The Prix Vermeille is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.
5-435: The event is named after a filly foaled in 1853. She was initially known as Merveille, but was later renamed Vermeille. She did not have a remarkable racing career, but was highly successful as a broodmare. The Prix Vermeille was established in 1897, and was originally restricted to fillies aged three. Due to World War I, it was abandoned from 1914 to 1918. The event was cancelled twice during World War II, in 1939 and 1940. It
10-505: Is a park of 73 hectares offering games and sporting activities. It is located in the commune of Champigny-sur-Marne , in the department of Val-de-Marne in Paris urban area . Sporting facilities include a track field , golf , soccer , archery , volleyball and rugby . This park is jointly administered by the general council of Val-de-Marne and the Council of Paris A horse track
15-555: Is held three weeks before the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe , and it sometimes serves as a trial for that event. The 2024 winner, Bluestocking was the seventh horse to win both races in the same year. Most successful horse (2 wins): Leading jockey (7 wins): Leading trainer (7 wins): Leading owner (7 wins): Tremblay Park 48°49′33″N 2°29′17″E / 48.82583°N 2.48806°E / 48.82583; 2.48806 Tremblay Park (French: parc du Tremblay
20-467: Was inaugurated on the site in 1906. In the 1960s, it was proposed to transform it into an Olympic stadium seating 100,000 people. However, France lost the bid for the Olympics and it was decided to turn the area into a park dedicated to leisure activities. Construction began only in 1975. The park's construction stayed on hold until it was changed to a general sporting facility in 1975, and the park opened
25-521: Was temporarily switched to Le Tremblay in 1943 and 1944. The race was opened to four-year-old fillies in 2004, and to older mares in 2006. Preceded by the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and the Prix de Diane , the Prix Vermeille is the final leg of France's fillies' Triple Crown . The feat of winning all three has been achieved by six horses, most recently Zarkava in 2008. The Prix Vermeille
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