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Juigné Hurdle History

6 March 2022

Juigné Hurdle History

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March, Auteuil

Juigné Hurdle Race


Group 3, 5-year-olds and up, 3,600m/2m2f, Hurdle race, €120,000

Created in 1901

Last winner: Thélème (g5, FRA by Sidestep ex Utopia Jem, by Okawango) owned by JDG Bloodstock, bred by SCEA Bissons, trained by Arnaud Chaillé-Chaillé, ridden by Pierre Dubourg.

The race is run in 2023 for the 114th time

The 2022 edition

Sunday, March 6, 2022, Auteuil Racecourse (Paris). - The Juigné Hurdle Race (Gr3) is the first important race of the Auteuil season for hurdlers, and the first opportunity for the 5-year-olds to test their elders. Well, pass the test they did as Thélème (Sidestep) and the AQPS Hermès Baie (Crillon), both 5, were left on their own after the second last jump.

As usual, old campaigner Galop Marin (Black Sam Bellamy), who beat the champion mare L’Autonomie last November in the Grand Prix d’Automne Hurdle (Gr1), but in the last turn, the younger runners made their move and soon took over. In the run-in, Thélème was the strongest and he left Hermès Baie, who had taken the lead first, at a good length. Third-placed Porto Pollo finished third at 9 lengths, just in front of the ever brave Galop Marin.

next step: challenge L’Autonomie!

Thélème was bred by SCEA Bissons. He's racing for JDG Bloodstock, representing the family of the late Jim Gordon, who passed away about 18 months ago, a few days after Thélème's victory in the Cambacérès 3-year-olds Hurdle race (Gr1) at Auteuil. Trained by Arnaud Chaillé-Chaillé, Theleme did not come back until last September, and he was twice beaten by Hermès Baie. He only won again in the Renaud du Vivier 4-year-olds Hurdle race (Gr1) after his rival had unseated his rider …

Thélème had been unsold as a yearling at Osarus in 2018, at only €3,000.

Thélème is out of Utopia Jem (Okawango), a mare sold €5,000 in December 2019 at Deauville, whose fifth foal, a Whipper filly, was sold €15,000 last December at Deauville to BLM Bloodstock, that is Bertrand Le Métayer, JDG Bloodstock's bloodstock advisor!

 

History

This race honours the memory of an important owner-breeder, Comte Gustave de Juigné, who was a founder member and vice-chairman of the board of the first Société des Steeple-Chases de France from its creation on 2 January 1863 until it was dissolved on 25 March 1873.

In accordance with tradition, after his death in the autumn of 1900, his name was attributed to a race on Auteuil’s programme. Consequently, on 10 March 1901, the first Prix Juigné was contested as a hurdles handicap with a purse of 15,000 F. This inaugural edition was won by Gilbert owned by Edmond Archdeacon, trained by Joseph Desbons and ridden by Frederick Hall.

Originally, this race was open to horses aged 4 and over, but from 1965, 4 year-olds were excluded. Today, this race held just after Auteuil reopens permits the best hurdlers to make their return. It was not run from 1915 to 1919 or in 1946, 1947, 1978 and 1983.

Comte Gustave de Juigné (1825-1900)

One of the richest landowners in the Brittany region, Comte Gustave de Juigné was not merely vice-chairman of the first Société des Steeple-Chases de France. Admitted to the Jockey Club in 1847, a member of parliament for the lower Loire region from 1871 and subsequently a senator, he became a deputy member of the Société d'Encouragement’s board in 1878, then an executive member in 1892, and a sub-committee member in 1896. In homage to his memory, the Société d'Encouragement gave the name of the Prix Juigné to the Prix de la Reine Marguerite created in 1894 and reserved for 3 year-olds never having run before. With these same conditions, the Prix Juigné remains on Longchamp’s springtime racecard for 2014.

