Condé History: A Classics pre-school

September, Chantilly

Prix de Condé

Group 3, 2-year-olds, 1,800m/9f, €56,000

Created in 1867

Last winner: Makaloun (c2, FRA by Bated Breath ex Makana, by Dalakhani), owned by Aga Khan, bred by Aga Khan, trained by Jean-Claude Rouget, ridden by Cristian Demuro.

The race is run in 2021 for the 149th time

The 2020 edition

Monday, September 28, Chantilly. – It looks like the further -and the deeper- is the better for the Aga Khan's Makaloun (Bated Breath), who won his 4th consecutive trial for his first attempt in a Group race on the yielding 9f of the Prix de Condé (Gr3). Trained by Jean-Claude Rouget, the 2-year-old colt led the race and took off going into the homestretch, the filly Anasia (Intello) being the only one that could somehow keep up with him for a while before obliging to finish 2nd at 5 lengths. Also unbeaten before the race with two wins under his belt, the gelding Kergrist (Milanais) stayed on in 3rd, 4 lengths behind.

Click here to get the sectional timing of the race.

Makaloun is the 4th foal out of Makana (Dalakhani), twice a winner at three, including once over a very soft 15-furlongs trip after getting beaten in the Prix de Malleret (Gr2) on a good to soft course.

Makana is a sister to Markazi (Dark Angel), a Prix Omnium II (L) winner, later 4th in the Prix de Fontainebleau (Gr3), another French Guineas trial, and who is now racing in Britain. He had been sold for €140,000 at Arqana Summer sales. Makana's Caravaggio yearling sister is for sale at Goffs on October 1st. Makana herself was sold full of Anodin for €14,000 at the latest Arqana Breeding sale after a year without being covered -Makaloun, her last previous foal, was born in May.

Historique

The Prix de Condé is one of the oldest French races. It was created in 1867 at Chantilly to honour the memory of the Princes de Condé, owners of the Château de Chantilly which, in 1830, was bequeathed by the last in their line (Louis Henri Joseph de Condé) to the Duc d’Aumale. Held at Chantilly in its inaugural year of 1906, the Prix de Condé was switched to Longchamp the following year. And apart from three war years when it moved to Auteuil (1940), to Maisons-Laffitte (1943)and to Tremblay (1944), it has remained there for over one century and has returned to Chantilly in 2015 only.

Also due to war, it was not held in 1870, from 1914 to 1918 or in 1939. it should also be noted that, in 1917, there was a trial (for 2 year-olds at Chantilly over 10 furlongs) with the name of the Prix de Condé. The original race distance was reduced to nine furlongs, first due to the war (1940, 1943), and then voluntarily from 1985.

Held at the end of the season over what is a long distance for 2 year-olds, the Prix de Condé boasts a prestigious honours list that includes names like Revigny (1871), Saltarelle (1873), Jongleur (1876), Farfadet (1882), Bougie (1889), Le Pompon (1893), Le Justicier (1894), Codoman (1899), Jacobite (1900), Génial (1904), Aveu (1908), Saint Just (1909), Harpocrate (1920), Ramus (1921), Massine (1922), Bubbles (1927), Barneveldt (1930), Gris Perle (1931), Castel Fusano (1937), Galérien (1938), Verso II (1942), Basileus (1944), Prince Chevalier (1945), Le Tyrol (1950), Altipan (1956), Wordpam (1959), Montfleur (1961), Le Mesnil (1962), Le Fabuleux (1963), Phaeton (1966), La Lagune (1967), Margouillat (1972), Pevero (1977), Top Ville (1978), The Wonder (1980), Groom Dancer (1986), Dancehall (1988), Pistolet Bleu (1990), Shemaka (1992), Celtic Arms (1993), Poliglote (1994), Latice (2003), Morandi (2012), Robin of Navan (2015) ...

Recently, it is also on the beaten side that we find famous horses. For example the winner of the 2019 Arc Waldgeist, third in 2016, the excellent Cloth of Stars, also third in 2015, or The Summit, third in 2019 and second the following year in the Poule d'Essai, the Prix du Jockey Club and the Prix Guillaume d'Ornano ...

Owners

• Rothschild Family (5 wins): Saint Just (1909), Château Lafite (1917), Bubbles (1927), Amalia (1935) for Édouard, Elliptique (2013) for Famille Rothschild.
• Mohammed Al Maktoum & Godolphin (5 wins): Cristofori (1991), Thief of Hearts (1997), Graikos (2002) for Sheikh Mohammed, Zeitoper (2009), Line of Duty (2018) for Godolphin.
• Edouard Fould (3 wins): Bachelette (1869), Saltarelle (1873), La Flandrie (1879).
• Paul Aumont (3 wins): Revigny (1871), Basquine (1875), Solliciteuse (1877).
• Edmond Blanc (3 wins): Le Pompon (1893), Sospiro (1898), Génial (1904).
• Ecurie Jean Louis Bouchard (3 wins): Celtic Arms (1993), Panis (2000), Musketier (2004).
• Wertheimer Family (3 wins): Idéaliste (1984), Poliglote (1994) for Jacques, Hopeful (2019) for Wertheimer & Frère.
• Aga Khan IV (3 wins): Top Ville (1978), Shemaka (1992), Makaloun (2020).

Trainers

• André Fabre (7 wins): Dancehall (1988), Cristofori (1991), New Frontier (1996), Thief of Hearts (1997), Graikos (2002), Linda’s Lad (2005), Elliptique (2013).
• Etienne Pollet (6 wins): Lagides (1955), Altipan (1956), Gelsemium (1958), Tchita (1960), Le Mesnil (1962), Jacambre (1964)
• Thomas Carter Nephew (5 wins): Bachelette (1869), Saltarelle (1873), La Flandrie (1879), Seigneur II (1881), Saint Gall (1887).
• Jean-Claude Rouget (5 wins): Rashbag (2001), High Rock (2007), Naval Officer (2008), Morandi (2012), Makaloun (2020).
• Henry Jennings (4 wins): Massinissa (1868), Revigny (1871), Basquine (1875), Solliciteuse (1877).
• François Boutin (4 wins): La Lagune (1957), Pevero (1977), Corvaro (1979), Long Mick (1983).
• Christiane Head (4 wins): Idéaliste (1984), Dr Somerville (1989), Poliglote (1994), Epicuris (2014).
• Pascal Bary (3 wins): Celtic Arms (1993), Panis (2000), Musketier (2004).

Jockeys

• Roger Poincelet (6 wins): Telegram (1949), Simplon (1952), Altipan (1956), Gelsemium (1958), Tchita (1960), Le Mesnil (1962).
• Freddy Head (5 wins): Faldor (1969), Riverton (1973), Beau Pretender (1981), Idéaliste (1984), Poliglote (1994).
• Dominique Bœuf (5 wins): Groom Dancer (1986), Triteamtri (1987), Pistolet Bleu (1990), Celtic Arms (1993), Rashbag (2001).
• Jean Massard (4 wins): Le Bourgeois (1951), Walhalla (1954), Wordpam (1959), Le Fabuleux (1963).
• Christophe-Patrice Lemaire (4 wins): Latice (2003), Musketier (2004), Midnight Beauty (2006), High Rock (2007).