The Prix Greffulhe is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old horses. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles) at Saint-Cloud in May.
4-683: The event is named in memory of Henri Greffulhe (1815–1879), a long-serving member of the Société d'Encouragement. It was established in 1882, and was originally run at Longchamp over 2,100 metres. The Prix Greffulhe was one of several trials for the Prix du Jockey Club collectively known as the Poules des Produits. The others (listed by their modern titles) were the Prix Daru , the Prix Lupin ,
8-576: The Prix Hocquart and the Prix Noailles . The Prix Greffulhe was restricted to the produce of mares born and bred in France. It was funded by entries submitted before a horse's birth, in the year of conception. The race was abandoned throughout World War I, with no running from 1915 to 1919. It was contested at Le Tremblay over 2,150 metres from 1943 to 1945. The Prix Greffulhe
12-403: Was opened to geldings from the 2020 running. Leading jockey (6 wins): Leading trainer (13 wins): Leading owner (7 wins): * The 1924 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners. Henri Greffulhe Urbain-Alexandre-Henri, comte Greffulhe (29 July 1815 – 8 April 1879) was a French politician. He was made a Senator for life . This article about a French politician
16-520: Was transferred to Saint-Cloud and shortened to 2,000 metres in 2005. Twenty-three winners of the Prix Greffulhe have achieved victory in the Prix du Jockey Club. The first was Gospodar in 1894, and the most recent was Study of Man in 2018. Two winners, Sea Bird (1965) and Pour Moi (2011), subsequently won The Derby . The Prix Greffulhe was previously restricted to colts and fillies. It
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