| Class: | Group 3 |
| Horse Race: | Prix Penelope |
| Location: | Saint-Cloud Racecourse Saint-Cloud, France |
| Inaugurated: | 1905 |
| Race Type: | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Website: | france-galop.com |
| Distance: | 2,100 metres (1m 2½f)[1] |
| Surface: | Turf |
| Track: | Left-handed |
| Qualification: | Three-year-old fillies |
| Weight: | 57 kg |
| Purse: | €80,000 (2019) 1st: €50,400 |
|}The Prix Penelope is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 2,100 metres (about 1 mile and 2½ furlongs) at Saint-Cloud in April.
The event is named after two different horses called Penelope – a leading British broodmare foaled in 1798, and the winner of the Prix Royal foaled in 1820.
The Prix Penelope was established in 1905, and it was originally staged at Maisons-Laffitte.[2] It was initially contested over 2,000 metres.[3]
The race was abandoned throughout World War I, with no running from 1915 to 1919. It was held at Saint-Cloud in 1921,[4] and moved there more permanently in 1927.
The Prix Penelope took place at Longchamp from 1940 to 1942, and switched to Maisons-Laffitte in 1943. It was extended to 2,100 metres in 1944. It returned to Saint-Cloud and reverted to 2,000 metres in 1946. It was restored to 2,100 metres in 1950.
The present race grading system was introduced in 1971, and the Prix Penelope was subsequently classed at Group 3 level.
The Prix Penelope can serve as a trial for the Prix de Diane. The last horse to win both events was Pawneese in 1976.
Leading jockey (5 wins):
----Leading trainer (10 wins):
----Leading owner (10 wins):
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| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Time | ||||
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| 1981 | width=136px | Last Love | width=159px | Serge Gorli | width=154px | Patrick Biancone | width=190px | Serge Lederman | |
| 1982 | All Along | Serge Gorli | Patrick Biancone | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:23.40 | ||||
| 1983 | Smuggly | Alain Badel | Olivier Douieb | Edward Seltzer | |||||
| 1984 | Pampa Bella | Alain Badel | Jean-François Daubin | Mrs A. Daubin | |||||
| 1985 | Blue Tip | Cash Asmussen | Freddie Palmer | David d'Albis | |||||
| 1986 | Termienne | Dominique Boeuf | Jean-Paul Gallorini | Philippe Faucampre | |||||
| 1987 | Productive | Freddy Head | J. C. Cunnington | George Ohrstrom | |||||
| 1988 | Madame Est Sortie | Thierry Jarnet | Yann-Marie Porzier | Gerald Levi | 2:34.20 | ||||
| 1989 | Behera | Tony Cruz | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV | 2:16.10 | ||||
| 1990 | Air de Rien | Alain Badel | Myriam Bollack-Badel | Jacques Berès | 2:13.50 | ||||
| 1991 | La Monalisa | Dominique Boeuf | Élie Lellouche | Edgard Zorbibe | 2:15.30 | ||||
| 1992 | Trampoli | Sylvain Guillot | André Fabre | Paul de Moussac | 2:18.70 | ||||
| 1993 | Wemyss Bight | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Khalid Abdullah | 2:20.50 | ||||
| 1994 | Diamond Dance | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Jean-Luc Lagardère | 2:18.70 | ||||
| 1995 | Muncie | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:21.30 | ||||
| 1996 | Tulipa | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:15.70 | ||||
| 1997 | Brilliance | Sylvain Guillot | Pascal Bary | Ecurie Skymarc Farm | 2:17.90 | ||||
| 1998 | Abbatiale | Frédéric Sanchez | Dominique Sépulchre | Georges Coude | 2:27.60 | ||||
| 1999 | La Sylphide | Thierry Jarnet | Nicolas Clément | Sibylle Egloff | 2:28.20 | ||||
| 2000 | Volvoreta | Thierry Thulliez | Carlos Lerner | Maria-Soledad Vidal | 2:21.90 | ||||
| 2001 | Baldwina | François-Xavier Bertras | François Rohaut | Bernard Cazenave | 2:41.30 | ||||
| 2002 | Ombre Legere | Stéphane Pasquier | Élie Lellouche | Ecurie Ferdane | 2:19.50 | ||||
| 2003 | Humouresque | Thierry Thulliez | Sir Mark Prescott | Cheveley Park Stud | 2:17.90 | ||||
| 2004 | Ask for the Moon | Ioritz Mendizabal | Jean-Claude Rouget | Jean-Pierre Dubois | 2:17.10 | ||||
| 2005 | Perfect Hedge | Thierry Thulliez | Nicolas Clément | NP Bloodstock Ltd | 2:22.10 | ||||
| 2006 | Germance | Ioritz Mendizabal | Jean-Claude Rouget | Nelson Radwan | 2:20.10 | ||||
| 2007 | Mrs Lindsay | Stéphane Pasquier | François Rohaut | Bettina Jenney | 2:17.20 | ||||
| 2008 | Gagnoa | Stéphane Pasquier | André Fabre | Smith / Tabor / Magnier | 2:23.10 | ||||
| 2009 | Celimene | Yann Lerner | Carlos Lerner | Gérard Laboureau | 2:21.30 | ||||
| 2010 | Dariole | Grégory Benoist | Pascal Bary | Helen Barbe | 2:19.90 | ||||
| 2011 | Don't Hurry Me | Ioritz Mendizabal | Jean-Claude Rouget | Jean-François Gribomont | 2:17.20 | ||||
| 2012 | Waldlerche | Maxime Guyon | André Fabre | Gestüt Bernried | 2:19.80 | ||||
| 2013 | Ferevia | Olivier Peslier | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Leonidas Marinopoulos | 2:23.40 | ||||
| 2014 | Goldy Espony | Fabrice Veron | Henri-Alex Pantall | Henri-Alex Pantall | 2:17.16 | ||||
| 2015 | Queen's Jewel | Maxime Guyon | Freddy Head | Wertheimer et Frère | 2:18.19 | ||||
| 2016 | Camprock | Maxime Guyon | Pia Brandt | Ecurie du Grand Chene | 2:23.01 | ||||
| 2017 | Sistercharlie | Maxime Guyon | Henri-Alex Pantall | Mme Jacques Cygler | 2:19.06 | ||||
| 2018 | Luminate | Olivier Peslier | Freddy Head | Highclere Thoroughbred Racing | 2:13.08 | ||||
| 2019 | Cartiem | Cristian Demuro | Jean-Claude Rouget | G Augustin-Normand et al. | 2:16.14 | ||||
| data-sort-value="2020" | no race 2020 | ||||||||
| 2021 | Philomene | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | Godolphin / Monceaux / Skymarc | 2:15.68 | ||||
| 2022 | Agave | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Exors of the late K Abdullah | 2:18.15 | ||||
| 2023 | Pensee Du Jour | Bauyrzhan Murzabayev | André Fabre | Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd | 2:14.30 | ||||
| 2024 | Making Dreams | Alexis Pouchin | Karl Burke | Bradley Racing / Burke | 2:37.71 |
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