"He came with a perfectly timed run to win the race but was then easily brushed aside by the Lester Pigott ridden Empery, and left to finish second. As Relkino never won over further than ten furlongs (as a four-year-old he won the Lockinge Stakes and the Benson and Hedges Gold Cup), it is likely he didn’t stay the distance of the Derby. The next day before racing, Mercer accompanied by Dick Hern and the Queen’s racing manager, Lord Porchester, entered the Epsom Press Office. Porchester then read a prepared statement. It said that Mercer would be removed as stable"
"in the saddle in celebration just prior to the winning post. The Epsom stewards issued Barzalona with a warning for his behaviour as well as giving him a one-day ban for excessive use of the whip. The win made Pour Moi the first French-trained winner of the Derby since Empery in 1976. Fabre rested Pour Moi after his Derby win until August when the trainer began to work him in preparation for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October 2011, a race for which he was favourite. However, while exercising on 26 August he ""badly over-reached himself on his"
"Pour Moi Pour Moi (foaled 10 January 2008) is an Irish-bred and French-trained thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from September 2010 to June 2011 he ran five times and won three races. He is most noted for winning the 2011 Epsom Derby. His career was ended by injury before he could run again and he was retired to stud. Pour Moi a bay horse with a white blaze who stands 15.3 hands high was bred in Ireland by Lynch Bages Ltd. Pour Moi is one of many top-class middle-distance horses and stayers sired by Montjeu."
"Others include the Derby winners Authorized and Motivator, the St Leger winners Scorpion and Masked Marvel and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Hurricane Run. Pour Moi is one of four winners produced by the mare Gwynn: her previous best runner was the Prix Penelope winner Gagnoa. Pour Moi was trained at Chantilly by André Fabre. Pour Moi made his first racecourse appearance in a 1600m race at Fontainebleau in September 2010. He started slowly and was not given a hard race by his rider Damien Mescam, finishing eighth of the ten runners. A month later, Pour Moi started"
"off-fore"", suffering a serious leg injury. He was retired from racing as a result, becoming the first Derby winner never to run again since Secreto in 1984. Pour Moi was retired to the Coolmore Stud's Irish base. His stud fee for 2012 was set at €20,000. In his second season at stud he sired The Derby winner Wings of Eagles. Pour Moi is inbred 3x4 to Northern Dancer. This means that the stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of his pedigree. Pour Moi Pour Moi (foaled 10 January 2008) is an Irish-bred and French-trained thoroughbred racehorse and"
"of any consequence. At age eleven, Empery was sent to a breeding operation in Japan. Empery Empery (foaled 1973 in Kentucky) was an American-bred, French-trained racehorse best known for winning the 1976 Epsom Derby. In a racing career which lasted from September 1975 until July 1976 he ran eight times and won two races. Empery showed some good form in France to be placed third in the Prix Lupin but appeared to be some way below the best colts in his own country. He comfortably defeated the best of the British colts in the Derby to give his jockey Lester"
"career which lasted from 1976 till 1979, was a granddaughter of the Irish Oaks winner Uvira, whose other descendants have included Summer Squall, A P Indy, Duke of Marmalade and Lemon Drop Kid. The colt entered the ownership of Paul de Moussac and was sent to race in Europe where he was trained in France by Andre Fabre. On his racecourse debut Dernier Empereur, ridden by Thierry Jarnet, won a minor race over 1500 metres at Saint-Cloud Racecourse on 12 October. In November he was moved up in class and distance for the Group Three Prix des Chenes over 1600"
"and was retired to a stud career of limited success. Empery was a bay horse bred in Kentucky by his owner the Texas oil company executive Nelson Bunker Hunt. Empery's sire was Vaguely Noble, the winner of the 1968 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe who also sired Hunt's great racing mare, Dahlia. His grandsire Vienna was owned and raced by Sir Winston Churchill. Empery's dam Peruvian Triple Crown racemare Pamplona II, who had previously produced the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner Pampered Miss. Hunt sent the colt to be trained in France by Maurice Zilber. Empery made his racecourse debut"
