Grand Prix Prince Rose
Prince Rose (Hervé Denaigre), painted by Bob Demuyser (1920-2003) | |
| Class | Group 1 |
|---|---|
| Location | Ostend racecourse |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Race information | |
| Purse | FB 3,000,000 |
| 1981 | ||
| Strong Gale | Gap of Dunloe | Royal Fountain |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | ||
| Noir et Or | Strong Gale | Crimson Beau |
Formerly known as the Grand International d'Ostende (1898), the race was renamed Grand Prix Prince Rose in honor of the great Belgian crack, Prince Rose. It is run in July at the Ostend racecourse on the occasion of the Belgian National Day. In 1931 Prince Rose beat the French mare Pearl Cap who went on to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe later that year.[1]
Palmarès from 1923 to 1988
see : Thoroughbred database
Some famous winners
- Le Capucin (1924)
- Prince Rose (1931)
- Corrida (1936 & 1937)
- Rheingold (1973)
- Argument (1980)
See also
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