasquier Stéphane Pasquier in Paris, France, is a flat racing jockey. In October 2006, he won the 85th Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.... |
François Rohaut | Berend van Dalfsen | 2:13.63 |
| 2008 | Chopastair | 7 | Jean-Bernard Eyquem | Thierry Lemer | Ivoula / Blazy | 2:02.94 |
| 2009 | Starlish | 4 | Anthony Crastus | Elie Lellouche Elie Lellouche Elie Lellouche is a French trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses and jockeys.After having modest success as a jockey, in 1979 Lellouche obtained his horse trainer's license... |
Mrs Daniel Malingue | 2:13.86 |
| 2010 | Zibimix | 6 | Gregory Benoist | X Nakkachdji | Antoine Boucher | 2:03.25 |
See also
Recurring sporting events established in 1982 – this race is included under its original title, Grand Prix des Provinces.