Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte

The Critérium de Maisons-Laffitte is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1,200 metres (approximately 6 furlongs) at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse in October or November.

It was first run in 1891 at a distance of 1,400 metres (7 furlongs), which was reduced to 1,200 metres in 1897. Further alterations to the race distance followed in 1922 (increased to 1,300 metres), 1952 (increased to 1,400 metres), and 2001 (reduced to the present distance of 1,200 metres). In 1995 and 1996 the race was run at Evry as the Critérium des Deux Ans at a distance of 1,300 metres (6½ furlongs).

Winners since 1988

References

* [http://www.france-galop.com/courses/ency95.htm France Galop - Encyclopédie des Noms de Course] "(French language)"
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=873 PedigreeQuery.com]

ee also

* List of French flat horse races