Horse Racing Events in France
Here's a list of notable horse racing events which take place in France.
Group 1
| Month |
Race Name |
Racecourse |
Distance |
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 |
Prix Jean Prat |
Chantilly |
1,600 |
3yo c&f |
| July |
Grand Prix de Paris |
Longchamp |
2,400 |
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+ |
| August |
Prix Morny |
Deauville |
1,200 |
2yo c&f |
| September |
Prix du Moulin de Longchamp |
Longchamp |
1,600 |
3yo+ |
| September |
Prix Vermeille |
Longchamp |
2,400 |
3yo+ f |
| Sept / Oct |
Prix du Cadran |
Longchamp |
4,000 |
4yo+ |
| Sept / Oct |
Prix de la Forêt |
Longchamp |
1,400 |
3yo+ |
| October |
Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp |
Longchamp |
1,000 |
2yo+ |
| October |
Prix de l'Opéra |
Longchamp |
2,000 |
3yo+ f |
| October |
Prix Marcel Boussac |
Longchamp |
1,600 |
2yo f |
| October |
Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère |
Longchamp |
1,400 |
2yo c&f |
| October |
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe |
Longchamp |
2,400 |
3yo+ c&f |
| October |
Prix Royal-Oak |
Longchamp |
3,100 |
3yo+ |
| Oct / Nov |
Critérium International |
Saint-Cloud |
1,600 |
2yo c&g |
| Oct / Nov |
Critérium de Saint-Cloud |
Saint-Cloud |
2,000 |
2yo c&f |
Group 2
| Month |
Race Name |
Racecourse |
Distance |
Age/Sex |
| Mar / Apr |
Prix d'Harcourt |
Longchamp |
2,000 |
4yo+ |
| April |
Prix Noailles |
Longchamp |
2,100 |
3yo c&f |
| May |
Prix du Muguet |
Saint-Cloud |
1,600 |
4yo+ |
| May |
Prix Hocquart |
Longchamp |
2,200 |
3yo c&f |
| May |
Prix Greffulhe |
Saint-Cloud |
2,000 |
3yo c&f |
| May |
Prix Vicomtesse Vigier |
Longchamp |
3,100 |
4yo+ |
| May / June |
Prix Corrida |
Saint-Cloud |
2,100 |
4yo+ f |
| May / June |
Prix du Gros Chêne |
Chantilly |
1,000 |
3yo+ |
| May / June |
Prix de Sandringham |
Chantilly |
1,600 |
3yo f |
| June |
Grand Prix de Chantilly |
Chantilly |
2,400 |
4yo+ |
| 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 Jean Romanet |
Deauville |
2,000 |
4yo+ f |
| August |
Prix Kergorlay |
Deauville |
3,000 |
3yo+ |
| 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 Daniel Wildenstein |
Longchamp |
1,600 |
3yo+ |
| Sept / Oct |
Prix Dollar |
Longchamp |
1,950 |
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 |
Distance |
Age/Sex |
| March |
Prix Exbury |
Saint-Cloud |
2,000 |
4yo+ |
| Mar / Apr |
Prix Edmond Blanc |
Saint-Cloud |
1,600 |
4yo+ |
| April |
Prix Penelope |
Saint-Cloud |
2,100 |
3yo f |
| April |
Prix de la Grotte |
Longchamp |
1,600 |
3yo f |
| April |
Prix de Fontainebleau |
Longchamp |
1,600 |
3yo c |
| April / May |
Prix La Force |
Longchamp |
2,000 |
3yo |
| April / May |
Prix de Barbeville |
Longchamp |
3,100 |
4yo+ |
| April / May |
Prix d'Hédouville |
Longchamp |
2,400 |
4yo+ |
| April / May |
Prix Vanteaux |
