Luth Enchantee

Luth Enchantee
Racing colours of Paul de Moussac
Sire	Be My Guest
Grandsire	Northern Dancer
Dam	Viole d'Amour
Damsire	Luthier
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1980
Country	France
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Paul de Moussac
Owner	Paul de Moussac
Trainer	John Cunnington, Jr.
Record	19:4-4-1
Major wins
Prix d'Astarte (1983) Prix Jacques le Marois (1983) Prix du Moulin (1983)
Honours
Timeform rating 130 (1983), 112 (1984) Timeform best miler (1983)

Luth Enchantee (foaled 1980) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who was named the best horse in Europe over one mile in 1983. Her early career was undistinguished, as she won one minor event in her first eight races. In the summer of her three-year-old season she made rapid improvement, winning the Prix d'Astarte against her own sex and then defeating male opposition to win France's two most important all-aged mile races, the Prix Jacques le Marois and the Prix du Moulin. In autumn she was moved up in distance and finished a close third to All Along in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Her subsequent racing career was disappointing as she finished unplaced in her remaining seven starts. She made little impact as a broodmare.

Luth Enchantee was a lightly built chestnut mare with a white sock on her right hind leg, bred by her owner Paul de Moussac at his Haras du Mezeray near Ticheville. She was from the second crop of foals sired by Be My Guest, an American-bred stallion who won the Waterford Crystal Mile when trained in Ireland by Vincent O'Brien. Be My Guest's other offspring included Assert, Pentire Go and Go and On The House.

Luth Enchantee was trained at Chantilly by John Cunnington a Frenchman of British descent and was ridden in her most important races by the French jockey Maurice Philipperon.

Luth Enchantee ran twice as a two-year-old in 1982. She finished second on her debut over 1600 metre and then ran unplaced in a race over 1500m.