The son of a
diplomat, Fabre graduated from university with a
law degree but then decided to pursue a career in thoroughbred horse racing. He began by working in the stables as a groom then as a schooling rider. He became France's leading
jump jockey, winning more than two hundred and fifty races including the
Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris. When he turned to training horses, Fabre proved even more successful, first with jump horses then with
flat racers.
He has been the champion trainer in France on 30 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)[1] and
Manduro (2007).[2] Fabre fulfilled a lifelong ambition by finally winning the Epsom Derby in 2011 with
Pour Moi[3]
Grand Prix de Paris – (14) – Dancehall (1989),
Subotica (1991), Homme de Loi (1992), Fort Wood (1993), Grape Tree Road (1996),
Peintre Celebre (1997), Limpid (1998), Slickly (1999),
Rail Link (2006), Cavalryman (2009), Meandre (2011),
Flintshire (2013), Gallante (2014), Sosie (2024)
Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud – (8) – Village Star (1988), In the Wings (1990), Apple Tree (1994), Carnegie (1995), Fragrant Mix (1998), Plumania (2010), Meandre (2012), Waldgeist (2018)
Poule d'Essai des Poulains – (8) – Siberian Express (1984), Soviet Star (1987), Vahorimix (2001), Clodovil (2003), Lope de Vega (2010), Make Believe (2015), Persian King (2019),
Victor Ludorum (2020)
Prix du Cadran – (2) – Victoire Bleue (1991), Reefscape (2005)
Prix de Diane – (4) – Lypharita (1985), Jolypha (1992), Nebraska Tornado (2003), Golden Lilac (2011)
Prix de la Forêt – (3) – Soviet Star (1987), Poplar Bluff (1995), Make Believe (2015)
Prix Ganay – (7) – Creator (1990), Subotica (1992), Indian Danehill (2000), Cutlass Bay (2010),
Cloth of Stars (2017), Waldgeist (2019), Mare Australis (2021)
Prix d'Ispahan – (10) – Al Nasr (1982), Crystal Glitters (1984), Creator (1990),
Arcangues (1993), Loup Sauvage (1998), Valixir (2005),
Manduro (2007), Golden Lilac (2012), Persian King (2020), Mqse de Sevigne (2024)
Prix Jacques Le Marois – (7) – Polish Precedent (1989), Miss Satamixa (1995), Vahorimix (2001),
Banks Hill (2002), Manduro (2007), Esoterique (2015), Al Wukair (2017)
The son of a
diplomat, Fabre graduated from university with a
law degree but then decided to pursue a career in thoroughbred horse racing. He began by working in the stables as a groom then as a schooling rider. He became France's leading
jump jockey, winning more than two hundred and fifty races including the
Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris. When he turned to training horses, Fabre proved even more successful, first with jump horses then with
flat racers.
He has been the champion trainer in France on 30 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)[1] and
Manduro (2007).[2] Fabre fulfilled a lifelong ambition by finally winning the Epsom Derby in 2011 with
Pour Moi[3]
Grand Prix de Paris – (14) – Dancehall (1989),
Subotica (1991), Homme de Loi (1992), Fort Wood (1993), Grape Tree Road (1996),
Peintre Celebre (1997), Limpid (1998), Slickly (1999),
Rail Link (2006), Cavalryman (2009), Meandre (2011),
Flintshire (2013), Gallante (2014), Sosie (2024)
Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud – (8) – Village Star (1988), In the Wings (1990), Apple Tree (1994), Carnegie (1995), Fragrant Mix (1998), Plumania (2010), Meandre (2012), Waldgeist (2018)
Poule d'Essai des Poulains – (8) – Siberian Express (1984), Soviet Star (1987), Vahorimix (2001), Clodovil (2003), Lope de Vega (2010), Make Believe (2015), Persian King (2019),
Victor Ludorum (2020)
Prix du Cadran – (2) – Victoire Bleue (1991), Reefscape (2005)
Prix de Diane – (4) – Lypharita (1985), Jolypha (1992), Nebraska Tornado (2003), Golden Lilac (2011)
Prix de la Forêt – (3) – Soviet Star (1987), Poplar Bluff (1995), Make Believe (2015)
Prix Ganay – (7) – Creator (1990), Subotica (1992), Indian Danehill (2000), Cutlass Bay (2010),
Cloth of Stars (2017), Waldgeist (2019), Mare Australis (2021)
Prix d'Ispahan – (10) – Al Nasr (1982), Crystal Glitters (1984), Creator (1990),
Arcangues (1993), Loup Sauvage (1998), Valixir (2005),
Manduro (2007), Golden Lilac (2012), Persian King (2020), Mqse de Sevigne (2024)
Prix Jacques Le Marois – (7) – Polish Precedent (1989), Miss Satamixa (1995), Vahorimix (2001),
Banks Hill (2002), Manduro (2007), Esoterique (2015), Al Wukair (2017)