In the original scheme, one race, the Poule d'Essai, served as the equivalent to the first two British classics, but was later divided into separate races for colts and fillies. The Grand Prix de Paris, for many years the most important and valuable of the French classics, had no British equivalent.
The Prix Royal-Oak was opened to older horses in 1979, making it no longer a direct parallel to the St. Leger, which remains open only to three-year-olds, and is similar to the fourth leg of the United States' Grand Slam, the Breeders' Cup Classic, first run in 1984. It distanced itself further from the St. Leger parallel in 1986, when it opened to geldings, becoming the only classic race in either France or Great Britain in which geldings are allowed to run. (Note that in several other major racing regions, notably North America and Australia, geldings are allowed to run in any race open to intact males if they are otherwise qualified to enter.)
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January 01, 1970
french, classic, races, series, group, thoroughbred, horse, races, annually, flat, races, were, instituted, nineteenth, century, taking, british, classic, races, model, original, scheme, race, poule, essai, served, equivalent, first, british, classics, later, . The French Classic Races are a series of Group One Thoroughbred horse races run annually on the flat The races were instituted in the nineteenth century taking the British Classic Races as a model In the original scheme one race the Poule d Essai served as the equivalent to the first two British classics but was later divided into separate races for colts and fillies The Grand Prix de Paris for many years the most important and valuable of the French classics had no British equivalent French Classic Founded British equivalent Prix du Jockey Club 1836 1 Epsom Derby Poule d Essai 1840 2 1000 Guineas amp 2000 Guineas Prix de Diane 1843 3 Epsom Oaks Prix Royal Oak 1861 4 St Leger Stakes Grand Prix de Paris 1863 5 none Poule d Essai des Poulains 1883 2 2000 Guineas Poule d Essai des Pouliches 1883 1000 Guineas The Prix Royal Oak was opened to older horses in 1979 making it no longer a direct parallel to the St Leger which remains open only to three year olds and is similar to the fourth leg of the United States Grand Slam the Breeders Cup Classic first run in 1984 It distanced itself further from the St Leger parallel in 1986 when it opened to geldings becoming the only classic race in either France or Great Britain in which geldings are allowed to run Note that in several other major racing regions notably North America and Australia geldings are allowed to run in any race open to intact males if they are otherwise qualified to enter References edit Prid du Jockey Club France galop com Archived from the original on 2012 03 30 Retrieved 2012 08 21 a b Poule d Essai des Poulains France galop com Archived from the original on 2012 03 30 Retrieved 2012 08 21 Prix de Diane France galop com 1976 06 04 Archived from the original on 2015 05 28 Retrieved 2012 08 21 Prix Royal Oak France galop com Archived from the original on 2013 12 03 Retrieved 2012 08 21 Grand Prix de Paris France galop com 1939 06 26 Archived from the original on 2012 03 30 Retrieved 2012 08 21 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title French Classic Races amp oldid 1036904252, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