"fans (the second largest Derby crowd in history), Fusaichi Pegasus became the first Kentucky Derby winner since Spectacular Bid in 1979 to win the Derby as the betting favourite, and the first winner to have raced only once as a two-year-old. The others were Leonatus (1883), Tim Tam (1958) and Lucky Debonair (1965). Jockey Kent Desormeaux said he broke like a pony, after being trapped behind the group, but when an opening occurred, he came through strong on the rail in the stretch, taking the lead approaching the eighth pole and finishing 1½ lengths ahead of Aptitude. Fusaichi Pegasus earned"
"was switched to the outside in the straight and overtook the entire field to win by one and a half lengths. He was made second-favourite for the 4 June 2011 Derby behind Queen Elizabeth II's Dante Stakes winner Carlton House. In the race, he again settled in last place, and was still several lengths off the lead with a furlong to go. However, he unleashed a significant burst of speed over the last furlong to beat Treasure Beach by a head, with 5/2 favourite Carlton House third. Pour Moi was ridden by 19-year-old French jockey Mickael Barzalona, who stood up"
"included the Ger McKenna trained Parkdown Jet and the John Haynes trained Rahan Ship (Irish Cesarewitch and Irish St Leger winner). Francie Murray also sent a team of eight headed by Hurry on Bran the 1980 runner-up who had switched kennels to Murray from Eric Pateman. The leading British entries were Juvenile champion Upland Tiger, Pall Mall Stakes winner Creamery Pat, Deel Joker and the Geoff DeMulder trio of North Rain, Heres Gay and Prince Spy. Before the Derby started a virus hit the Irish runners which affected the Francie Murray dogs owned by Eddie Costello. Precious Time trained by"
"was the first female to win the race since Pawneese in 1976 and the last to do so until Danedream won in 2012. The race attracted a field of nine runners, five trained in the United Kingdom, two in France and two in Ireland. The joint favourites were the Dick Hern-trained Sun Princess, a three-year-old filly who had won the Epsom Oaks by twelve lengths and the Irish-trained colt Caerleon, the winner of the Prix du Jockey Club. France was represented by the Lemhi Gold a multiple Grade I winner when trained in the United States, and the six-year-old Prix"
"in the Gold Cup at Ascot behind odds-on favourite and defending champion, Fame and Glory. On March 31, 2012 he comfortably won the $10 million Dubai World Cup, riding 20-1 outsider Monterosso from the Godolphin stable. It was Godolphin's first Dubai World Cup win since 2006. He won his second English classic aboard Encke in the 2012 St Leger. France Great Britain Italy United Arab Emirates United States Mickael Barzalona Mickaël Barzalona (born 3 August 1991 in Avignon, France) is a French-born Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. In June 2011, Barzalona rode Pour Moi to win the 2011 Epsom Derby at"
"Évry over 1,300 metres in 1995 and 1996. During this period it was called the Critérium des Deux Ans. It reverted to 1,400 metres in 1997, and started its present spell over 1,200 metres in 2001. The race was moved to mid-October in 2015 as part of a series of changes to autumn races for two-year-olds. Leading jockey (4 wins): Leading trainer (9 wins): Leading owner (9 wins): The 1995 and 1996 runnings took place at Évry. Jopp finished first in 1926, but was relegated to second place following a stewards' inquiry.<br> Cosmopolitan was first in 1977, but he was"
"Epsom Derby. After a disappointing run in his only subsequent start he was retired from racing with a record of six wins from nine starts. According to his trainer he was exceptionally fond of carrots. He became a breeding stallion in France and has had some success as a sire of winners. American Post is a brown horse with a white star bred in the United Kingdom by his owner Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farm. He was sired by Bering, who won the Prix du Jockey Club and finished second to Dancing Brave in the 1986 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe."
