Prix Guillaume d'Ornano

Prix Guillaume d'Ornano

Group 2 race
Northern Baby, oil on canvas painted by Bob Demuyser (1920-2003)
Location	Deauville Racecourse Deauville, France
Inaugurated	1952
Race type	Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor	Haras du Logis Saint-Germain
Website	france-galop.com
Race information
Distance	2,000 metres (1¼ miles)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight	58 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies
Purse	€400,000 (2016) 1st: €228,000

The Prix Guillaume d'Ornano is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.

History

The event was established in 1952, and it was originally called the Prix de la Côte Normande. The inaugural running was contested over 3,000 metres, and the race was shortened to 2,000 metres in its second year. It was extended to 2,400 metres in 1958, and restored to 2,000 metres in 1960.

The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period the Prix de la Côte Normande was classed at Group 3 level. It was promoted to Group 2 status in 1983.

The race was renamed the Prix Guillaume d'Ornano in 1987. It was named in memory of Guillaume d'Ornano (1894–1985), a former owner of Haras de Manneville, a stud farm near Deauville.

Records

Leading jockey (4 wins):

• Jean Deforge – Tiffauges (1961), Tang (1962), Chutney (1963), La Bamba (1964)
• Frankie Dettori – Kabool (1998), Best of the Bests (2000), Masterful (2001), Sri Putra (2009)

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Leading trainer (11 wins):

• André Fabre – Al Nasr (1981), Mourjane (1983), Creator (1989), Antisaar (1990), Dernier Empereur (1993), Lassigny (1994, dead-heat), Val Royal (1999), Russian Cross (2008), Saint Baudolino (2012), Vancouverite (2013), New Bay (2015)

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Leading owner (6 wins):

• Guy de Rothschild – Marly Knowe (1953), Tropique (1955), Tang (1962), Chutney (1963), La Bamba (1964), Pinson (2005)

Winners since 1979

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1979	Northern Baby	Philippe Paquet	François Boutin	Anne-Marie d'Estainville	2:02.0
1980	Glenorum	Alain Badel	David Smaga	Helen G. Stollery
1981	Al Nasr	Yves Saint-Martin	André Fabre	Moufid F. Dabaghi
1982	General Holme	Alain Lequeux	Olivier Douieb	Dan Lasater
1983	Mourjane	Alfred Gibert	André Fabre	Moufid F. Dabaghi	2:06.7
1984	Raft	Pat Eddery	Guy Harwood	Khalid Abdullah	2:04.5
1985	New Bruce	Philippe Bruneau	Gérard Collet	Ecurie du Ring	2:14.4
1986	Double Bed	Gérald Mossé	François Doumen	Ronald Reeves	2:08.7
1987	Broken Hearted	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole	Prince Fahd bin Salman	2:08.1
1988	Valanjou	Robert Laplanche	Louis Boulard	Jacques Bedel	2:06.1
1989	Creator	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:14.2
1990	Antisaar	Cash Asmussen	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:13.6
1991	Glity	Eric Legrix	Jean-Marie Béguigné	Xavier Beau	2:06.9
1992	Great Palm	Alan Munro	Paul Cole	Prince Fahd bin Salman	2:12.7
1993	Dernier Empereur	Sylvain Guillot	André Fabre	Paul de Moussac	2:07.0
1994 (dh)	Just Happy Lassigny	Walter Swinburn Thierry Jarnet	Michael Stoute André Fabre	Maktoum Al Maktoum Sultan Al Kabeer	2:09.2
1995	Montjoy	Richard Quinn	Paul Cole	Sir George Meyrick	2:11.1
1996	Sasuru	Michael Hills	Geoff Wragg	Lady Oppenheimer	2:16.1
1997	Rajpoute	Gérald Mossé	François Doumen	John D. Martin	2:05.5
1998	Kabool	Frankie Dettori	Nicolas Clément	Maktoum Al Maktoum	2:07.0
1999	Val Royal	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	2:12.7
2000	Best of the Bests	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:06.7
2001	Masterful	Frankie Dettori	John Gosden	Sheikh Mohammed	2:07.9
2002	Highdown	Martin Dwyer	Marcus Tregoning	Mrs W. W. Fleming	2:10.4
2003	Kalabar	Thierry Thulliez	Pascal Bary	Khalid Abdullah	2:10.8
2004	Mister Monet	Joe Fanning	Mark Johnston	Syndicate 2002	2:14.4
2005	Pinson	Stéphane Pasquier	Jean-Claude Rouget	Guy de Rothschild	2:10.5
2006	Multidimensional	Christophe Lemaire	Henry Cecil	Niarchos Family	2:14.3
2007	Literato	Christophe Lemaire	Jean-Claude Rouget	Hervé Morin	2:03.9
2008	Russian Cross	Johan Victoire	André Fabre	Edouard E. de Rothschild	2:08.5
2009	Sri Putra	Frankie Dettori	Michael Jarvis	Sultan Ahmad Shah	2:06.1
2010	Scalo	Maxime Guyon	Andreas Wöhler	Gestüt Ittlingen	2:13.0
2011	Galikova	Olivier Peslier	Freddy Head	Wertheimer et Frère	2:07.6
2012	Saint Baudolino	Maxime Guyon	André Fabre	Godolphin	2:07.7
2013	Vancouverite	Pierre-Charles Boudot	André Fabre	Godolphin	2:04.22
2014	Gailo Chop	Julien Augé	Antoine de Watrigant	Oti / Chopard	2:11.64
2015	New Bay	Vincent Cheminaud	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:08.34
2016	Almanzor	Jean-Beanard Eyquem	Jean-Claude Rouget	Caro / Augustin-Normand	2:09.63

Earlier winners

• 1952:
• 1953: Marly Knowe
• 1954: Tribord
• 1955: Tropique
• 1956:
• 1957: Fil d'Argent
• 1958: Wallaby
• 1959: Fatralo
• 1960: Hautain

• 1961: Tiffauges
• 1962: Tang
• 1963: Chutney
• 1964: La Bamba
• 1965: Rayon Rose
• 1966: Top Dream
• 1967: Topyo
• 1968: Semillant
• 1969: Gag

• 1970: Gold Rod
• 1971: Galant Prince
• 1972: La Troublerie
• 1973:
• 1974: Twig
• 1975: Kasteel
• 1976: Iron Duke
• 1977: Gairloch
• 1978: Crimson Beau

See also

• List of French flat horse races
• Recurring sporting events established in 1952 – this race is included under its original title, Prix de la Côte Normande.

References

• France Galop / Racing Post:
  • "1979"., "1980"., "1981"., "1982"., "1983"., "1984"., "1985"., "1986"., "1987"., "1988".
  • "1989"., "1990"., "1991"., "1992"., "1993"., "1994"., "1995"., "1996"., "1997"., "1998".
  • "1999"., "2000"., "2001"., "2002"., "2003"., "2004"., "2005"., "2006"., "2007"., "2008".
  • "2009"., "2010"., "2011"., "2012"., "2013"., "2014"., "2015"., "2016".

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• france-galop.com – A Brief History: Prix Guillaume d'Ornano.
• galop.courses-france.com – Prix Guillaume d'Ornano – Palmarès depuis 1983.
• galopp-sieger.de – Prix Guillaume d'Ornano (ex Prix Côte de la Normande).
• horseracingintfed.com – International Federation of Horseracing Authorities – Prix Guillaume d'Ornano (2016).