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Prix du Moulin de Longchamp

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History

BAAEED winning the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp.
BAAEED winning the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp. Picture: Pat Healy Photography

The Prix du Moulin de Longchamp is a Group 1 race run under Weight For Age conditions for three year olds and up at Longchamp conducted by France Galop.

The Prix du Moulin de Longchamp is run over 1600m. It was first run in 1957 and was won by Rose Royale.

The Prix du Moulin de Longchamp is named after the windmill within the bounds of the Longchamp course. It was moved to September in the 1970s and settled on this date in 2011.

It was brought in to celebrate the centenary of Longchamp in 1957. The Prix de l'Abbaye on Arc day is the other race doing just that.

In the last of his seven consecutive Group 1 wins, Rock Of Gibraltar ended his career winning this race in 2002.

During his 2005 European season under Luca Cumani, former Australian horse Starcraft won Prix du Moulin de Longchamp and then the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

The 2019 edition was a controversial running as Circus Maximus under Ryan Moore drifted out on Romanised but held the race after a protest. There was even an appeal post-meeting as to the final outcome.

Baaeed won his first major taking the 2021 running. He would also win races like the QEII Stakes and Lockinge Stakes afterwards and then become an all-time great in 2022.

Cash Asmussen won it six times as a rider and Andre Fabre also won it seven times as a trainer.

The last non-French winner was Dreamloper in 2022 for Ed Walker.

The Prix du Moulin de Longchamp was worth €450,000 in 2023.

Notable winners of the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp include Baaeed (2021), Persian King (2020), Circus Maximus (2019), Recoletos (2018), Ribchester (2017), Vadamos (2016), Ervedya (2015), Moonlight Cloud (2012), Excelebration (2011), Goldikova (2008), Starcraft (2005), Rock Of Gibraltar (2002), Desert Prince (1998), Spinning World (1997), Kingmanbo (1993), Soviet Star (1988), Rousillon (1985), Irish River (1979), Sanedtki (1978), Sallust (1972), Habitat (1969) and Hula Dancer (1963).

The 2023 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp was won by Sauterne from Big Rock and Facteur Cheval.


Racing and Sports

Previous Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
SAUTERNE (FR) 3F
KINGMAN (GB) - SALICORNE (USA) ARAGORN (IRE)
TONY PICCONE 55.5 P COTTIER 1
DREAMLOPER (IRE) 5M
LOPE DE VEGA (IRE) - LIVIA'S DREAM (IRE) TEOFILO (IRE)
KIERAN SHOEMARK 57.5 EDWARD WALKER 2
BAAEED (GB) 3C
SEA THE STARS (IRE) - AGHAREED (USA) KINGMAMBO (USA)
JIM CROWLEY 57.0 W J HAGGAS 4
PERSIAN KING (IRE) 4H
KINGMAN (GB) - PRETTY PLEASE (IRE) DYLAN THOMAS (IRE)
PIERRE-CHARLES BOUDOT 58.5 A FABRE 1
CIRCUS MAXIMUS (IRE) 3C
GALILEO (IRE) - DUNTLE (IRE) DANEHILL DANCER (IRE)
RYAN MOORE 56.5 A P O'BRIEN 6
RECOLETOS (FR) 4H
WHIPPER (USA) - HIGHPHAR (FR) HIGHEST HONOR (FR)
O PESLIER 59.0 C LAFFON-PARIAS 6
RIBCHESTER (IRE) 4H
IFFRAAJ (GB) - MUJARAH (IRE) MARJU (IRE)
JAMES DOYLE 58.5 R A FAHEY 8
VADAMOS (FR) 5H
MONSUN (GER) - CELEBRE VADALA (FR) PEINTRE CELEBRE (USA)
VINCENT CHEMINAUD 58.5 A FABRE 2
ERVEDYA (FR) 3F
SIYOUNI (FR) - ELVA (IRE) KING'S BEST (USA)
C SOUMILLON 55.0 J-C ROUGET 2
CHARM SPIRIT (IRE) 3C
INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) - L'ENJOLEUSE (IRE) MONTJEU (IRE)
THIERRY JARNET 56.0 FREDDIE HEAD 1
MAXIOS (GB) 5H
MONSUN (GER) - MOONLIGHT'S BOX (USA) NUREYEV (USA)
STEPHANE PASQUIER 58.0 J E PEASE 4
MOONLIGHT CLOUD (GB) 4M
INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) - VENTURA (IRE) SPECTRUM (IRE)
THIERRY JARNET 56.5 FREDDIE HEAD 1
EXCELEBRATION (IRE) 3C
EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) - SUN SHOWER (IRE) INDIAN RIDGE (GB)
J P SPENCER 56.0 M BOTTI 1
FUISSE (FR) 4H
GREEN TUNE (USA) - FUNNY FEERIE (FR) SILLERY (USA)
STEPHANE PASQUIER 58.0 CRIQUETTE HEAD-MAAREK 4
AQLAAM (GB) 4H
OASIS DREAM (GB) - BOURBONELLA (GB) RAINBOW QUEST (USA)
R HILLS 58.0 W J HAGGAS 2
GOLDIKOVA (IRE) 3F
ANABAA (USA) - BORN GOLD (USA) BLUSHING GROOM (FR)
O PESLIER 54.5 FREDDIE HEAD 2
DARJINA (FR) 3F
ZAMINDAR (USA) - DARINSKA (IRE) ZILZAL (USA)
C SOUMILLON 54.5 A DE ROYER DUPRE 3
LIBRETTIST (USA) 4H
DANZIG (USA) - MYSTERIAL (USA) ALLEGED (USA)
LANFRANCO DETTORI 58.0 SAEED BIN SUROOR
STARCRAFT (NZ) 5H
SOVIET STAR (USA) - FLYING FLOOZIE (NZ) POMPEII COURT (USA)
C P LEMAIRE 58.0 L M CUMANI
GREY LILAS (IRE) 3F
DANEHILL (USA) - KENMIST (GB) KENMARE (FR)
E LEGRIX 54.5 A FABRE
NEBRASKA TORNADO (USA) 3F
STORM CAT (USA) - MEDIA NOX (GB) LYCIUS (USA)
R HUGHES 54.5 A FABRE 7
ROCK OF GIBRALTAR (IRE) 3C
DANEHILL (USA) - OFFSHORE BOOM (GB) BE MY GUEST (USA)
M KINANE 56.0 A P O'BRIEN 7
SLICKLY (FR) 5H
LINAMIX (FR) - SLIPSTREAM QUEEN (USA) CONQUISTADOR CIELO (USA)
LANFRANCO DETTORI 58.0 SAEED BIN SUROOR
INDIAN LODGE (IRE) 4H
GRAND LODGE (USA) - REPETITIOUS (GB) VERBATIM
C ASMUSSEN 58.0 MRS A J PERRETT

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