Group 1 race | |
Location | Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France |
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Inaugurated | 1883 |
Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
Website | france-galop.com |
Race information | |
Distance | 1,600 metres (1 mile)[1] |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Three-year-old colts[1] |
Weight | 58 kg[1] |
Purse | €600,000 (2022) 1st: €342,840[1] |
2024 | ||
Metropolitan | Dancing Gemini | Alcantor |
Previous years | ||
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2022 | ||
Modern Games | Texas | Tribalist |
2021 | ||
St Mark's Basilica | Colosseo | Breizh Eagle |
The Poule d'Essai des Poulains is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile) at Longchamp in May. It is France's equivalent of the 2000 Guineas run in Britain.