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Prix de Diane

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BLUE ROSE CEN
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The Prix de Diane is a Group 1 race run under Set Weight conditions for three year old fillies at Chantilly conducted by France Galop.

The Prix de Diane is run over 2100m. It was first run in 1843 and was won by Nativa.

The Prix de Diane is the French Oaks and the equivalent of the English version usually run a fortnight before.

Originally only available to horses bred in France it has been raced only at the 2100m.

The race was not run during WWI and also in 1940 with some runnings held at Longchamp and Le Tremblay.

When grading started it was a Group 1.

Six horses have done the Prix de Diane/Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe double with Treve the most recent in 2013. The great filly was a dual Arc winner and was successful in her Prix de Diane by four lengths at just start three.

2020 saw an all Irish 1-2-3 with the winning trainer Donnacha O'Brien saddling up a classic winner four months after his first winner.

Only two fillies have done the English Oaks/Prix de Diane – Fille de l'Air and Pawneese.

Blue Rose Cen was brilliant winning the Diane in 2023 after doing similar in the Pouliches.

Four different jockeys have five wins each with Charles Pratt, Spreoty, Yves Saint-Martin and Gerald Mosse. Henry Jennings has trained nine winners.

The last non-French winner was Nashwa in 2022 for John & Thady Gosden.

The Prix de Diane was worth €1,000,000 in 2025.

Notable winners of the Prix de Diane include Gezora (2025), Blue Rose Cen (2023), Laurens (2018), Avenir Certain (2014), Treve (2013), Golden Lilac (2011), Sarafina (2010), Stacelita (2009), Zarkava (2008), Divine Proportions (2005), Aquarelliste (2001), Indian Skimmer (1987), Mrs Penny (1980), Pawneese (1976), Highclere (1974), Allez France (1973) and Pearl Cap (1931).

The 2025 Prix de Diane was won by Gezora from Bedtime Story and Cankoura.


Racing and Sports

Previous Prix de Diane Winners

Date Horse Jockey WT Trainer BP
GEZORA (FR) 3F
ALMANZOR (FR) - GERMANCE (USA) SILVER HAWK (USA)
C SOUMILLON 57.0 FRANCIS-HENRI GRAFFARD 1
SPARKLING PLENTY (FR) 3F
KINGMAN (GB) - SPERALITA (FR) FRANKEL (GB)
TONY PICCONE 57.0 P COTTIER 11
BLUE ROSE CEN (IRE) 3F
CHURCHILL (IRE) - QUEEN BLOSSOM (IRE) JEREMY (USA)
AURELIEN LEMAITRE 57.5 CHRISTOPHER HEAD 1
NASHWA (GB) 3F
FRANKEL (GB) - PRINCESS LOULOU (IRE) PIVOTAL (GB)
HOLLIE DOYLE 57.0 JOHN & THADY GOSDEN 2
JOAN OF ARC (IRE) 3F
GALILEO (IRE) - YOU'RESOTHRILLING (USA) STORM CAT (USA)
IORITZ MENDIZABAL 57.0 A P O'BRIEN 5
FANCY BLUE (IRE) 3F
DEEP IMPACT (JPN) - CHENCHIKOVA (IRE) SADLER'S WELLS (USA)
PIERRE-CHARLES BOUDOT 57.0 DONNACHA O'BRIEN 7
CHANNEL (IRE) 3F
NATHANIEL (IRE) - LOVE MAGIC (GB) DANSILI (GB)
PIERRE-CHARLES BOUDOT 57.0 FRANCIS-HENRI GRAFFARD 7
LAURENS (FR) 3F
SIYOUNI (FR) - RECAMBE (IRE) CAPE CROSS (IRE)
P J MCDONALD 57.0 K R BURKE 12
SENGA (USA) 3F
BLAME (USA) - BETA LEO (USA) A.P. INDY (USA)
STEPHANE PASQUIER 57.5 PASCAL BARY 8
LA CRESSONNIERE (FR) 3F
LE HAVRE (IRE) - ABSOLUTE LADY (IRE) GALILEO (IRE)
CRISTIAN DEMURO 57.0 J-C ROUGET 9
STAR OF SEVILLE (GB) 3F
DUKE OF MARMALADE (IRE) - STAGE PRESENCE (IRE) SELKIRK (USA)
LANFRANCO DETTORI 57.0 JOHN GOSDEN 15
AVENIR CERTAIN (FR) 3F
LE HAVRE (IRE) - PUGGY (IRE) MARK OF ESTEEM (IRE)
GREGORY BENOIST 57.0 J-C ROUGET 7
TREVE (FR) 3F
MOTIVATOR (GB) - TREVISE (FR) ANABAA (USA)
THIERRY JARNET 57.0 CRIQUETTE HEAD-MAAREK 2
VALYRA (GB) 3F
AZAMOUR (IRE) - VALIMA (FR) LINAMIX (FR)
J MURTAGH 57.0 J-C ROUGET 2
GOLDEN LILAC (IRE) 3F
GALILEO (IRE) - GREY LILAS (IRE) DANEHILL (USA)
MAXIME GUYON 57.0 A FABRE 1
SARAFINA (FR) 3F
REFUSE TO BEND (IRE) - SANARIYA (IRE) DARSHAAN (GB)
C P LEMAIRE 57.0 A DE ROYER DUPRE 7

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