Longchamp |
1,850 |
3yo f |
| April / May |
Prix Allez France |
Chantilly |
2,000 |
4yo+ f |
| May |
Prix Cléopâtre |
Saint-Cloud |
2,100 |
3yo f |
| May |
Prix de Guiche |
Chantilly |
1,800 |
3yo c |
| May |
Prix de Saint-Georges |
Longchamp |
1,000 |
3yo+ |
| May / June |
Prix du Palais Royal |
Longchamp |
1,400 |
3yo+ |
| May / June |
Prix de Royaumont |
Chantilly |
2,400 |
3yo f |
| June |
Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord |
Chantilly |
1,600 |
4yo+ |
| June |
Prix Paul de Moussac |
Chantilly |
1,600 |
3yo c&g |
| June |
La Coupe |
Longchamp |
2,000 |
4yo+ |
| June |
Prix du Lys |
Longchamp |
2,400 |
3yo c&g |
| June |
Prix de la Porte Maillot |
Longchamp |
1,400 |
3yo+ |
| June |
Prix Daphnis |
Longchamp |
1,800 |
3yo c&g |
| June / July |
Prix du Bois |
Maisons-Laffitte |
1,000 |
2yo |
| June / July |
Prix Chloe |
Maisons-Laffitte |
1,600 |
3yo f |
| July |
Prix de Ris-Orangis |
Deauville |
1,200 |
3yo+ |
| July |
Grand Prix de Vichy-Auvergne |
Vichy |
2,000 |
3yo+ |
| July |
Prix Messidor |
Maisons-Laffitte |
1,600 |
3yo+ |
| July / Aug |
Prix de Cabourg |
Deauville |
1,200 |
2yo |
| July / Aug |
Prix de Psyché |
Deauville |
2,000 |
3yo f |
| August |
Prix Gontaut-Biron |
Deauville |
2,000 |
4yo+ |
| August |
Prix du Calvados |
Deauville |
1,400 |
2yo f |
| August |
Prix de la Nonette |
Deauville |
2,000 |
3yo f |
| August |
Prix Minerve |
Deauville |
2,500 |
3yo f |
| August |
Prix de Meautry |
Deauville |
1,200 |
3yo+ |
| August |
Prix Quincey |
Deauville |
1,600 |
3yo+ |
| September |
Prix du Petit Couvert |
Longchamp |
1,000 |
3yo+ |
| September |
Prix d'Arenberg |
Chantilly |
1,100 |
2yo |
| September |
Prix La Rochette |
Longchamp |
1,400 |
2yo |
| September |
Prix du Pin |
Longchamp |
1,400 |
3yo+ |
| September |
Prix de Lutèce |
Longchamp |
3,000 |
3yo |
| September |
Prix Gladiateur |
Longchamp |
3,100 |
4yo+ |
| September |
Prix d'Aumale |
Chantilly |
1,600 |
2yo f |
| September |
Prix des Chênes |
Longchamp |
1,600 |
2yo c&g |
| September |
Prix du Prince d'Orange |
Longchamp |
2,000 |
3yo |
| September |
La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte |
Maisons-Laffitte |
2,000 |
3yo+ |
| Sept / Oct |
Prix Eclipse |
Chantilly |
1,200 |
2yo |
| October |
Prix Thomas Bryon |
Saint-Cloud |
1,600 |
2yo |
| October |
Prix André Baboin |
various |
2,000 |
3yo+ |
| October |
Prix de Condé |
Longchamp |
1,800 |
2yo |
| October |
Prix des Réservoirs |
Deauville |
1,600 |
2yo f |
| 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 Horse Racing Events
| Month |
Race Name |
Racecourse |
Distance |
Age/Sex |
| Mar / Apr |
Prix Omnium II |
Saint-Cloud |
1,600 |
3yo c&g |
| April |
Prix Djebel |
Maisons-Laffitte |
1,400 |
3yo c&g |
| April |
Prix Imprudence |
Maisons-Laffitte |
1,400 |
3yo f |
| July |
Prix Yacowlef |
Deauville |
1,000 |
2yo |