"Kong Derby and Queen Elizabeth II Cup. Holy Roman Emperor is the sire of 13 individual Group 1 winners: ""c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding"" Holy Roman Emperor (horse) Holy Roman Emperor, is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. He was a leading two-year-old racehorse, winning four races from seven runs in Europe in 2006. Holy Roman Emperor was sired by Danehill out of a Secretariat mare. Holy Roman Emperor was trained by Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle. In 2006 Holy Roman Emperor won two Group One races, the Phoenix Stakes where he defeated the Coventry Stakes"
"contenders included the British-trained favourite Pollen Count (Prix Eugene Adam, Hungerford Stakes, Prix Quincey) and the Prix La Force winner Sin Kiang. Starting at odds of 5.2/1 he was restrained by Jarnet in the early stages before taking the lead 200 metres from the finish and winning by one and a half lengths from Red Bishop. After the race, the colt was bought by the American businessman Gary A. Tanaka who said ""I prefer to buy proven horses; it eliminates so many risks"". For the second year, Dernier Empereur was sent to England in October for the Champion Stakes in"
"for the race, with the Epsom Derby winner Workforce being made the 8/11 favourite and the Joel Stakes winner Confront being employed as a pacemaker. His third runner, Harbinger, had won the John Porter Stakes, Ormonde Stakes and Hardwicke Stakes in 2010 and was made the 4/1 second favourite. Ryan Moore, who had ridden Harbinger in all his previous races, opted to partner Workforce, allowing the French jockey Olivier Peslier to take the ride on the four-year-old. The other runners were Cape Blanco, who had defeated Workforce in the Dante Stakes and subsequently won the Irish Derby, Youmzain, three times"
"second favourite for The Derby. The Derby attracted a crowd reported to number 750,000, which included the Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother and the Duke of Edinburgh. The 6/4 favourite for the race was the French-trained Green Dancer, who had won the Observer Gold Cup on his previous visit to Britain, and had since won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains and the Prix Lupin. Grundy was restrained by Eddery in the early stages before moving up to fourth place on the turn into the straight. Grundy overtook the front-running Anne's Pretender to take the lead a furlong and a"
"France on 24 occasions, including 21 straight years from 1987 to 2007, and is one of the most successful trainers in the world, winning across Europe and North America including four Breeders' Cup races. Among the many champions Fabre has trained are Trempolino, Peintre Celebre, and two horses ranked No. 1 in the world, Hurricane Run (2005) and Manduro (2007). Fabre fulfilled a lifelong ambition by finally winning the Epsom Derby in 2011 with Pour Moi France Canada Germany Hong Kong Great Britain Ireland Italy United Arab Emirates United States André Fabre André Fabre (born 9 December 1945) is a"
"6,300 metres in 1969, but it returned to 6,500 metres in 1971. The present format, 5,800 metres with twenty-three fences, was introduced in 1981. The three most successful horses in the race's history are Hyeres III, Katko and Mid Dancer, who have all recorded three victories. A further seven have won the event twice, most recently Princesse d'Anjou in 2006 and 2008. Two winners, Jerry M and Troytown, also achieved victory in the Grand National. Twelve foreign-trained horses have won, the latest of which was Mandarin in 1962, trained in England by Fulke Walwyn. The most recent foreign contender to"
"Belmez (1990), Opera House (1993) and King's Theatre (1994). Swain was the first male horse to win the race twice: the only previous dual winner was the French-trained filly Dahlia in 1973 and 1974. He remains the only six-year-old to win the race. The race attracted a field of eight runners: seven from the United Kingdom, and one from Ireland. The favourite for the race was the Luca Cumani-trained High-Rise an unbeaten three-year-old colt who had won the Epsom Derby on his most recent appearance. The Godolphin stable fielded three runners, the four-year-old Daylami, originally trained in France, whose wins"
"stable. The stable jockey Ryan Moore opted to ride the filly Winter (1000 Guineas, Irish 1000 Guineas, Coronation Stakes, Nassau Stakes) but the betting market preferred the outstanding stayer Order of St George who had finished third in the race in 2016. The other three O'Brien runners were Capri (Irish Derby, St Leger), Seventh Heaven and Idaho. None of the seven French-trained horses were particularly well-fancied: the best of the ""home team"" appeared to be Brametot, who had won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains and Prix du Jockey Club earlier in the year and the four-year-old Cloth of Stars (Prix"
"(won 3 times (1973, 1974, 1977), runner up twice (1975, 1976)); Mr Frisk (1990) (the last winner to date to be ridden by an amateur jockey and still holds the record for the fastest time); Aldaniti (1981) (ridden by Bob Champion shortly after he had recovered from cancer. His story was made into a film); and Foinavon (1967) (won at odds of 100/1 after a mêlée at the 23rd fence resulted in the majority of the field falling or refusing. Foinavon was far enough behind at that point to avoid the confusion and ran on to win by 20 lengths."
