Prix Marcel Boussac

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Prix Marcel Boussac Race Facts

  • Location: Longchamp Racecourse, Paris, France
  • Inaugural Race: 1969
  • Distance: 1,600 metres (1 mile)
  • Track Type: Right-handed, Turf
  • Age Qualifications: Two-year-old Fillies
  • 2024 Purse: $440,000
  • 2024 Race Date: Sunday, October 6th

2024 Prix Marcel Boussac Race Results

POST
HORSE
JOCKEY / TRAINER
WIN / SHOW
8
Vertical Blue
Alexis Pouchin / F-H Graffard
$67.80 / $5.60
1
Zarigana
Mickael Barzalona / F-H Graffard
$2.40
4
Exactly
Christophe Soumillon / A P O'Brien
$3.60
2
Simmering
Dylan Browne McMonagle / Ollie Sangster
3
Bedtime Story
Ryan Moore / A P O'Brien
7
Lhakpa
Maxime Guyon / Y Barberot
9
La Guapisima
Aurelien Lemaitre / Christopher Head
6
Inhebhaa
Jerome Moutard / J Carayon
10
La Ferretcapienne
Mme Ophelie Thiebaut / Gerard Rivases

Exotic Payoffs:

  • $1.00 Quinella (8-1) Paid: $16.80

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Prix Marcel Boussac Race History

The Prix Marcel Boussac is Group I flat thoroughbred horse race run each year at the Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1969 as the Critérium des Pouliches, the race was given its current title in 1980 to honor Marcel Boussac. Aside from a highly successful career as an owner/breeder, Boussac served as the chairman of the Société d'Encouragement (the former governing body for horse racing in France).

No horse has ever won the race more than once, but currently there are five jockeys tied for most wins with three each: Lester Piggott, Yves Saint-Martin, Alain Lequeux, Willie Carson, and Olivier Peslier.

As part of the Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" Challenge Series, the winner automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.

Prix Marcel Boussac Past Winners

Year
Winner
Jockey / Trainer
Distance / Time
2024
Vertical Blue
Alexis Pouchin / F-H Graffard
1 M / 1:38.60
2023
Opera Singer
Ryan Moore / A P O'Brien
1 M / 1:36.40
2022
Blue Rose Cen
Aurelien Lemaitre / Christopher Head
1 M / 1:40.45
2021
Zellie
Zellie / André Fabre
1 M / 1:42.67
2020
Tiger Tanaka
Tiger Tanaka / Charley Rossi
1 M / 1:43.13
2019
Albigna
Albigna / Jessica Harrington
1 M / 1:41.26
2018
Lily's Candle
Lily's Candle / Fabrice Vermeulen
1 M / 1:38.98
2017
Wild Illusion
Wild Illusion / Charlie Appleby
1 M / 1:37.47
2016
Wuheida
Wuheida / Charlie Appleby
1 M / 1:35.85
2015
Ballydoyle
Ballydoyle / Aidan O'Brien
1 M / 1:35.44