Avenir Certain

Avenir Certain
Racing silks of Antonio Caro and Gerard Augustin-Normand
Sire	Le Havre
Grandsire	Noverre
Dam	Puggy
Damsire	Mark of Esteem
Sex	Filly
Foaled	30 April 2011
Country	France
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Elisabeth Vidal
Owner	Antonio Caro Gerard Augustin-Normand
Trainer	Jean-Claude Rouget
Jockey	Jean-Bernard Eyquem Maxime Guyon Gregory Benoist
Record	7: 6–0–0
Major wins
Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (2014) Prix de Diane (2014) Prix de la Nonette (2014)

Avenir Certain (foaled 30 April 2011) is a French Thoroughbred racehorse who was unbeaten until racing in the 2014 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. She only raced twice as a two-year-old, and after winning one minor race in 2014, she won the Group 1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and Prix de Diane and the Group 2 Prix de la Nonette. She is trained by Jean-Claude Rouget and owned by Antonio Caro and Gerard Augustin-Normand.

Avenir Certain is a bay filly bred by Elisabeth Vidal and foaled on 30 April 2011. She was sired by Le Havre, who won the Prix du Jockey Club in 2009, and is now a stallion at Haras de la Cauviniere. Her dam is Puggy, a daughter of Mark of Esteem. Puggy only won one race, but finished third in the 2006 Rockfel Stakes. Avenir Certain was purchased at the Arqana October Yearlings sale 2012, for the price of €45,000, and is currently trained by Jean-Claude Rouget.

Avenir Certain faced only two opponents in her racecourse debut, which took place on 8 October 2013 at Bordeaux Le Bouscat Racecourse. She was ridden by Jean-Bernard Eyquem and won race by two lengths from Helwan. Her only other race as a two-year-old was a conditions race at Chantilly, the Prix de la Grande Folie on 31 October, which she won this race by one length from Felcine.