The Prix Lupin was a

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in France open to three-year-old

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colts and

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. It was run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,100 metres (about 1 mile and 2½ furlongs), and it was scheduled to take place each year in May.

History

The event was established in 1855, and it was originally called the Prix de l'Empereur. It was initially held at the

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, and was transferred to Longchamp in 1857. It was cancelled due to the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, and was renamed the Grande Poule des Produits in 1872. The race was one of several trials for the

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collectively known as the Poules des Produits. The others (listed by their modern titles) were the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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. Unlike those races, the Grande Poule des Produits had no restrictions based on the nationality of a horse's sire or dam. The event was renamed in memory of Auguste Lupin (1807–1895), a successful owner-breeder, in 1896. The Prix Lupin was abandoned throughout World War I, with no running from 1915 to 1918. It was cancelled once during World War II, in 1940. It was run at

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in 1944. The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the Prix Lupin was classed at Group 1 level. The race was last run in 2004. It was discontinued after

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restructured its Group 1 programme for three-year-olds in 2005.

Records

Leading

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(7 wins): *

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– ''Saxon (1901), Ajax (1904), Genial (1905), Floraison (1912), Insensible (1919), Ksar (1921), Irismond (1924)'' ---- Leading trainer (7 wins): * Tom Jennings – ''Mademoiselle de Chantilly (1857), Union Jack (1859), Le Mandarin (1865), Trocadero (1867), Braconnier (1876), Clementine (1878), Leon (1881)'' ---- Leading owner (7 wins): * Frédéric de Lagrange – ''Mademoiselle de Chantilly (1857), Union Jack (1859), Le Mandarin (1865), Trocadero (1867), Braconnier (1876), Clementine (1878), Leon (1881)'' * Edmond Blanc – ''Soukaras (1883), Gouverneur (1891), Gouvernail (1894), Saxon (1901), Caius (1903), Ajax (1904), Genial (1905)'' * Édouard de Rothschild – ''Sans Souci (1907), Floraison (1912), Le Farina (1914), Bubbles (1928), Brantôme (1934), Aromate (1935), Bacchus (1939)'' *

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– ''Irismond (1924), Tourbillon (1931), Ardan (1944), Djelal (1947), Ambiorix (1949), Dankaro (1974), Acamas (1978)''

Winners since 1960

Earlier winners

* 1855: Baroncino * 1856: Isolier * 1857: Mademoiselle de Chantilly * 1858: Gouvieux * 1859: Union Jack * 1860: Beauvais * 1861: Finlande * 1862: Choisy le Roi * 1863: Dollar * 1864: Bois Roussel * 1865: Le Mandarin * 1866: * 1867: Trocadero * 1868: Suzerain * 1869: Cerdagne * 1870: Sornette * 1871: ''no race'' * 1872: Little Agnes * 1873: Franc Tireur * 1874: Sabre * 1875: Almanza * 1876: Braconnier * 1877: Jongleur * 1878: Clementine * 1879: Salteador * 1880: Beauminet * 1881: Leon * 1882: Vigilant * 1883: Soukaras * 1884: Archiduc * 1885: Xaintrailles * 1886: Jupin * 1887: Tenebreuse * 1888: Stuart * 1889: Cleodore * 1890: Puchero * 1891: Gouverneur * 1892: Chene Royal * 1893: Callistrate * 1894: Gouvernail * 1895: Le Sagittaire * 1896: Champignol * 1897: Palmiste * 1898: Gardefeu * 1899: Holocauste * 1900: Ivry * 1901: Saxon * 1902: Kizil Kourgan * 1903: Caius * 1904:

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* 1905: Genial * 1906:

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* 1910: Coquille * 1911: Alcantara * 1912: Floraison * 1913: Ecouen * 1914:

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* 1915–18: ''no race'' * 1919: Insensible * 1920: Battersea * 1921:

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* 1922: Joyeux Drille * 1923: Massine * 1924: Irismond * 1925: Aquatinte * 1926: Biribi * 1927: Mon Talisman * 1928: Bubbles * 1929: Hotweed * 1930: Xandover * 1931:

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* 1932: Shred * 1933: Cappiello * 1934: Brantôme * 1935: Aromate * 1936: Mieuxce * 1937:

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* 1938: Castel Fusano * 1939: Bacchus * 1940: ''no race'' * 1941:

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* 1942: Tornado * 1943: Pensbury * 1944: Ardan * 1945: Mistral * 1946: Prince Chevalier * 1947: Djelal * 1948: Rigolo * 1949:

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* 1950:

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* 1951: Mat de Cocagne * 1952: Vamos * 1953: Dandy Drake * 1954: Sica Boy * 1955: Nistralin * 1956:

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* 1957: Al Mabsoot * 1958: Alegrador * 1959: Midnight Sun

History

Records

Winners since 1960

Earlier winners

See also

References