Poule d'Essai des Poulains prize money
Poule d'Essai des Poulains is worth €600,000 for the 2022 running , €342,840 of it to the winner . That makes it the 147th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 8th richest in France.
Every figure here is the money the race announces, in the currency it announces it in. The currency control at the top swaps the whole page.
What the Poule d'Essai des Poulains is
Group 1 · 1,600 metres (1 mile) · Turf · Longchamp Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Longchamp Racecourse
- Country
- France
- Grade
- Group 1
- Distance
- 1,600 metres (1 mile)
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Flat / Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three-year-old colts
- Direction
- Right-handed
- First run
- 1883
The winner takes 57% of the fund. The remaining €257,160 is shared between the horses behind, on a scale the racecourse sets race by race rather than a fixed one.
Run in 1:38.63 in 2026, Poule d'Essai des Poulains pays €6,083 for every second of the race, which is 104th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 7th in France.
Where the Poule d'Essai des Poulains prize money goes
France Galop sets the shares
| Who takes it | Share of the fund | Out of this purse |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | 75% | €450,000 |
| Trainer | 14% | €84,000 |
| Jockey | 8.5% | €51,000 |
| Social charges | 2.5% | €15,001 |
Every share here is a percentage of the €600,000 fund rather than of the winner's cheque, and the rider's figure covers the whole field rather than the winning rider alone. The same rule pays every race in the country, and where a purse goes in France works it out across all of them.
What a French-bred horse adds on top
Group 1, so the rate is 20%
France is the one country here where the purse is not the end of the money.
| Horse | Rate | Premium on the race | Premium to the winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Every age, in Group 1 and Group 1 Purebred Arabian | 20% | €120,000 | €68,568 |
The premium is paid on top of the purse rather than out of it, and in full. A second premium goes to the breeder who produced the horse, charged on the prize and the owner's premium together: 13% where the covering took place in France.
Every Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner
57 runnings, 1970 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rayif1:38.63 | Mickael Barzalona | Francis-Henri Graffard | Aga Khan Studs Scea |
| 2025 | Henri Matisse1:33.91 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | |Magnier, Tabor, Smith & Merriebelle Irish Farm |
| 2024 | Metropolitan1:37.84 | Alexis Pouchin | Mario Baratti | Peter R Bradley III & Scuderia Scolari |
| 2023 | Marhaba Ya Sanafi1:38.56 | Mickael Barzalona | Andreas Schütz | Jaber Abdullah |
| 2022 | Modern Games1:34.98 | William Buick | Charlie Appleby | Godolphin |
| 2021 | St Mark's Basilica1:40.15 | Ioritz Mendizabal | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Tabor / Magnier |
| 2020 | Victor Ludorum1:34.14 | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | Godolphin |
| 2019 | Persian King1:38.98 | Pierre-Charles Boudot | André Fabre | Godolphin & Ballymore Thoroughbred |
| 2018 | Olmedo1:37.72 | Cristian Demuro | Jean-Claude Rouget | Ecurie Antonio Caro & Gerard Augustin-Normand |
| 2017 | Brametot1:36.82 | Cristian Demuro | Jean-Claude Rouget | Al Shaqab / Augustin-Normand |
| 2016 | The Gurkha1:36.97 | Ryan Moore | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Tabor / Magnier |
| 2015 | Make Believe1:36.85 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Prince A A Faisal |
| 2014 | Karakontie1:41.06 | Stéphane Pasquier | Jonathan Pease | Niarchos Family |
| 2013 | Style Vendome1:34.68 | Thierry Thulliez | Nicolas Clément | André de Ganay / Baillet |
| 2012 | Lucayan1:37.11 | Stéphane Pasquier | François Rohaut | Mouknass / Pandora |
