Prix Matchem prize money
Prix Matchem is worth €55,000 for the 2017 running , €27,500 of it to the winner . That makes it the 933rd richest of the 997 races on this site and the 127th 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 Matchem is
Listed · 1,800 metres · Turf · Saint-Cloud
- Racecourse
- Saint-Cloud
- Country
- France
- Grade
- Listed
- Distance
- 1,800 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Flat / Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three-year-old colts and geldings excluding Group winners
- Direction
- Straight
- First run
- 1931
The winner takes 50% of the fund, and the four places behind share the remaining €27,500 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 €55,000.
Run in 1:26.27 in 2025, Prix Matchem pays €638 for every second of the race, which is 483rd of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 97th in France.
Where the Prix Matchem prize money goes
France Galop sets the shares
| Finishing place | Share of the fund | What it is worth |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 50% | €27,500 |
| Second | 20% | €11,000 |
| Third | 15% | €8,250 |
| Fourth | 10% | €5,500 |
| Fifth | 5% | €2,750 |
| Who takes it | Share of the fund | Out of this purse |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | 75% | €41,250 |
| Trainer | 14% | €7,700 |
| Jockey | 8.5% | €4,675 |
| Social charges | 2.5% | €1,375 |
Every share here is a percentage of the €55,000 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% | €41,250 | €20,625 |
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 Matchem winner
43 runnings, 1979 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Temptable1:26.27 | Clement Lecoeuvre | Francis-Henri Graffard | Juddmonte |
| 2020 | Alson1:30.52 | Pierre-Charles Boudot | André Fabre | Gestut Schlenderhan |
| 2019 | Matematica1:29.76 | Olivier Peslier | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 2018 | Spinning Memories1:26.76 | Christophe Soumillon | Pascal Bary | Sutong Pan Racing |
| 2017 | Uni1:58.00 | Maxime Guyon | Fabrice Chappet | Haras d'Etreham & S Kumin |
| 2016 | Maximum Aurelius1:59.63 | Pierre-Charles Boudot | Francis-Henri Graffard | Craig Mather |
| 2015 | Rickfield1:54.10 | Christophe Soumillon | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 2014 | Guiliani2:01.90 | Maxime Guyon | Jean-Pierre Carvalho | Stall Ullmann |
| 2013 | Pilote1:52.90 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 2012 | Mainsail1:51.42 | Christophe Soumillon | Pascal Bary | Khalid Abdullah |
| 2011 | Valiyr2:13.10 | Christophe Lemaire | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 2010 | Mellon Martini2:08.20 | Gérald Mossé | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Almeida Camargo / Simon |
| 2009 | Cavalryman2:08.60 | Maxime Guyon | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed |
| 2008 | Blue Exit1:51.70 | Christophe Lemaire | Jean-Claude Rouget | Allen / Tepper / Forgeard |
| 2007 | Russian Desert2:06.99 | Stéphane Pasquier | André Fabre | Edouard de Rothschild |
| 2006 | Dilek2:09.13 | Christophe Soumillon | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 2005 | Kocab2:31.30 | Christophe Soumillon | André Fabre | Khalid Abdullah |
| 2004 | Valixir1:55.80 | Gary Stevens | André Fabre | Lagardère Family |
| 2003 | Kiddy Sing1:56.90 | Christophe Soumillon | André Fabre | Lagardère Family |
| 2002 | Thattinger1:54.10 | Olivier Peslier | Richard Chotard | Guy-Roger Petit |
| 2001 | Vahorimix2:03.30 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Jean-Luc Lagardère |
| 2000 | Darjeeling1:59.60 | Dominique Boeuf | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Javier Gispert |
| 1999 | Val Royal1:53.10 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Jean-Luc Lagardère |
| 1998 | Frozen Groom2:04.70 | Olivier Doleuze | Criquette Head | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 1997 | Visionary1:52.30 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Jean-Luc Lagardère |
| 1996 | Martiniquais1:51.27 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Daniel Wildenstein |
| 1995 | Bobinski1:58.59 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Bob McCreery |
| 1994 | Dare and Go2:01.80 | Olivier Doleuze | Criquette Head | Jacques Wertheimer |
| 1993 | Le Balafre1:56.86 | Olivier Peslier | Nicolas Clément | Joseph de Lastours |
| 1992 | Kitwood1:52.88 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed |
| 1991 | Sillery1:58.09 | Guy Guignard | Criquette Head | Ghislaine Head |
| 1990 | Priolo1:50.00 | Gérald Mossé | François Boutin | Ecurie Skymarc Farm |
| 1989 | Chivalrous | William Mongil | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Mrs Robert Bousquet |
