Prix La Force prize money
Prix La Force is worth €80,000 for the 2019 running , €40,000 of it to the winner . That makes it the 823rd richest of the 997 races on this site and the 100th 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 Prix La Force is
Group 3 · 2,000 metres (1¼ miles) · Turf · Longchamp Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Longchamp Racecourse
- Country
- France
- Grade
- Group 3
- Distance
- 2,000 metres (1¼ miles)
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Flat / Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three-year-old colts and geldings
- Direction
- Right-handed
- First run
- 1910
The winner takes 50% of the fund, and the four places behind share the remaining €40,000 on a ladder France Galop publishes rather than one the racecourse sets race by race. Both ladders are below: what each place is worth, and what each of the owner, the trainer and the rider takes out of the €80,000.
Run in 1:53.66 in 2026, Prix La Force pays €704 for every second of the race, which is 470th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 91st in France.
Where the Prix La Force prize money goes
France Galop sets the shares
| Finishing place | Share of the fund | What it is worth |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 50% | €40,000 |
| Second | 20% | €16,000 |
| Third | 15% | €12,000 |
| Fourth | 10% | €8,000 |
| Fifth | 5% | €4,000 |
| Who takes it | Share of the fund | Out of this purse |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | 75% | €60,000 |
| Trainer | 14% | €11,200 |
| Jockey | 8.5% | €6,800 |
| Social charges | 2.5% | €2,000 |
Every share here is a percentage of the €80,000 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
Two and three-year-olds, so the rate is 75%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horses of 2 and 3, outside Group 1 | 75% | €60,000 | €30,000 |
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 Prix La Force winner
49 runnings, 1978 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Segall1:53.66 | Marvin Grandin | André Fabre | Ecurie David R Layani Family |
| 2025 | Cualificar1:50.02 | Alexis Pouchin | André Fabre | Godolphin |
| 2024 | Atlast2:05.13 | Maxime Guyon | Christophe Ferland | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 2023 | Big Rock1:49.63 | Aurélien Lemaitre | Christopher Head | Yeguada Centurion SL |
| 2022 | Mister Saint Paul1:59.54 | Theo Bachelot | Etienne Leenders | Ecurie Bernd & Torsten Raber, Luc Josse Et A |
| 2021 | Adhamo2:00.10 | Maxime Guyon | Freddy Head | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 2020 | Pao Alto1:51.49 | Maxime Guyon | Christophe Ferland | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 2019 | Shaman1:50.24 | Maxime Guyon | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 2018 | Chilean2:01.95 | Oisin Murphy | Martyn Meade | Manton Estate Racing |
| 2017 | Graphite1:48.27 | Pierre-Charles Boudot | André Fabre | Godolphin |
| 2016 | Cloth of Stars2:17.91 | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | Godolphin |
| 2015 | Silverwave2:09.57 | Adrien Fouassier | Alain Couetil | Hspirit |
| 2014 | Gailo Chop2:02.96 | Julien Augé | Antoine de Watrigant | Alain Chopard |
| 2013 | Triple Threat2:04.16 | Maxime Guyon | André Fabre | Team Valor |
| 2012 | Saonois2:04.65 | Antoine Hamelin | Jean-Pierre Gauvin | Pascal Treyve |
| 2011 | Baraan2:15.30 | Christophe Lemaire | Jean-Claude Rouget | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 2010 | Simon de Montfort2:07.12 | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | Godolphin |
| 2009 | On Est Bien2:09.56 | Anthony Crastus | Élie Lellouche | Dominique Lellouche |
| 2008 | High Rock2:12.90 | Christophe Lemaire | Jean-Claude Rouget | Robert Bousquet |
| 2007 | Literato2:04.80 | Christophe Lemaire | Jean-Claude Rouget | Hervé Morin |
| 2006 | Barastraight2:04.40 | Ioritz Mendizabal | Jean-Claude Rouget | Serge Boucheron |
| 2005 | Kendor Dine2:14.20 | Stéphane Pasquier | Yves de Nicolay | Didier Kahn |
| 2004 | Delfos2:08.40 | Olivier Peslier | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Leonidas Marinopoulos |
| 2003 | Vespone2:15.40 | Christophe Lemaire | Nicolas Clément | Ecurie Mister Ess A S |
| 2002 | Diaghilev2:07.80 | Jamie Spencer | Aidan O'Brien | Tabor / Magnier |
| 2001 | Art Contemporain2:11.10 | Thierry Jarnet | Jean-Claude Rouget | Jean-Louis Tepper |
| 2000 | Holding Court2:34.90 | Olivier Peslier | Michael Jarvis | John Good |
| 1999 | Nowhere to Exit2:47.30 | Richard Quinn | John Dunlop | Gary Pinchen |
| 1998 | Dream Well2:31.00 | Cash Asmussen | Pascal Bary | Niarchos Family |
| 1997 | Magellano2:44.10 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Sultan Al Kabeer |
| 1996 | Radevore2:07.70 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Khalid Abdullah |
| 1995 | Tzar Rodney2:12.50 | Olivier Peslier | Georges Doleuze | William Trichter |
| 1994 | Percutant2:10.40 | Guy Guignard | David Smaga | Thierry van Zuylen |
| 1993 | Sin Kiang2:12.90 | Cash Asmussen | Jean de Roualle | Sir James Goldsmith |
