Group 1 race | |
Location | Deauville Racecourse Deauville, France |
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Inaugurated | 1921 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Sponsor | Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard |
Website | france-galop.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,600 metres (1 mile) [1] |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Straight |
Qualification | Three-years-old and up excluding geldings [1] |
Weight | 56½ kg (3yo); 59½ kg (4yo+) Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares [1] |
Purse | €1,000,000 (2022) 1st: €571,400 [1] |
2024 | ||
Charyn | Metropolitan | Inspiral |
Previous years | ||
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2023 | ||
Inspiral | Big Rock | Light Infantry |
2022 | ||
Inspiral | Light Infantry | Erevann |
2021 | ||
Palace Pier | Poetic Flare | Order Of Australia |
1990–1988 | ||
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1990 | ||
Priolo | Linamix | Distant Relative |
1989 | ||
Polish Precedent | French Stress | Magic Gleam |
1988 | ||
Miesque | Warning | Gabina |
1987 | ||
Miesque | Nashmeel | Hadeer |
The Prix Jacques Le Marois is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three years or older. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.
The event is named in memory of Jacques Le Marois (1865–1920), a president of the venue's former governing body, the Société des Courses de Deauville. It was established in 1921, and was originally restricted to three-year-olds.
Deauville Racecourse was closed during World War II, and the Prix Jacques Le Marois was cancelled in 1940. For the remainder of this period it was switched between Maisons-Laffitte (1941–43, 1945) and Longchamp (1944). It returned to Deauville in 1946, and was opened to horses aged four or older in 1952.
The Fresnay-le-Buffard stud farm became the sponsor of the Prix Jacques Le Marois in 1986. From this point the event was known as the Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard-Jacques Le Marois.
The race was added to the Breeders' Cup Challenge series in 2010. The winner now earns an invitation to compete in the same year's Breeders' Cup Mile. [2]
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Leading jockey (8 wins):
Leading trainer (7 wins):
Leading owner (10 wins):
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