Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère
Note: Date, Track and Qualifying Points are based on the Road to the Kentucky Derby 2020 schedule
When: October 6, 2019
Where: Longchamp (Paris, France)
Purse: €252,000
Race Distance: 1 mile
History: A week after both England and Ireland host a race on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby, it is time for the French to step in. The newly named Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère replaces the historical name of the Grand Criterium, this change happened in 2003.
It is considered one of the most important flat races in France and has been given the distinction of being classified as a Grade I flat race. It currently takes place on the same day as France’s most important and famous race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
The race has taken place at Longchamp for most of its life but started out at Chantilly in 1853. Like some other races on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby, it also features in the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series with the winner getting an automatic invite to the Juvenile Turf.
Qualifying Points: 10-4-2-1
Past Winners:
2019 - Victor Ludorum
2018 - Royal Marine
2017 - Happily
2016 - National Defense
2015 - Ultra
2014 - Full Mast
2013 - Karakontie
2012 - Olympic Glory
2011 - Dabirsim
2010 - Wootton Bassett
2009 - Siyouni
2008 - Naaqoos
2007 - Rio de la Plata
2006 - Holy Roman Emperor
2005 - Horatio Nelson
2004 - Oratorio
2003 - American Post
2002 - Hold That Tiger
2001 - Rock of Gibraltar
2000 - Okawango
1999 - Ciro
1998 - Way of Light
1997 - Second Empire
1996 - Revoque
1995 - Loup Solitaire
1994 - Goldmark
1993 - Lost World
1992 - Tenby
1991 - Arazi
1990 - Hector Protector
1989 - Jade Robbery
1988 - Kendor
1987 - Fijar Tango
1986 - Danishkada
1985 - Femme Elite
1984 - Alydar's Best
1983 - Treizieme
1982 - Saint Cyrien
1981 - Green Forest
1980 - Recitation
1979 - Dragon
1978 - Irish River
1977 - Super Concorde
1976 - Blushing Groom
1975 - Manado
1974 - Mariacci
1973 - Mississipian
1972 - Satingo
1971 - Hard to Beat
1970 - My Swallow
1969 - Breton
1968 - Yelapa
1967 - Sir Ivor
1966 - Silver Cloud
1965 - Soleil
1964 - Grey Dawn
1963 - Neptunus
1962 - Hula Dancer
1961 - Abdos
1960 - Right Royal
1959 - Angers
1958 - Tiepoletto
1957 - Bella Paola
1956 - Tyrone
1955 - Apollonia
1954 - Beau Prince
1953 - Le Geographe
1952 - Dragon Blanc
1951 - Cosmos
1950 - Sicambre
1949 - Tantieme
1948 - Ambiorix
1947 - Rigolo
1946 - Clarion
1945 - Nirgal
1944 - Taiaut
1943 - Priam
1942 - Caravelle
1941 - Martia / Nosca*
1939–40 no race held
1938 - Turbulent
1937 - Gossip
1936 - Teleferique
1935 - Mistress Ford
1934 - Pampeiro
1933 - Brantome
1932 - Pantalon
1931 - La Bourrasque
1930 - Indus
1929 - Godiche
1928 - Amorina
1927 - Kantar
1926 - Flamant
1925 - Dorina
1924 - Ptolemy
1923 - Clavieres
1922 - Epinard
1921 - Kefalin
1920 - Durban
1919 - Odol
1914–18 no race held
1913 - Le Grand Pressigny
1912 - Ecouen
1911 - Montrose
1910 - Faucheur
1909 - Uriel
1908 - Golden Sky
1907 - Sauge Pourpree
1906 - Ouadi Halfa
1905 - Prestige
1904 - Val d'Or
1903 - Ob
1902 - Vinicius
1901 - Le Mandinet
1900 - Eryx
1899 - Ramadan
1898 - Holocauste
1897 - Cazabat
1896 - Roxelane
1895 - Hero
1894 - Le Sagittaire
1893 - Dolma Baghtche
1892 - Marly
1891 - Rueil
1890 - Reverend
1889 - Cromatella
1888 - May Pole
1887 - Stuart
1886 - Frapotel
1885 - Alger
1884 - The Condor
1883 - Fra Diavolo
1882 - Vernet
1881 - Vigilant
1880 - Perplexite
1879 - Basilique
1878 - Swift
1877 - Mantille
1876 - Jongleur
1875 - Jonquille
1874 - Perplexe
1873 - Fideline
1872 - Franc Tireur
1871 - Revigny
1870 - no race
1869 - Sornette
1868 - Mademoiselle de Fligny
1867 - Le Sarrazin
1866 - Montgoubert
1865 - Czar
1864 - Le Bearnais
1863 - Sonchamp
1862 - Damier
1861 - Stradella
1860 - Isabella
1859 - Mon Etoile
1858 - Nuncia
1857 - Tonnerre des Indes
1856 - Duchess
1855 - Miss Cath
1854 - Allez y Gaiement
1853 - Celebrity
*The 1941 race was declared a dead heat so joint winners were declared