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Prix Saint Alary

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Inaugurated
  
1960

Website
  
france-galop.com

Track
  
Right-handed

Sponsor
  
Race type
  
Flat / Thoroughbred

Surface
  
Turf

Distance
  
2,000 m

Location
  
Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France

The Prix Saint-Alary is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.

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History

The event is named after Evremond de Saint-Alary (1868–1941), a successful racehorse owner and breeder. It was established in 1960, and was originally contested on Longchamp's middle course (moyenne piste). It was switched to the main course (grande piste) in 1987.

The Prix Saint-Alary serves as a trial for the following month's Prix de Diane. Eleven fillies have won both races. The first was La Sega in 1962, and the most recent was Sarafina in 2010.

Records

Leading jockey (9 wins):

  • Freddy Head – Tidra (1967), Pistol Packer (1971), Riverqueen (1976), Reine de Saba (1978), Three Troikas (1979), Harbour (1982), Fitnah (1985), Lacovia (1986), Treble (1991)

    • Leading trainer (8 wins):

  • André Fabre – Grise Mine (1984), Rosefinch (1992), Intrepidity (1993), Moonlight Dance (1994), Muncie (1995), Luna Wells (1996), Vadawina (2005), Wavering (2011)

    • Leading owner (7 wins):

  • HH Aga Khan IV – Cervinia (1963), Behera (1989), Zainta (1998), Vadawina (2005), Sarafina (2010), Sagawara (2012), Vazira (2014)

    • Winners since 1978

    a We Are finished first in 2014 but was later disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance, caused by illness.
    b The 2016 running took place at Deauville while Longchamp was closed for redevelopment.

    References

    Prix Saint-Alary Wikipedia
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