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
2024 winner
April
Prix Ganay
Longchamp
2,100
4yo+
Haya Zark
May
Poule d'Essai des Pouliches
Longchamp
1,600
3yo f
Rouhiya
May
Poule d'Essai des Poulains
Longchamp
1,600
3yo c
Metropolitan
May
Prix d'Ispahan
Longchamp
1,850
4yo+
Mqse De Sevigne
June
Prix du Jockey Club
Chantilly
2,100
3yo c&f
Look De Vega
June
Prix de Diane
Chantilly
2,100
3yo f
Sparkling Plenty
July
Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud
Saint-Cloud
2,400
4yo+
Dubai Honour
July
Prix Jean Prat
Deauville
1,400
3yo c&f
Puchkine
July
Grand Prix de Paris
Longchamp
2,400
3yo c&f
Sosie
August
Prix Rothschild
Deauville
1,600
3yo+ f
Mqse De Sevigne
August
Prix Maurice de Gheest
Deauville
1,300
3yo+
Lazzat
August
Prix Jacques Le Marois
Deauville
1,600
3yo+ c&f
Charyn
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 Royallieu
Longchamp
2,800
3yo+ f
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
1,400
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
Critérium de Saint-Cloud
Saint-Cloud
2,000
2yo c&f
October
Critérium International
Saint-Cloud
1,600
2yo c&f
October
Prix Royal-Oak
Longchamp
3,100
3yo+
Group 2
Month
Race Name
Racecourse
Dist. (m)
Age/Sex
2024 winner
April
Prix d'Harcourt
Longchamp
2,000
4yo+
Zarakem
May
Prix du Muguet
Saint-Cloud
1,600
4yo+
Tribalist
May
Prix Greffulhe
Saint-Cloud
2,100
3yo
Wootton Verni
May
Prix Corrida
Saint-Cloud
2,100
4yo+ f
May
Prix Saint-Alary
Longchamp
2,000
3yo f
May
Prix Vicomtesse Vigier
Longchamp
3,000
4yo+
May / June
Prix de Sandringham
Chantilly
1,600
3yo f
May / June
Prix du Gros Chêne
Chantilly
1,000
3yo+
May / June
Grand Prix de Chantilly
Chantilly
2,400
4yo+
June
Prix Hocquart
Chantilly
2,400
3yo c&f
June / July
Prix de Malleret
Saint-Cloud
2,400
3yo f
July
Prix Maurice de Nieuil
Longchamp
2,800
4yo+
July
Prix Eugène Adam
Maisons-Laffitte
2,000
3yo
July
Prix Robert Papin
Maisons-Laffitte
1,100
2yo c&f
August
Prix Guillaume d'Ornano
Deauville
2,000
3yo
August
Prix du Calvados
Deauville
1,400
2yo f
August
Prix de la Nonette
Deauville
2,000
3yo f
August
Prix Kergorlay
Deauville
3,000
3yo+
August
Prix de Pomone
Deauville
2,500
3yo+ f
August
Grand Prix de Deauville
Deauville
2,500
3yo+
September
Prix Foy
Longchamp
2,400
4yo+ c&f
September
Prix Niel
Longchamp
2,400
3yo c&f
Sept / Oct
Prix Chaudenay
Longchamp
3,000
3yo
Sept / Oct
Prix Dollar
Longchamp
1,950
3yo+
Sept / Oct
Prix Daniel Wildenstein
Longchamp
1,600
3yo+
October
Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte
Maisons-Laffitte
1,200
2yo
October
Prix du Conseil de Paris
Longchamp
2,400
3yo+
Group 3
Month
Race Name
Racecourse
Dist. (m)
Age/Sex
2024 winner
March
Prix Exbury
Saint-Cloud
2,000
4yo+
Haya Zark
March / April
Prix Edmond Blanc
Saint-Cloud
1,600
4yo+
Tribalist
April
Prix Penelope
Saint-Cloud
2,100
3yo f
Making Dreams
April
Prix La Force
Longchamp
1,800
3yo c&g
Atlast
April
Prix Vanteaux
Longchamp
1,800
3yo f
Dare To Dream
April
Prix Imprudence
Deauville
1,400
3yo f
Romantic Style
April
Prix Djebel
Deauville
1,400
3yo c&g
Lazzat
April
Prix Sigy
Chantilly
1,200
3yo
Sajir
April
Prix de Fontainebleau
Longchamp
1,600
3yo c
Ramadan
April
Prix de la Grotte
Longchamp
1,600
3yo f
Candala
April
Prix Noailles
Longchamp
2,100
3yo
Calandagan