"Poule d'Essai des Poulains), Crackerjack King (Derby Italiano), Casamento (Racing Post Trophy), Prairie Star (Prix Hocquart), Grand Vent (Prix Noailles) and Bubble Chic (runner-up to The Derby winner Pour Moi in the Prix Greffulhe). Reliable Man raced towards the rear of the field before making progress in the straight and switching to the outside to make his challenge 300 metres out. He overtook the leader Bubble Chic 100 metres out and won by three-quarters of length, with a gap of two lengths back to Baraan who took third place just ahead of Colombian and Tin Horse. After the race Alain"
"being Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland on six occasions. Mary Tudor II, who produced five winners apart from Owen Tudor, had won the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and finished second in the Prix de Diane in 1934. Owen Tudor was sent into training with Fred Darling at Beckhampton, Wiltshire and became his trainer’s seventh and last Derby winner. Owen Tudor began his racing career by winning the Salisbury Stakes Salisbury. In his two other races he was sent to Newmarket where he finished unplaced in the Criterion Stakes and second in the Boscawen Stakes. In the Free Handicap,"
"introduced in 1971, and the event was given Group 1 status. It was switched from Longchamp's middle course (moyenne piste) to the main course (grande piste) in 1987. The leading horses from the Poule d'Essai des Poulains sometimes go on to compete in the Prix du Jockey Club. The last to win both races was Brametot in 2017. Leading jockey (6 wins): Leading trainer (11 wins): Leading owner (8 wins): Faraway Son finished first in 1970, but he was relegated to third place following a stewards' inquiry. <br> <br> <br> Poule d'Essai des Poulains The Poule d'Essai des Poulains is"
"the Derby with only four previous races since Exterminator in 1918, although Big Brown's 2008 Derby win came in his fourth start. No horse since Needles in 1956 had won the Derby off a six-week layoff. No horse in the Derby but Secretariat closed his final half-mile faster, :47 1/5. It was also Motion's first Derby win, and, unfamiliar with the track, he could not find his way to the winner's circle at Churchill Downs until assisted by the trainer of fourth-place Shackleford: Dale Romans. Animal Kingdom was entered in the 2011 Preakness Stakes which took place on May 21,"
"Ela-Mana-Mou had also been ridden to victory by Willie Carson. The race attracted a field of twelve runners, seven trained in the United Kingdom, two in France, two in Ireland and one in Japan. The favourite was the Henry Cecil-trained Oh So Sharp, a three-year-old filly owned by the Sheikh Mohammed who had won the 1000 Guineas and Epsom Oaks. The Irish challengers were Law Society who had finished second in the Epsom Derby before winning the Irish Derby, and Princess Pati the winner of the 1984 Irish Oaks. France was represented by the former Australian Horse of the Year"
"at odds of 15/1 in the Prix des Feuillants at Longchamp. Ridden on this occasion by Mickael Barzalona, he was settled in fourth place before producing a strong finish to win by a neck from the odds-on favourite Oppenort. Pour Moi made his three-year-old debut in the Prix La Force over 2100m at Longchamp in April. He did not settle in the early stages but finished well to finish third to Baraan and Prairie Star. He came into Derby consideration with his performance in the Prix Greffulhe at Saint-Cloud on 7 May. After being last in the early running he"
"metres at Evry. He started the 11/10 favourite, but despite finishing strongly he was beaten a length by Dancienne. Dernier Empereur began his three-year-old season by finishing fifth behind the Francois Boutin-trained Hernando in the Listed Prix de Suresnes over 2100 metres at Longchamp Racecourse on 2 May and then finished third behind the same colt, over the same course and distance in the Group One Prix Lupin two weeks later. On 6 June, Dernier Empereur started a 25/1 outsider for the 156th running of the Prix du Jockey Club over 2400 metres at Chantilly Racecourse. Ridden by Sylvain Guillot"
"Gospodar in 1894, and the most recent was Study of Man in 2018. Two winners, Sea Bird (1965) and Pour Moi (2011), subsequently won The Derby. Leading jockey (5 wins): Leading trainer (12 wins): Leading owner (7 wins): Aristotle finished first in 2000, but he was relegated to third place following a stewards' inquiry. Prix Greffulhe The Prix Greffulhe is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles) at Saint-Cloud in May. The event is named in memory of Henri Greffulhe"
"by the French-trained colt Gyr. The veteran French trainer Etienne Pollet had delayed his retirement for a year to guide Gyr, a son of his champion Sea-Bird, through his three-year-old season. Nijinsky was held up by Piggott as usual before moving forward in the straight by which time Gyr was in front and moving clear. Two furlongs from the finish, Piggott used his whip on Nijinsky. The favourite responded immediately, catching Gyr in a few strides and pulling ahead to win by two and a half lengths. The winning time of 2:34.68 was the fastest Epsom Derby since 1936. Piggott"