List of French flat horse races

A list of notable flat horse races which take place annually in France, under the authority of France Galop, including all conditions races which currently hold Group 1, 2 or 3 status in the European Pattern.

Group 1

Month	Race Name	Racecourse	Dist. (m)	Age/Sex
April / May	Prix Ganay	Longchamp	2,100	4yo+
May	Poule d'Essai des Pouliches	Longchamp	1,600	3yo f
May	Poule d'Essai des Poulains	Longchamp	1,600	3yo c
May	Prix Saint-Alary	Longchamp	2,000	3yo f
May	Prix d'Ispahan	Longchamp	1,850	4yo+
June	Prix du Jockey Club	Chantilly	2,100	3yo c&f
June	Prix de Diane	Chantilly	2,100	3yo f
June / July	Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud	Saint-Cloud	2,400	4yo+
July	Grand Prix de Paris	Longchamp	2,400	3yo c&f
July	Prix Jean Prat	Chantilly	1,600	3yo c&f
July / Aug	Prix Rothschild	Deauville	1,600	3yo+ f
August	Prix Maurice de Gheest	Deauville	1,300	3yo+
August	Prix Jacques Le Marois	Deauville	1,600	3yo+ c&f
August	Prix Morny	Deauville	1,200	2yo c&f
August	Prix Jean Romanet	Deauville	2,000	4yo+ f
September	Prix du Moulin de Longchamp	Longchamp	1,600	3yo+ c&f
September	Prix Vermeille	Longchamp	2,400	3yo+ f
October	Prix du Cadran	Longchamp	4,000	4yo+
October	Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp	Longchamp	1,000	2yo+
October	Prix Marcel Boussac	Longchamp	1,600	2yo f
October	Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère	Longchamp	1,600	2yo c&f
October	Prix de la Forêt	Longchamp	1,400	3yo+
October	Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe	Longchamp	2,400	3yo+ c&f
October	Prix de l'Opéra	Longchamp	2,000	3yo+ f
October	Prix Royal-Oak	Longchamp	3,100	3yo+
Oct / Nov	Critérium International	Saint-Cloud	1,600	2yo c&f
November	Critérium de Saint-Cloud	Saint-Cloud	2,000	2yo c&f

Group 2

Month	Race Name	Racecourse	Dist. (m)	Age/Sex
April	Prix d'Harcourt	Longchamp	2,000	4yo+
May	Prix du Muguet	Saint-Cloud	1,600	4yo+
May	Prix Greffulhe	Saint-Cloud	2,000	3yo c&f
May	Prix Hocquart	Longchamp	2,200	3yo c&f
May	Prix Vicomtesse Vigier	Longchamp	3,100	4yo+
May / June	Prix Corrida	Saint-Cloud	2,100	4yo+ f
May / June	Prix de Sandringham	Chantilly	1,600	3yo f
May / June	Grand Prix de Chantilly	Chantilly	2,400	4yo+
May / June	Prix du Gros Chêne	Chantilly	1,000	3yo+
June / July	Prix de Malleret	Saint-Cloud	2,400	3yo f
July	Prix Maurice de Nieuil	Longchamp	2,800	4yo+
July	Prix Robert Papin	Maisons-Laffitte	1,100	2yo c&f
July	Prix Eugène Adam	Maisons-Laffitte	2,000	3yo
August	Prix de Pomone	Deauville	2,500	3yo+ f
August	Prix Guillaume d'Ornano	Deauville	2,000	3yo
August	Prix Kergorlay	Deauville	3,000	3yo+
August	Prix de la Nonette	Deauville	2,000	3yo f
August	Grand Prix de Deauville	Deauville	2,500	3yo+
September	Prix Niel	Longchamp	2,400	3yo c&f
September	Prix Foy	Longchamp	2,400	4yo+ c&f
Sept / Oct	Prix Chaudenay	Longchamp	3,000	3yo
Sept / Oct	Prix de Royallieu	Longchamp	2,500	3yo+ f
Sept / Oct	Prix Dollar	Longchamp	1,950	3yo+
Sept / Oct	Prix Daniel Wildenstein	Longchamp	1,600	3yo+
October	Prix du Conseil de Paris	Longchamp	2,400	3yo+
Oct / Nov	Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte	Maisons-Laffitte	1,200	2yo