Comte Gustave de Juigné was one of the most important French owner-breeder of the second part of the 19th century. He started breeding horses around 1860 on the family property, the Bois Rouaud stud farm thirty kilometres from Nantes, on the Route de Pornic. After initially concentrating on half-thoroughbreds, the Comte de Juigné gave pride of place to the thoroughbred from 1867, when he joined forces with Prince Auguste d'Arenberg and declared his colours (yellow and red-circled jersey, black cap). Mars (1867), 4th in the Prix du Jockey Club, was the first successful produce of Bois Rouaud. The next, born in 1870, were the filly Christiana, winner as a 2-year-old of the Prix de la Forêt, and the colt Montargis. Although only the third-best French performer of his generation behind Boïard and Flageolet, he clinched a spectacular win in England in the Cambridgeshire Handicap. Born just after Jonquille (1873), winner of the Grand Critérium, was his uterine brother, Jongleur, unquestionably the finest horse to emerge from the Bois Rouaud stable. After triumphing as a 2-year-old in 1876 in the Grand Critérium and the Criterion Stakes at Newmarket, he followed it up at 3 with victories in the Prix Lupin, the Prix du Jockey Club, the Prix Royal Oak, the Select Stakes and the Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket, as well as finishing second in the Grand Prix de Paris over what was, for him, a long distance. As a 4-year-old, following a win in the Prix Biennal, Jongleur was injured in training and died of lockjaw. The Comte de Juigné’s colours were subsequently carried to victory by Mantille (1875, Prix Morny, Grand Critérium, Prix de la Salamandre); Mineure (1883, Grand Prix de Bruxelles); Tantale (1886, Prix de la Salamandre); Yellow (1887), acquired as a yearling, who won fifteen races including the Prix Hocquart, the Prix d'Ispahan and the Grand Prix de Deauville; by Claret (1891, Omnium de 2 Ans); and by Daphnis (1893, Prix Morny) and Clairvoyant (1893, Grand Prix de Bruxelles). Also worthy of note are the four victories recorded in the Prix du Jubilée (Grand Prix) at Baden Baden, by Tantale in 1889, Yellow in 1890, Perdican in 1892 and Gobseck in 1899. All of these horses were entrusted to just two trainers, first Henry Jennings (up until1878) and then Charles Pratt.

On 26 October 1900, before the board of the Société d'Encouragement of which he was the chairman, Prince Auguste d'Arenberg paid tribute to his former partner, the Comte de Juigné: "He lived his life in an active and useful manner. I am sure you all appreciated the intelligence and value, the firm and loyal nature and especially the kind and generous heart of the dear friend we have lost."

After the Comte de Juigné’s death, the stock of the "Juigné-d'Arenberg partnership" was dispersed via two auctions, the first on 19 November 1900 (horses in training), and the second on 29 June 1901 (the Bois Rouaud’s breeding stock). Acquired for FF3,000, a yearling named Dandolo (1899) went on to triumph twice (1904 and 1908) in the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris under the colours of Eugène Fischhof.

The Juigné and the Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil

The Juigné has proven to be a very good trial event for the Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil. The two races have been won by 11 horses in the same year: Hipparque (1904), Chi Lo Sa (1907), Pour le Roi (1932), Céréaliste (1936), Frascati (1953), Sicié (1954), Elégant (1955), Pansa (1966), Le Pontet (1971), Hardatit (1972 and 1973) and De Bon Cœur (2018). Three other horses have done the double, but not in the same year: Verdi (1951 Gde Cse H, 1952 Jui.), Claude le Lorrain (1985 Jui., 1987 Gde Cse H), Questarabad (2009 Gde Cse H, Jui. 2010 and 2011).

 

Owners

  • Mr & Mrs Roger Polani (3 wins): Phonidal (2007) & Questarabad (2010, 2011).
  • Arthur Veil-Picard (2 wins): Bateau (1921) & Traghetto (1935).
  • Triquerville (2 wins): Guingamp (1923) & Nichilodas (1945).
  • Simon Guthmann (2 wins): Eider (1925) & Céréaliste (1936).
  • Emile Marchand (2 wins): Pour le Roi (1932) & Mon Amour III (1933).
  • Julien Décrion (2 wins): Cotril (1949) & Savigny (1960).
  • Joseph Sauvan (2 wins): Palmoss (1968, 1969).
  • Mrs Cino Del Duca (2 wins): François Saubaber (1970) & Endless (1976).
  • Charles Sweeny (2 wins): Hardatit (1972, 1973).
  • Georges Blizniansky (2 wins): Hollygood (1977) & Bayolidaan (1989).
  • Daniel Wildenstein (2 wins): Paiute (1982) & Villez (1997).
  • Giuseppe Campanella (2 wins): Gacko (1986, 1987).
  • Mrs Gilbert Gallot (2 wins): Royal Speed (2004) & Royale Athenia (2006).
  • Simon Munir & Isaac Souede (2 wins): Gitane du Berlais (2015) & Raffles Sun (2019).
  • Haras de Saint-Voir (2 wins): Bosseur (2016) & De Bon Cœur (avec Jacques Détré, 2018).
  • Jacques Détré (2 wins): De Bon Cœur (avec Haras de Saint-Voir, 2018), Polirico (2021).