| 2011 | Tin Horse1:36.33 | Thierry Jarnet | Didier Guillemin | Marquesa de Moratalla |
| 2010 | Lope de Vega1:36.10 | Maxime Guyon | André Fabre | Gestüt Ammerland |
| 2009 | Silver Frost1:35.43 | Christophe Soumillon | Yves de Nicolay | John Cotton |
| 2008 | Falco1:35.60 | Olivier Peslier | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 2007 | Astronomer Royal1:37.10 | Colm O'Donoghue | Aidan O'Brien | Smith / Tabor / Magnier |
| 2006 | Aussie Rules1:37.00 | Kieren Fallon | Aidan O'Brien | Magnier / Tabor / Salman |
| 2005 | Shamardal1:39.20 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
| 2004 | American Post1:36.50 | Richard Hughes | Criquette Head-Maarek | Khalid Abdullah |
| 2003 | Clodovil1:36.40 | Christophe Soumillon | André Fabre | Lagardère Family |
| 2002 | Landseer1:36.80 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Magnier |
| 2001 | Vahorimix1:35.40 | Christophe Soumillon | André Fabre | Jean-Luc Lagardère |
| 2000 | Bachir1:39.40 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
| 1999 | Sendawar1:36.20 | Gérald Mossé | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 1998 | Victory Note1:34.50 | John Reid | Peter Chapple-Hyam | Magnier / Sangster |
| 1997 | Daylami1:42.60 | Gérald Mossé | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 1996 | Ashkalani1:37.60 | Gérald Mossé | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 1995 | Vettori1:40.40 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Maktoum Al Maktoum / Godolphin |
| 1994 | Green Tune1:37.40 | Olivier Doleuze | Criquette Head | Jacques Wertheimer |
| 1993 | Kingmambo1:39.10 | Cash Asmussen | François Boutin | Stavros Niarchos |
| 1992 | Shanghai1:38.20 | Freddy Head | François Boutin | Stavros Niarchos |
| 1991 | Hector Protector1:37.60 | Freddy Head | François Boutin | Stavros Niarchos |
| 1990 | Linamix1:35.90 | Freddy Head | François Boutin | Jean-Luc Lagardère |
| 1989 | Kendor1:36.10 | Maurice Philipperon | Raymond Touflan | Adolf Bader |
| 1988 | Blushing John1:37.20 | Freddy Head | François Boutin | Allen Paulson |
| 1987 | Soviet Star1:36.20 | Greville Starkey | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed |
| 1986 | Fast Topaze1:48.30 | Cash Asmussen | Georges Mikhalidès | Mahmoud Fustok |
| 1985 | No Pass No Sale1:38.10 | Yves Saint-Martin | Robert Collet | Richard Strauss |
| 1984 | Siberian Express1:35.80 | Alfred Gibert | André Fabre | Mahmoud Fustok |
| 1983 | L'Emigrant1:46.30 | Cash Asmussen | François Boutin | Stavros Niarchos |
| 1982 | Melyno1:38.60 | Yves Saint-Martin | François Mathet | Stavros Niarchos |
| 1981 | Recitation1:40.70 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | Anthony Bodie |
| 1980 | In Fijar1:38.40 | Georges Doleuze | Mitri Saliba | Mahmoud Fustok |
| 1979 | Irish River1:39.80 | Maurice Philipperon | John Cunnington Jr. | Mrs Raymond Adès |
| 1978 | Nishapour1:46.10 | Henri Samani | François Mathet | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 1977 | Blushing Groom1:41.80 | Henri Samani | François Mathet | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 1976 | Red Lord1:42.30 | Freddy Head | Alec Head | Jacques Wertheimer |
| 1975 | Green Dancer1:39.30 | Freddy Head | Alec Head | Jacques Wertheimer |
| 1974 | Moulines1:43.90 | Maurice Philipperon | Richard Carver Jr. | Junzo Kashiyama |
| 1973 | Kalamoun1:41.80 | Henri Samani | François Mathet | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 1972 | Riverman1:38.60 | Jean-Claude Desaint | Alec Head | Germaine Wertheimer |
| 1971 | Zug1:37.60 | Jean-Claude Desaint | John Cunnington Sr. | William Hawn |
| 1970 | Caro1:41.30 | Bill Williamson | Albert Klimscha | Countess Batthyany |
57 of the 57 runnings name the rider, 57 name the trainer and 57 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Poule d'Essai des Poulains more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