Group 3

Month	Race Name	Racecourse	Dist. (m)	Age/Sex
March	Prix Exbury	Saint-Cloud	2,000	4yo+
April	Prix Djebel	Maisons-Laffitte	1,400	3yo c&g
April	Prix Imprudence	Maisons-Laffitte	1,400	3yo f
April	Prix La Force	Longchamp	2,000	3yo
March / April	Prix Edmond Blanc	Saint-Cloud	1,600	4yo+
April	Prix de Fontainebleau	Longchamp	1,600	3yo c
April	Prix de la Grotte	Longchamp	1,600	3yo f
April	Prix Penelope	Saint-Cloud	2,100	3yo f
April	Prix Sigy	Chantilly	1,200	3yo
April	Prix Noailles	Longchamp	2,100	3yo c&f
April / May	Prix Allez France	Chantilly	2,000	4yo+ f
April / May	Prix de Barbeville	Longchamp	3,100	4yo+
April / May	Prix Vanteaux	Longchamp	1,850	3yo f
May	Prix d'Hédouville	Longchamp	2,400	4yo+
May	Prix de Saint-Georges	Longchamp	1,000	3yo+
May	Prix de Guiche	Chantilly	1,800	3yo c
May	Prix Cléopâtre	Saint-Cloud	2,100	3yo f
May / June	Prix du Palais-Royal	Longchamp	1,400	3yo+
May / June	Prix de Royaumont	Chantilly	2,400	3yo f
June	Prix Paul de Moussac	Chantilly	1,600	3yo c&g
June	Prix du Lys	Chantilly	2,400	3yo c&g
June	Prix Bertrand du Breuil	Chantilly	1,600	4yo+
June	La Coupe	Longchamp	2,000	4yo+
June / July	Prix de la Porte Maillot	Longchamp	1,400	3yo+
June / July	Prix Daphnis	Longchamp	1,850	3yo c&g
June / July	Prix du Bois	Chantilly	1,000	2yo
June / July	Prix Chloe	Chantilly	1,800	3yo f
July	Prix Messidor	Maisons-Laffitte	1,600	3yo+
July	Prix de Ris-Orangis	Maisons-Laffitte	1,200	3yo+
July	Grand Prix de Vichy-Auvergne	Vichy	2,000	3yo+
July / Aug	Prix de Psyché	Deauville	2,000	3yo f
July / Aug	Prix de Cabourg	Deauville	1,200	2yo
August	Prix de Reux	Deauville	2,500	3yo+
August	Prix Gontaut-Biron	Deauville	2,000	4yo+
August	Prix Minerve	Deauville	2,500	3yo f
August	Prix de Lieurey	Deauville	1,600	3yo f
August	Prix du Calvados	Deauville	1,400	2yo f
August	Prix de Meautry	Deauville	1,200	3yo+
August	Prix Quincey	Deauville	1,600	3yo+
September	Prix La Rochette	Longchamp	1,400	2yo
September	Prix de Lutèce	Longchamp	3,000	3yo
September	Prix du Pin	Longchamp	1,400	3yo+
September	Prix d'Arenberg	Chantilly	1,100	2yo
September	Prix d'Aumale	Chantilly	1,600	2yo f
September	Prix du Petit Couvert	Longchamp	1,000	3yo+
September	Prix Gladiateur	Longchamp	3,100	4yo+
September	La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte	Maisons-Laffitte	2,000	3yo+
September	Prix des Chênes	Longchamp	1,600	2yo c&g
September	Prix du Prince d'Orange	Longchamp	2,000	3yo
October	Prix Eclipse	Chantilly	1,200	2yo
October	Prix de Condé	Longchamp	1,800	2yo
October	Prix Thomas Bryon	Saint-Cloud	1,400	2yo
October	Prix des Réservoirs	Deauville	1,600	2yo f
October	Prix André Baboin	various	2,000	3yo+
October	Prix de Flore	Saint-Cloud	2,100	3yo+ f
Oct / Nov	Prix Perth	Saint-Cloud	1,600	3yo+
Oct / Nov	Prix de Seine-et-Oise	Maisons-Laffitte	1,200	3yo+
Oct / Nov	Prix Miesque	Maisons-Laffitte	1,400	2yo f
November	Prix Fille de l'Air	Toulouse	2,100	3yo+ f

Other races

Month	Race Name	Racecourse	Dist. (m)	Age/Sex
March / April	Prix Omnium II	Saint-Cloud	1,600	3yo c&g
April	Prix Juigné	Longchamp	2,000	3yo c&g
May / June	Prix Matchem	Maisons-Laffitte	1,800	3yo c&g
June	Prix La Flèche	Maisons-Laffitte	1,000	2yo
June / July	Prix Yacowlef	Deauville	1,000	2yo
October	Prix Herod	Chantilly	1,400	2yo
November	Prix Isonomy	Chantilly	1,600	2yo

Discontinued

Last Run	Race Name	Racecourse	Dist. (m)	Age/Sex
April 1977	Prix Daru	Longchamp	2,100	3yo
May 2004	Prix Lupin	Longchamp	2,100	3yo c&f
May 2003	Prix Jean de Chaudenay	Saint-Cloud	2,400	4yo+
July 2003	Prix Berteux	Deauville	3,000	3yo
Sept 2000	Prix de la Salamandre	Longchamp	1,400	2yo c&f
Nov 2000	Prix Saint-Roman	Saint-Cloud	1,600	2yo f

References

• tjcis.com – Flat races in France, 2012.

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