Racehorse Trainer in Chantilly, France
International grounding,
international scope
A native of Chantilly, Fabrice Chappet gained experience abroad including in America, where he worked his way
up to become assistant to the operation of the Nerud family, Tartan Farms, best known for producing DR FAGER, COZZENE etc. Back in France, he spent another five years assisting multiple Classic-winning trainer Robert Collet, who also famously sent out the very first foreign-trained winner of the Gr.1 Japan Cup in LE GLORIEUX.
Since branching out on his own, Fabrice has kept a very international outlook and sent out a number of runners abroad. His charges have won Stakes prize money in Great Britain, Germany, the United States, Qatar, and brought back prize money from Dubai, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Sweden etc.
Classic-winning trainer
Fabrice Chappet has consistently featured amongst the leading Chantilly-based trainers over the past few years.
In 2017, he registered his first Classic victory in the French 1,000 Guineas (Poule d’Essai des Pouliches) with PRECIEUSE, bred and raced by Brendan and Anne-Marie Hayes’s Knocktoran Farm. The following season, he trained Fiona Carmichael’s INTELLOGENT to land the Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat over a mile at Deauville while Giacomo Algranti’s DICE ROLL ran a fast-closing third in the French 2,000 Guineas (Poule d’Essai des Poulains), finishing only a neck behind the winner.
In 2020, Fabrice Chappet came agonizingly close to winning a second ‘Pouliches title as SPEAK OF THE DEVIL, a filly he picked up for €62,000 at the ARQANA October Yearling Sale, was only denied by a nose in the colours of Russian owner Rashit Shaykhutdinov. Quite impressively, he was also responsible for the third home in MAGEVA, carrying the colours of long-time patron Antoine Gilibert. In the colts’ equivalent, CELESTIN, a son of Dabirsim who had been bought back for €10,000 as a yearling by his breeder Normandie Pur-Sang, ran 4th and maintained his trainer’s enviable record in the mile Classic: 1 winner and 4 place-getters from 5 starters!
In 2022, ONESTO landed the Gr.1 Grand Prix de Paris - run over 2.400m at ParisLongchamp fro three year old colts. He then went on to finish an agonisingly close second behind Luxembourg in the Gr.1 Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown, before struggling to handle the conditions when finishing in the middle of the peloton in this seasons Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at ParisLongchamp.
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News
THE WHITE LADY FINISHES SECOND IN LISTED RACE
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An excellent performance from The White Lady (The Grey Gatsby), running in the colours of Haras de Saint-Julien, with a second-place finish in the Prix Petite Étoile (L)—her first attempt at Listed level. She looks poised to score in this kind of company soon.
Contact
29 avenue de Joinville
60500 Chantilly, France
+33 (0)3 44 21 03 00