April / May
Prix Allez France
Chantilly
2,000
4yo+ f
American Sonja
April / May
Prix de Barbeville
Longchamp
3,100
4yo+
Sevenna's Knight
May
Prix d'Hédouville
Longchamp
2,400
4yo+
Goliath
May
Prix de Guiche
Chantilly
1,800
3yo c&g
May
Prix Texanita
Chantilly
1,200
3yo
May
Prix de Saint-Georges
Longchamp
1,000
3yo+
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 du Lys
Chantilly
2,400
3yo
June
La Coupe
Longchamp
2,000
4yo+
June
Prix Bertrand du Breuil
Chantilly
1,600
4yo+
June
Prix Paul de Moussac
Chantilly
1,600
3yo
June / July
Prix de la Porte Maillot
Longchamp
1,400
3yo+
June / July
Prix du Bois
Deauville
1,000
2yo
June / July
Prix Chloé
Chantilly
1,800
3yo f
July
Prix de Ris-Orangis
Maisons-Laffitte
1,200
3yo+
July
Grand Prix de Vichy
Vichy
2,000
3yo+
July
Prix Messidor
Maisons-Laffitte
1,600
3yo+
July / Aug
Prix Six Perfections
Deauville
1,400
2yo f
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 Minerve
Deauville
2,500
3yo f
August
Prix François Boutin
Deauville
1,400
2yo
Cowardofthecounty
August
Prix de Lieurey
Deauville
1,600
3yo f
August
Prix Gontaut-Biron
Deauville
2,000
4yo+
Al Hakeem
August
Prix Daphnis
Deauville
1,600
3yo
August
Prix de Meautry
Deauville
1,200
3yo+
August
Prix Quincey
Deauville
1,600
4yo+
September
Prix d'Arenberg
Chantilly
1,000
2yo
September
Prix La Rochette
Longchamp
1,400
2yo
September
Prix de Lutèce
Longchamp
3,000
3yo
September
Prix d'Aumale
Chantilly
1,600
2yo f
September
Prix des Chênes
Longchamp
1,600
2yo c&g
September
Prix Gladiateur
Longchamp
3,100
4yo+
September
Prix du Petit Couvert
Longchamp
1,000
3yo+
September
Prix du Pin
Longchamp
1,400
3yo+
September
Prix Eclipse
Maisons-Laffitte
1,200
2yo
September
La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte
Maisons-Laffitte
2,000
3yo+
September
Prix du Prince d'Orange
Longchamp
2,000
3yo
September
Prix Bertrand de Tarragon
Longchamp
1,800
3yo+ f
October
Prix de Condé
Chantilly
1,800
2yo
October
Prix Thomas Bryon
Saint-Cloud
1,400
2yo
October
Prix des Réservoirs
Deauville
1,600
2yo f
October
Prix de Flore
Saint-Cloud
2,100
3yo+ f
Oct / Nov
Prix Belle de Nuit
Saint-Cloud
2,800
3yo+ f
Oct / Nov
Prix Perth
Saint-Cloud
1,600
3yo+
Oct / Nov
Prix Miesque
Maisons-Laffitte
1,400
2yo f
Oct / Nov
Prix de Seine-et-Oise
Maisons-Laffitte
1,200
3yo+
November
Prix Fille de l'Air
Toulouse
2,100
3yo+ f
Listed
Month
Race Name
Racecourse
Dist. (m)
Age/Sex
March / April
Prix Omnium II
Saint-Cloud
1,600
3yo c&g
April
Prix Right Royal
Saint-Cloud
3,000
4yo+
April
Prix Zarkava
Longchamp
2,100
4yo+ f
April
Prix Cor de Chasse
Deauville
1,100
4yo+
April
Prix Lord Seymour
Longchamp
2,400
4yo+
April
Prix Jacques Laffitte
Longchamp
1,850
4yo+
April
Prix Maurice Zilber
Longchamp
1,400
4yo+
April
Prix de Suresnes
Chantilly
2,000
3yo
April
Prix Servanne
Chantilly
1,200
4yo+
May
Prix Gold River
Longchamp
2,800
4yo+ f
May
Prix de la Seine
Longchamp
2,200
3yo f
May / June
Prix Matchem
Maisons-Laffitte
1,800
3yo c&g
June
Prix La Flèche
Maisons-Laffitte
1,000
2yo
October
Prix André Baboin
Various
2,000
3yo+
October
Prix Isonomy
Deauville
1,600
2yo
November
Prix Yacowlef
Chantilly
1,100
2yo
November
Prix Herod
Chantilly
1,400
2yo
Other races
Discontinued
References
Lists of horse races in Europe
Flat races Jump races Harness races