La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte

History

The event was established in 1906, and it was originally called La Coupe d'Or. One of its early trophies was a gold cup with two ivory figures sculpted by Henri Allouard. It was later decided that such valuable trophies would only be awarded to owners who won the race three times within twelve years, but this was never achieved.
La Coupe d'Or was abandoned throughout World War I. There was no running from 1914 to 1918. One person owns the 1908 Gold Cup in its original condition. I also have an original oil painting of Seasick, the horse that won the race. Painting done by Emil Adam in 1908. I will attempt to post pictures of these items shortly.
The race was cancelled twice during World War II, in 1939 and 1940. The trophy scheme was discarded in 1941, and from this point the event was titled La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte. It was held at Longchamp in 1941 and 1942, and at Le Tremblay in 1944. It went back to Longchamp in 1945, and returned to Maisons-Laffitte in 1946.
The distance of the race has remained unchanged throughout its history.

Records

Most successful horse :

Jocker – 1948, 1949
Fair Mix – 2002, 2004
Musical Way – 2006, 2007

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Leading jockey :

Roger Poincelet – Cordon Rouge, Un Gaillard, Oural, Dalama, Tout Fait
Olivier Peslier – Gunboat Diplomacy, Running Flame, Agol Lack, Prospect Park, Dawn Intello

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Leading trainer :

André Fabre – Nasr El Arab, Tel Quel, Dernier Empereur, Fractional, Agol Lack
René Pelat – Cordon Rouge, Oural, Jocker, Jolly Friar

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Leading owner :

Marcel Boussac – Priam, Pharsale, Dalama, Locris
Sheikh Mohammed – Nasr El Arab, Tel Quel, Knifebox, Lord of Men

Earlier winners

1906: Maintenon
1907: Ben
1908: Sea Sick
1909: Syphon
1910: Le Rubicon
1911: Cadet Roussel
1912: Martial
1913: Nimbus
1914–18: no race
1919: Bambino
1920: Le Rapin
1921: Harpocrate
1922: Bahadur
1923: Scopas
1924: Scaramouche
1925: Ptolemy
1926: Apelle
1927: Iberia
1928: Javelot
1929: Kantara
1930: Parth for Ever
1931: Sans Ame
1932: Jus de Raisin ¹
1933: Magnus
1934: Sa Parade
1935: Rarity
1936: Davout
1937: Frexo
1938: Khasnadar
1939–40: no race
1941: Triancourt
1942: Fair Love
1943: Cordon Rouge
1944: Un Gaillard
1945: Priam
1946: Oural
1947: L'Imperial
1948: Jocker
1949: Jocker
1950: Violoncelle
1951:
1952: Pharsale
1953: Cosmos
1954: Jolly Friar
1955: The Parson
1956: Cobetto
1957: Franc Luron
1958: Fric
1959:
1960: Point d'Amour
1961: Dalama
1962: Djebel Traffic
1963: Monade
1964: Trac / Visavis ²
1965: Tout Fait
1966: Prominer / Red Vagabonde ²
1967: A Tempo
1968: Batitu
1969: Karabas
1970: Locris
1971: Gold Rod
1972: Tratteggio
1973: Amadou
1974: Wittgenstein
1975: Trepan
1976: Iron Duke
1977: Dona Barod
1978: Rusticaro
1979: Look Fast

¹ The 1932 race finished as a dead-heat between Fenolo and Jus de Raisin, but a winner was decided by a run-off.
² The 1964 and 1966 races were dead-heats and have joint winners.