 

Trainers

  • André Adèle (5 wins) : Cotril (1949), Savigny (1960), Parandero (1967), Right Ho (1975) & Hollygood (1977).
  • Charles Bariller (4 wins) : Guingamp (1923), Fandango IV (1939), Nordir (1940) & Quinault (1941).
  • William Head (4 wins) : Boabdil (1924), Filidor (1931), Quick (1938) & Vital (1948).
  • Daniel Lescalle (4 wins) : Sicié (1954), Nistralin (1956) & Palmoss (1968, 1969).
  • René Pelat (4 wins) : François Saubaber (1970), Hardatit (1972, 1973) & Endless (1976).
  • Marcel Rolland (4 wins) : Phonidal (2007), Questarabad (2010, 2011), Lord Prestige (2014).
  • Noël Pelat (3 wins) : Nichilodas (1945), Finaroc (1961) & Wild Hunolin (1965).
  • Georges Pelat (3 wins) : M’Amour (1950), Orin (1963) & Boniface (1974).
  • Henri Gleizes (3 wins) : Verdi (1952), Frascati (1953) & Elégant (1955).
  • Gérard Philippeau (3 wins) : Le Pontet (1971), Highello (1981) & Tenerific (1992).
  • Patrick Rago (3 wins) : Paiute (1982), Lameloise (1991) & Saute au Bois (1999).
  • François Nicolle (3 wins) : De Bon Cœur (2018), L’Autonomie (2020), Polirico (2021).
  • Charles Carter (2 wins) : Bol (1908) & Sainte Touche (1909).
  • Edouard-Gaudefroy Diggle (2 wins) : T’en Fais Pas (1922) & Mon Amour III (1933).
  • Charles Defeyer (2 wins) : Quomodo (1927) & Larsinet (1942).
  • John Dutton (2 wins) : Espalion (1928) & Solon (1929).
  • Henri Delavaud (2 wins) : De Beers (1934) & Eos II (1937).
  • Roch Filippi (2 wins) : Mortemer (1943) & Gentil Vatout (1944).
  • Richard Carver junior (2 wins) : Ming (1958) & La Hève (1962).
  • Jean Laumain (2 wins) : Pansa (1966) & Kashnil (1981).
  • Xavier Guigand (2 wins) : Gacko (1986, 1987).
  • Philippe Boisgontier (2 wins) : Logo (1994) & Great Love (2003).
  • Jean-Paul Gallorini (2 wins) : Villez (1997) & Formosa Johana Has (2012).
  • Bernard Barbier (2 wins) : Royal Speed (2004) & Royale Athenia (2006).

 

Riders

  • Maurice Prod’homme (3 wins) : Bluff (1957), Savigny (1960), Parandero (1967) ; Antoine Yglésias (3 wins) : Ming (1958), La Hève (1962), Pansa (1966) ;
  • Cyrille Gombeau (3 wins) : Royal Speed (2004), Grande Haya (2005), Royale Athenia (2006).
  • Alec Carter (2 wins) : Bol (1908) & Ben y Gloë (1913).
  • George Parfrement (2 wins) : Maurienne (1910) & Beauté de Cour (1920).
  • René Sauval (2 wins) : Thésée (1911) & Saint Potin (1914).
  • Léon Barré (2 wins) : Guingamp (1923) & Boabdil (1924).
  • Alfred Kalley (2 wins) : Filidor (1931) & Quick (1938).
  • Lucien Niaudot (2 wins) : Mon Amour III (1933) & De Beers (1934).
  • Noël Pelat (2 wins) : Fandango IV (1939) & Quinault (1941).
  • André Gill (2 wins) : Vital (1948) & Ofanto (1951).
  • Jacques Géneau (2 wins) : Palmoss (1968, 1969).
  • Christian Fornaroli (2 wins) : François Saubaber (1970) & Hardatit (1972).
  • Patrick Sabarly (2 wins) : Marittimo (1984) & Hubersent (1990).
  • Roger Duchêne (2 wins) : Gacko (1986, 1987).
  • Christophe Aubert (2 wins) : Tenerific (1992) & Villez (1997).
  • Christophe Pieux (2 wins) : Wacio (1996) & Fadalko (1998).
  • Régis Schmidlin (2 wins) : Questarabad (2010, 2011).
  • Kévin Nabet (2 wins) : Bosseur (2016) & Raffles Sun (2019).
  • Gaëtan Masure (2 wins): L’Autonomie (2020), Polirico (2021).