Pour Moi is an Irish-bred and French-trained thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from September 2010 to June 2011 he ran five times and won three races. He is most noted for winning the 2011 Epsom Derby. His career was ended by injury before he could run again and he was retired to stud.
Pour Moi made his first racecourse appearance in a 1600m race at Fontainebleauin September 2010. He started slowly and was not given a hard race by his rider Damien Mescam, finishing eighth of the ten runners. A month later, Pour Moi started at odds of 15/1 in the Prix des Feuillants at Longchamp. Ridden on this occasion by Mickael Barzalona, he was settled in fourth place before producing a strong finish to win by a neck from the odds-on favourite Oppenort.
2011: three-year-old season
Pour Moi made his three-year-old debut in the Prix La Force over 2100m at Longchamp in April. He did not settle in the early stages but finished well to finish third to Baraan and Prairie Star. He came into Derby consideration with his performance in the Prix Greffulhe at Saint-Cloud on 7 May. After being last in the early running he was switched to the outside in the straight and overtook the entire field to win by one and a half lengths. He was made second-favourite for the 4 June 2011 Derby behind Queen Elizabeth II's Dante Stakes winner Carlton House. In the race, he again settled in last place, and was still several lengths off the lead with a furlong to go. However, he unleashed a significant burst of speed over the last furlong to beat Treasure Beach by a head, with 5/2 favourite Carlton House third. Pour Moi was ridden by 19-year-old French jockey Mickael Barzalona, who stood up in the saddle in celebration just prior to the winning post. The Epsom stewards issued Barzalona with a warning for his behaviour as well as giving him a one-day ban for excessive use of the whip. The win made Pour Moi the first French-trained winner of the Derby since Empery in 1976.
Injury and retirement
Fabre rested Pour Moi after his Derby win until August when the trainer began to work him in preparation for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October 2011, a race for which he was favourite. However, while exercising on 26 August he "badly over-reached himself on his off-fore", suffering a serious leg injury. He was retired from racing as a result, becoming the first Derby winner never to run again since Secreto in 1984.
Race record
Stud career
Pour Moi was retired to the Coolmore Stud's Irish base. His stud fee for 2012 was set at €20,000. In his second season at stud he sired The Derby winner Wings of Eagles.
Pedigree
Pour Moi is inbred 3x4 to Northern Dancer. This means that the stallion appears in both the third and fourth generations of his pedigree.
