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Chantilly Racecourse is located in the country's main horse training area on 65 hectares next to the Chantilly Forest. A right-handed course, it was built with interlocking tracks. The main course is 2,400 metres long, with another at 2,150 metres, plus a round course adaptable from 1,400 to 2,400 metres. The first race card at Chantilly was ...
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The Grand Prix de Chantilly is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June. The event replaced the Grand Prix d'Évry, a race established when Évry Racecourse ...
Half of European horse racing venues are in France (with more than 250 current operating hippodromes). Racecourse at Vincennes. Chantilly Racecourse, Chantilly; Deauville-Clairefontaine Racecourse, Deauville; Deauville-La Touques Racecourse, Deauville; Hippodrome d'Auteuil, Auteuil, Paris; Hippodrome de Bellerive, Vichy; Hippodrome de Cabourg ...
Chantilly (/ ʃænˈtɪli / shan-TIL-ee, [ 3 ]French: [ʃɑ̃tiji] ⓘ; Picard: Cantily) is a commune in the Oise department in the Valley of the Nonette in the Hauts-de-France region of Northern France. Surrounded by Chantilly Forest, the town of 10,863 inhabitants (2017) falls within the metropolitan area of Paris.
Prix de Diane. The Prix de Diane, sometimes referred to as the French Oaks, is one of the most important and prestigious Group 1 horse races in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 2,100 metres (about 1 mile and 2½ furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June. It is one ...
Sosie. The Prix du Jockey Club, sometimes referred to as the French Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 2,100 metres (about 1 mile and 2½ furlongs) each year in early June.
Its title refers to a large oak tree which stood in the grounds of the racecourse – the English translation of Gros Chêne is "Great Oak". The race was abandoned because of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. It was extended to 1,000 metres in 1881. The Prix du Gros Chêne was cancelled throughout World War I, with no running from 1915 to 1918.