| 1988 | Squill1:36.96 | Guy Guignard | Criquette Head | Etti Plesch |
| 1987 | Don Mario | Gary W. Moore | Criquette Head | Jacques Wertheimer |
| 1986 | Free Water | Freddy Head | François Boutin | Ernst Wiget |
| 1985 | Baillamont | Cash Asmussen | François Boutin | Stavros Niarchos |
| 1984 | Greinton1:53.60 | Cash Asmussen | François Boutin | Stavros Niarchos |
| 1983 | Alzao2:01.00 | Cash Asmussen | François Boutin | Jean-Luc Lagardère |
| 1982 | Bright Dick | Yves Saint-Martin | Joseph Audon | I. B. S. Lewin |
| 1981 | Mourtazam1:59.10 | Yves Saint-Martin | François Mathet | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 1980 | Axius | Jean-Luc Kessas | J. M. de Choubersky | Emmeline de Waldner |
| 1979 | Fabulous Dancer1:59.40 | Freddy Head | Criquette Head | Ghislaine Head |
43 of the 43 runnings name the rider, 43 name the trainer and 43 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Prix Matchem 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 Matchem in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 923 | Grosser Preis der Landeshauptstadt DüsseldorfDüsseldorf Racecourse | Germany | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 924 | Grosser Preis der WirtschaftDortmund Racecourse | Germany | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 925 | Hamburger MeileHorner Rennbahn | Germany | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 926 | Hamburger Stuten-PreisHorner Rennbahn | Germany | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 927 | Hamburger StutenmeileHorner Rennbahn | Germany | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 928 | Herzog von Ratibor-RennenKrefeld Racecourse | Germany | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 929 | Hessen-PokalFrankfurt Racecourse | Germany | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 930 | Preis der Sparkassen-FinanzgruppeIffezheim Racecourse | Germany | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 931 | Prix HerodChantilly Racecourse | France | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 932 | Prix IsonomyDeauville-La Touques Racecourse, Deauville, France | France | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 934 | Prix Omnium IISaint-Cloud Racecourse | France | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 935 | Prix YacowlefChantilly Racecourse | France | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 936 | Schwarzgold-RennenKöln-Weidenpesch | Germany | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 937 | Silberne PeitscheMunich Racecourse | Germany | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 938 | Zukunfts-RennenIffezheim Racecourse | Germany | €55,000 | €55,000 |
| 939 | Lamplighter StakesMonmouth Park Racetrack | United States | €52,782 | $60,000 |
| 940 | Select StakesMonmouth Park Racetrack | United States | €52,782 | $60,000 |
| 941 | Esher CupSandown Park | Great Britain | €52,650 | £45,000 |
| 942 | Heron StakesSandown Park | Great Britain | €52,650 | £45,000 |
| 943 | Prix André BaboinVarious, France | France | €52,000 | €52,000 |
The 20 races closest to Prix Matchem 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, 127th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prix Quincey | Deauville Racecourse | Group 3 | €56,000 |
| Prix Six Perfections | Deauville Racecourse | Group 3 | €56,000 |
| Prix Herod | Chantilly Racecourse | Listed | €55,000 |
| Prix Isonomy | Deauville-La Touques Racecourse, Deauville, France | Listed | €55,000 |
| Prix Omnium II | Saint-Cloud Racecourse | Listed | €55,000 |
| Prix Yacowlef | Chantilly Racecourse | Listed | €55,000 |
| Prix André Baboin | Various, France | Listed | €52,000 |
| Prix Juigné | Longchamp Racecourse | Conditions | €25,000 |
Every race in France we hold a purse for is on the France prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Prix Matchem winner get?
€27,500. That is 50% of the €55,000 Prix Matchem is worth, and the rest is shared down the field.
What is the total Prix Matchem prize money?
€55,000, for the 2017 running.
Where does the Prix Matchem rank among the richest races in the world?
933rd of 997. 932 races pay more, the nearest of them Grosser Preis der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf. In France it is 127th of 131.
Which jockey has won the Prix Matchem most often?
Olivier Peslier, with 7 wins between 1993 and 2019.
When was the Prix Matchem first run?
1931. This page holds 43 runnings, from 1979 to 2025.
How far is the Prix Matchem?
1,800 metres, on turf, at Saint-Cloud.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money
Racing by country
Elsewhere in racing
- Every race at Saint-Cloud 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