The Longchamp Racecourse ( French : Hippodrome de Longchamp ) is a 57 hectare horse-racing facility located on the Route des Tribunes at the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement of Paris , France. It is used for flat racing and is noted for its variety of interlaced tracks and a famous hill that provides a real challenge to competing thoroughbreds. It has several racetracks varying from 1,000 to 4,000 metres in length, with 46 different starting posts.
12-699: (Redirected from Longchamps ) Longchamp (or Longchamps ) usually refers to the Longchamp Racecourse in Paris or the Longchamp Palace in Marseille. It may also refer to: Companies [ edit ] Longchamp (company) , a French leather goods company, founded in 1948 Longchamps (glassware) , a US brand of French glassware maker Arc International Longchamps (chain of restaurants) ,
24-500: A horse racing venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Conditions races Conditions races are horse races in which the weights carried by the runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving weight from older runners to allow for relative maturity, referred to as weight for age ; and
36-760: A 20th-century restaurant chain in New York City Place name [ edit ] Argentina [ edit ] Longchamps, Buenos Aires , a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina Belgium [ edit ] Longchamps, Éghezée , a village in Namur province Longchamps, Luxembourg , a village in Luxembourg province France [ edit ] Longchamp, Côte-d'Or , in the Côte-d'Or department Longchamp, Haute-Marne , in
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60-630: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Longchamp Racecourse The course is home to more than half of the group one races held in France, and it has a capacity of 50,000. The highlight of the calendar is the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe . Held on the first weekend in October, the event attracts the best horses from around the world. The leather fashion goods company Longchamp got its name from
72-564: Is none of the following; a Handicap Race or a Novice Race, a race restricted to Maiden Horses, or a race governed by Selling or Claiming provisions." Conditions races are staged at all levels of horse racing. As all of the most important races in Europe are conditions races, the term may also refer to races for the very best horses, known as Group races . That is not the case in North America and Australia, where handicaps are included in
84-690: The German occupation of France in World War II , with many German officers in the stands. Longchamp also hosts Solidays music festival. Lollapalooza Paris festival occurred on 16–17 July 2022 The Rolling Stones performed here on 30 June and 1 July of 1995 during their Voodoo Lounge Tour , and they played again on 23 July 2022 as part of the SIXTY tour. 48°51′31.50″N 2°13′58.0″E / 48.8587500°N 2.232778°E / 48.8587500; 2.232778 This article about
96-686: The Bois de Boulogne west of Paris (on the site of the former abbey) Longchamp Palace , a palatial monument in Marseille Surname [ edit ] William de Longchamp (fl. 1189–1197), Chancellor of England Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (1813–1900), Belgian politician and scientist Gaston Albert Gohierre de Longchamps (1842–1906), French mathematician Jean de Selys Longchamps (31 May 1912 – 16 August 1943), Belgian aristocrat and RAF fighter pilot during World War II Other uses [ edit ] De Tomaso Longchamp ,
108-730: The Haute-Marne department Longchamp, Vosges , in the Vosges department Longchamp-sous-Châtenois , in the Vosges department Longchamp-sur-Aujon , in the Aube department Longchamps, Eure , in the Eure department Longchamps-sur-Aire , in the Meuse department Abbey of Longchamp , a former abbey in the Bois de Boulogne west of Paris Longchamp Racecourse ( Hippodrome de Longchamp ) in
120-687: The Royal Enclosure alongside the Prince of Nassau, Prince Murat and the Duke of Morny, an avid racegoer. Non-aristocratic members of the upper classes were not permitted into the Royal Enclosure and had to be content with watching from their barouche carriages on the lawn. A number of prominent artists have painted horse racing scenes at Longchamp, including the one seen here by Édouard Manet in 1867, and another four years later by Edgar Degas titled Race Horses at Longchamp . Racing continued during
132-604: The facility. The first race run at Longchamp was on Sunday 27 April 1857, in front of a massive crowd. The Emperor Napoleon III and his wife Eugénie were present, having sailed down the Seine River on their private yacht to watch the third race. Until 1930, many Parisians came to the track down the river on steamboats and various other vessels, the trip taking around an hour to the Pont de Suresnes. The royal couple joined Prince Jérôme Bonaparte and his son Prince Napoleon in
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#1732772036728144-508: The quality of the runners, with horses that have won certain values of races giving weight to less successful entrants. Conditions races are distinct from handicap races , for which the weights carried are laid down by an official handicapper to equalise the difference in ability between the runners. In Great Britain, for example, the British Horseracing Authority 's rules define a conditions race as being one "which
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