| 1992 | Break Bread2:06.50 | Cash Asmussen | David Smaga | Lord Weinstock |
| 1991 | Kotashaan2:06.50 | Guy Guignard | Criquette Head | Jacques Wertheimer |
| 1990 | Sifting Gold2:03.10 | Cash Asmussen | André Fabre | Roy Strudwick |
| 1989 | Val des Bois2:14.00 | Freddy Head | Criquette Head | Jacques Wertheimer |
| 1988 | Welkin2:07.90 | Cash Asmussen | Corine Barande-Barbe | Alfred Cuddy |
| 1987 | The Scout | Gary W. Moore | Criquette Head | Khalid Abdullah |
| 1986 | Loyal Double | Gérald Mossé | Patrick Biancone | J. T. Lundy |
| 1985 | Louis Le Grand | Freddy Head | Criquette Head | Khalid Abdullah |
| 1984 | Truculent | Freddy Head | Criquette Head | Jacques Wertheimer |
| 1983 | White Spade | Lester Piggott | David Smaga | Sylvain Benillouche |
| 1982 | Be My Native | Bruce Raymond | Robert Armstrong | K. Hsu |
| 1981 | Al Nasr | Alfred Gibert | André Fabre | Moufid Dabaghi |
| 1980 | Nemr | Alfred Gibert | Mitri Saliba | Mahmoud Fustok |
| 1979 | Fabulous Dancer2:08.20 | Freddy Head | Criquette Head | Ghislaine Head |
| 1978 | Dom Racine2:17.60 | Alain Badel | Olivier Douieb | Robert Sangster |
49 of the 49 runnings name the rider, 49 name the trainer and 49 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Prix La Force 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 Prix La Force in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 813 | Prix du PinLongchamp Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 814 | Prix du Prince d'OrangeLongchamp Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 815 | Prix EclipseChantilly Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 816 | Prix Edmond BlancSaint-Cloud Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 817 | Prix ExburySaint-Cloud Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 818 | Prix Fille de l'AirToulouse Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 819 | Prix Gérald de GeoffreLongchamp Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 820 | Prix GladiateurLongchamp Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 821 | Prix Gontaut-BironDeauville Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 822 | Prix ImprudenceDeauville | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 824 | Prix La RochetteLongchamp Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 825 | Prix MessidorMaisons-Laffitte | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 826 | Prix MiesqueMaisons-Laffitte | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 827 | Prix MinerveDeauville Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 828 | Prix NoaillesLongchamp Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 829 | Prix Paul de MoussacChantilly Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 830 | Prix PenelopeSaint-Cloud Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 831 | Prix PerthSaint-Cloud Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 832 | Prix SigyChantilly Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 833 | Prix TexanitaMaisons-Laffitte | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
The 20 races closest to Prix La Force 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, 100th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prix Gérald de Geoffre | Longchamp Racecourse | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix Gladiateur | Longchamp Racecourse | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix Gontaut-Biron | Deauville Racecourse | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix Imprudence | Deauville | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix La Rochette | Longchamp Racecourse | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix Messidor | Maisons-Laffitte | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix Miesque | Maisons-Laffitte | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix Minerve | Deauville Racecourse | Group 3 | €80,000 |
Every race in France we hold a purse for is on the France prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Prix La Force winner get?
€40,000. That is 50% of the €80,000 Prix La Force is worth, and the rest is shared down the field.
What is the total Prix La Force prize money?
€80,000, for the 2019 running.
Where does the Prix La Force rank among the richest races in the world?
823rd of 997. 822 races pay more, the nearest of them Prix du Pin. In France it is 100th of 131.
Which jockey has won the Prix La Force most often?
Maxime Guyon, with 5 wins between 2013 and 2024.
When was the Prix La Force first run?
1910. This page holds 49 runnings, from 1978 to 2026.
How far is the Prix La Force?
2,000 metres (1¼ miles), on turf, at Longchamp Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money
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Elsewhere in racing
- Every race at Longchamp Racecourse
- Where a purse goes in France
- French-bred premiums, and what they are worth
- The richest races in the world
- Horse racing prize money per second
- The 100 most successful racehorses
- The jockeys with the most wins
- The trainers with the most wins
- The owners with the most wins
- Horse racing prize money