Prix du Palais Royal

Turf race infobox
class = Group 3
horse race = Prix du Palais Royal


caption =
location = Longchamp Racecourse
Paris, France
inaugurated = 1968
race type = Thoroughbred - Flat race
website = [http://www.france-galop.com/All-the-races.233+M52087573ab0.0.html?&course_id=1579&no_cache=1&numero_id=137 France-Galop.com]
distance = 1,400 metres (7f)
track = Turf, right-handed
qualification = Three-years-old and up
weight = 54 kg (3yo); 59 kg (4yo+)
Allowances
1½ kg for fillies and mares
Penalties
3 kg for Group 1 winners *
3 kg if two Group 2 wins *
2 kg if one Group 2 win *
2 kg if two Group 3 wins *
1 kg if one Group 3 win *
* "since July 1 last year"
purse = €80,000 "(2008)"
Distribution
1st: 50%, 2nd: 20%, 3rd: 15%
4th: 10%, 5th: 5%
bonuses = The Prix du Palais Royal is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds which are three-years-old or above. It is run over a distance of 1,400 metres (approximately 7 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse, and it takes place annually in late May or early June.

It was first run in 1968 and takes its name from the Palais Royal, a palace and garden in Paris. Prior to its launch there had been another race with a similar title, the "Prix Palais Royal". Run at Saint-Cloud, this earlier race was named in honour of the horse Palais Royal, winner of the Prix Hocquart and the Cambridgeshire Handicap and runner-up in the St. Leger Stakes in 1928.

With the exception of the 1996 running at Deauville, the Prix du Palais Royal has continually taken place at Longchamp. The distance of the race has remained at 1,400 metres since its creation.

Records

Leading jockey (5 wins):
* Freddy Head – "Regent Street (1969), Prince Mab (1981), Honeyland (1983), Funambule (1990), Robin des Pins (1992)"
* Cash Asmussen – "Bon Vent (1988), Polish Precedent (1989), Polski Boy (1991), Voleris (1993), Cherokee Rose (1995)"----Leading trainer (4 wins):
* André Fabre – "Bon Vent (1988), Polish Precedent (1989), Lunasalt (2001), Art Master (2005)"----Leading owner (4 wins):
* Daniel Wildenstein – "African Sky (1973), Gravelines (1976), Bon Vent (1988), Blu Air Force (2000)"

Winners since 1980

Earlier winners

* 1968 - Holy Smoke
* 1969 - Regent Street
* 1970 - Yellow God
* 1971 - Assouan

* 1972 - Hadrianus
* 1973 - African Sky
* 1974 - Sincerely
* 1975 - Dandy Lute

* 1976 - Gravelines
* 1977 - Diligo
* 1978 - Pas de Deux
* 1979 - By the Sea

References

* [http://www.france-galop.com/All-the-races.233+M52087573ab0.0.html?&course_id=1579&no_cache=1&numero_id=137 France-Galop.com]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?search_bar=stakes&query_type=stakes&field=view&id=918 PedigreeQuery.com]
* Racing Post:
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=90935&r_date=1988-5-26 1988] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=95012&r_date=1989-5-24 1989] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=99466&r_date=1990-5-24 1990] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=104268&r_date=1991-5-23 1991] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=109165&r_date=1992-5-28 1992] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=114165&r_date=1993-5-27 1993] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=119248&r_date=1994-5-26 1994] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=124596&r_date=1995-5-25 1995] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=204275&r_date=1996-5-26 1996] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=239927&r_date=1997-5-29 1997]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=253161&r_date=1998-5-26 1998] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=268544&r_date=1999-5-27 1999] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=282654&r_date=2000-5-25 2000] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=302480&r_date=2001-5-31 2001] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=318038&r_date=2002-5-30 2002] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=334033&r_date=2003-5-22 2003] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=353428&r_date=2004-5-27 2004] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=386352&r_date=2005-5-22 2005] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=411361&r_date=2006-6-5 2006] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=434648&r_date=2007-5-28 2007]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=460084&r_date=2008-5-31 2008]

ee also

* List of French flat horse races