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Statistic Of The Week of French Racing News - 21st October 2021.
Analysing the breeding of previous French Classic winners provides a different approach to selecting juveniles to follow into their three-year-old campaign. We look at the sires of the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains and G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches - in the table below each winner has the sire listed and notes for the stallion – important victories, preferred distance and other relevant information.
There are two stand-out statistics to note. Out of the last ten renewals of both the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains and G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, fourteen of the winners were sired by horses who won in France including French Classic winners Shamardal and Le Havre (responsible for four).
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| POULE D'ESSAI DES POULICHES | |||
| Year | Winner | Sire | Sire Notes |
| 2021 | Couersamba | The Wow Signal | Won G1 Prix Morny (1200m) as a juvenile |
| 2020 | Dream and Do | Siyouni | Second in G1 Prix Jean Prat (1400m), won G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (1400m) |
| 2019 | Castle Lady | Shamardal | Dual French Classic winner |
| 2018 | Teppal | Camacho | Second in G2 Jersey Stakes (1400m) |
| 2017 | Precieuse | Medaaly | Won G1 Racing Post Trophy (1600m) |
| 2016 | La Cressonniere | Le Havre | Won G1 Prix du Jockey Club (2100m) |
| 2015 | Ervedya | Siyouni | Second in G1 Prix Jean Prat (1400m), won G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (1400m) |
| 2014 | Avenir Certain | Le Havre | Won G1 Prix du Jockey Club (2100m) |
| 2013 | Flotilla | Cable Bay | Never raced in FR, won G3 John of Gaunt (1400m) |
| 2012 | Beauty Parlour | Deep Impact | JPN stallion, winner of 7 G1 over 2000m+ |
| POULE D'ESSAI DES POULAINS | |||
| Year | Winner | Sire | Sire Notes |
| 2021 | St Mark's Basilica | Siyouni | Second in G1 Prix Jean Prat (1400m), won G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (1400m) |
| 2020 | Victor Ludorum | Shamardal | Dual French Classic winner |
| 2019 | Persian King | Kingman | Won G1 Jacques le Marois (1600m) & G1 Irish 2000 Guineas (1600m) |
| 2018 | Olmedo | Declaration of War | Won G1 Queen Anne (1600m), never raced in FR |
| 2017 | Brametot | Rajsaman | Won G2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein (1600m), better as older horse |
| 2016 | The Gurkha | Galileo | Champion 3yr old, won G1 Derby (2400m), G1 Irish Derby (2400m) & G1 King George (2400m) |
| 2015 | Make Believe | Makfi | Won G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest (1600m) and G1 2000 Guineas (1600m) |
| 2014 | Karakontie | Bernstein | American stallion, G3 Railway Stakes (1200m) winner, never raced in FR |
| 2013 | Style Vendome | Anabaa | Won G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest (1600m) |
| 2012 | Lucayan | Turtle Bowl | Won G1 Prix Jean Prat (1400m) |