Prix du Jockey Club The first was Ksar in 1921, and the most recent was Dalakhani in 2003. Leading jockey (9 wins): Leading trainer (10 wins): Leading owner (12 wins): The 1843 and 1856 races finished as dead-heats, but each was decided by a run-off.<br> The 1882, 1886 and 1908 races were dead-heats and have joint winners. Prix du Jockey Club The Prix du Jockey Club, sometimes referred to as the French Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 2,100 metres (about 1 mile and
James Robinson (jockey) Tarantella to win the 1833 1,000 Guineas. His half-brother, Tom Robinson ("d"1875), rode the first and third winners of the Prix du Jockey Club. Jem Robinson was apprenticed at the stable of Robert Robson at Newmarket where he remained for thirteen years and he was trained in race riding by Frank Buckle. Robinson developed a riding style which saw him employ a low, crouching posture, especially in a finish. This was closer to the modern style introduced to England by American riders such as Tod Sloan at the end of the century and in contrast to most jockeys of the