Most wins by a jockey
Races worth about the same
Either side of Poule d'Essai des Poulains in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 137 | Randwick GuineasRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | €619,048 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 138 | Sires' Produce StakesEagle Farm Racecourse | Australia | €619,048 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 139 | South Australian DerbyMorphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, Australia | Australia | €619,048 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 140 | Stan Fox StakesRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | €619,048 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 141 | The ShortsRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | €619,048 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 142 | Winx StakesRandwick Racecourse | Australia | €619,048 | AU$1,000,000 |
| 143 | 2000 Guineas StakesRowley Mile | Great Britain | €614,250 | £525,000 |
| 144 | Haneda HaiOhi Racecourse | Japan | €601,474 | ¥102,000,000 |
| 145 | Japan Breeding Farms' Cup Ladies' ClassicChanges yearly | Japan | €601,474 | ¥102,000,000 |
| 146 | Grand Prix de ParisLongchamp Racecourse | France | €600,000 | €600,000 |
| 148 | Prix VermeilleLongchamp Racecourse | France | €600,000 | €600,000 |
| 149 | Alcibiades StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | €571,805 | $650,000 |
| 150 | Breeders' Futurity StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | €571,805 | $650,000 |
| 151 | Madison StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | €571,805 | $650,000 |
| 152 | Spinster StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | €571,805 | $650,000 |
| 154 | Al Maktoum ClassicMeydan Racecourse | United Arab Emirates | €527,820 | $600,000 |
| 155 | Alabama StakesSaratoga Race Course | United States | €527,820 | $600,000 |
| 156 | Belmont OaksBelmont Park | United States | €527,820 | $600,000 |
| 157 | Bryan Station StakesKeeneland | United States | €527,820 | $600,000 |
| 158 | Maker's Mark Mile StakesKeeneland Race Course | United States | €527,820 | $600,000 |
The 20 races closest to Poule d'Essai des Poulains in what they pay, above and below it. Follow the ranking all the way up on the richest races in the world.
The rest of the money in France
131 races, 8th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prix de Diane | Chantilly Racecourse | Group 1 | €1,000,000 |
| Prix Jacques Le Marois | Deauville Racecourse | Group 1 | €1,000,000 |
| Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris | Auteuil Racecourse | Group 1 | €850,000 |
| Grand Prix de Paris | Longchamp Racecourse | Group 1 | €600,000 |
| Prix Vermeille | Longchamp Racecourse | Group 1 | €600,000 |
| Prix La Haye Jousselin | Auteuil Racecourse | Group 1 | €520,000 |
| Poule d'Essai des Pouliches | Longchamp Racecourse | Group 1 | €500,000 |
| Prix de l'Opéra | Longchamp Racecourse | Group 1 | €500,000 |
Every race in France we hold a purse for is on the France prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner get?
€342,840. That is 57% of the €600,000 Poule d'Essai des Poulains is worth, and the rest is shared down the field.
What is the total Poule d'Essai des Poulains prize money?
€600,000, for the 2022 running.
Where does the Poule d'Essai des Poulains rank among the richest races in the world?
147th of 997. 146 races pay more, the nearest of them Randwick Guineas. In France it is 8th of 131.
Which jockey has won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains most often?
Freddy Head, with 6 wins between 1975 and 1992.
When was the Poule d'Essai des Poulains first run?
1883. This page holds 57 runnings, from 1970 to 2026.
How far is the Poule d'Essai des Poulains?
1,600 metres (1 mile), on turf, at Longchamp Racecourse.
Where to next
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