Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud
| Group 1 race | |
Prince Rose when he won the Prize of the President of the Republic (St. Cloud) in 1932 and his Belgian rider Cornelius Morjau.
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| Location |
Saint-Cloud Racecourse Saint-Cloud, France |
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| Inaugurated | 1904 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Website | france-galop.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2,400 metres (1½ miles) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Four-years-old and up |
| Weight | 58 kg Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares |
| Purse | €400,000 (2015) 1st: €228,560 |
The Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Saint-Cloud over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late June.
The event was established in 1904, and it was originally called the Prix du Président de la République. It was initially contested at Maisons-Laffitte over 2,500 metres by horses aged three or older. It was abandoned throughout World War I, with no running from 1915 to 1918. It resumed at Saint-Cloud in 1919.
The race was cancelled once during World War II, in 1940. Its original title was discarded in 1941, following the end of the French Third Republic. The newly named Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud was run at Longchamp (1941–42), Maisons-Laffitte (1943, 1945) and Le Tremblay (1944) before returning to Saint-Cloud in 1946.
The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud was classed at Group 1 level. It was cut to 2,400 metres in 1987, and closed to three-year-olds in 2005.
The Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud became part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series in 2011. The winner now earns an automatic invitation to compete in the same year's Breeders' Cup Turf.
Most successful horse (2 wins):
Leading jockey (7 wins):
Leading trainer (8 wins):
Leading owner (5 wins):
a Spiritjim finished first in 2014, but was disqualified after failing a drug test.
* The 1956 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.
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