Prix Messidor prize money
Prix Messidor is worth €80,000 for the 2016 running , €40,000 of it to the winner . That makes it the 825th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 102nd 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 Messidor is
Group 3 · 1,600 metres (1 mile) · Turf · Maisons-Laffitte
- Racecourse
- Maisons-Laffitte
- Country
- France
- Grade
- Group 3
- Distance
- 1,600 metres (1 mile)
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Flat / Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three-years-old and up
- Direction
- Straight
- First run
- 1949
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 1:36.01 in 2026, Prix Messidor pays €833 for every second of the race, which is 422nd of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 70th in France.
Where the Prix Messidor 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
Open to three-year-olds and older horses, so the race pays two rates
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 |
| Horses of 4 and over, outside Group 1 | 45% | €36,000 | €18,000 |
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 Messidor winner
46 runnings, 1978 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Silius4 · 1:36:01 | Maxime Guyon | Christophe Ferland | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 2023 | Fast Raaj5 · 1:36.81 | Alexis Pouchin | Yann Barberot | Alain Jathiere, Ecurie Du Parc Monceau Et Al |
| 2022 | Wally5 · 1:39.37 | Cristian Demuro | Jean-Claude Rouget | Ecurie Jean-Pierre Barjon |
| 2021 | Victor Ludorum4 · 1:40.02 | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | Godolphin |
| 2019 | Impulsif4 · 1:38.80 | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | Godolphin |
| 2018 | Geniale4 · 1:37.62 | Yutaka Take | Mikio Matsunaga | Kieffers Co Ltd |
| 2017 | Taareef4 · 1:34.86 | Ioritz Mendizabal | Jean-Claude Rouget | Hamdan Al Maktoum |
| 2016 | Vadamos5 · 1:35.10 | Vincent Cheminaud | André Fabre | Haras de Saint Pair |
| 2015 | Fractional6 · 1:38.40 | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | Godolphin |
| 2014 | Graphic5 · 1:38.10 | Frankie Dettori | William Haggas | Royal Ascot Racing Club |
| 2013 | Intello3 · 1:34.00 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 2012 | Tin Horse4 · 1:35.45 | Thierry Jarnet | Didier Guillemin | Marquesa de Moratalla |
| 2011 | Vagabond Shoes4 · 1:39.50 | Christophe Soumillon | Yan Durepaire | Javier Martinez Salmean |
| 2010 | Fuisse4 · 1:35.30 | Stéphane Pasquier | Criquette Head-Maarek | Haras du Quesnay |
| 2009 | Alnadana4 · 1:38.70 | Christophe Soumillon | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Aga Khan IV |
| 2008 | Racinger5 · 1:35.70 | Davy Bonilla | Freddy Head | Hamdan Al Maktoum |
| 2007 | Stormy River4 · 1:33.90 | Thierry Thulliez | Nicolas Clément | Ecurie Mister Ess A S |
| 2006 | Librettist4 · 1:36.00 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
| 2005 | Valixir4 · 1:35.70 | Christophe Soumillon | André Fabre | Aga Khan IV |
| 2004 | Ryono5 · 1:39.60 | Tony Castanheira | Peter Lautner | Hildegard Focke |
| 2003 | Special Kaldoun4 · 1:34.60 | Dominique Boeuf | David Smaga | Ecurie Chalhoub |
| 2002 | Altieri4 · 1:40.30 | Gabriele Bietolini | Vittorio Caruso | Scuderia Incolinx |
| 2001 | Panis3 · 1:38.40 | Thierry Thulliez | Pascal Bary | Ecurie J. L. Bouchard |
| 2000 | Faberger4 · 1:39.50 | L. Hammer-Hansen | Erika Mäder | Wiesenhof Bloodstock |
| 1999 | Dansili3 · 1:33.70 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Khalid Abdullah |
| 1998 | Fly to the Stars4 · 1:36.60 | Daragh O'Donohoe | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
| 1997 | Neuilly3 · 1:37.10 | Alain Junk | André Fabre | Mrs Paul de Moussac |
| 1996 | Grey Risk3 · 1:40.50 | Sylvain Guillot | Philippe Demercastel | Ecurie Bader |
| 1995 | Nec Plus Ultra4 · 1:36.50 | Thierry Gillet | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Marquesa de Moratalla |
| 1994 | Jeune Homme4 · 1:39.10 | Cash Asmussen | François Boutin | Yoshio Asakawa |
| 1993 | Fanmore5 · 1:36.30 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Khalid Abdullah |
| 1992 | Take Risks3 · 1:41.00 | Mathieu Boutin | Jean Lesbordes | David Tsui |
| 1991 | Acteur Francais3 · 1:36.08 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Paul de Moussac |
| 1990 | Septieme Ciel3 · 1:41.30 | Freddy Head | Criquette Head | Johnny Jones |
| 1989 | Polish Precedent3 · 1:36.30 | Cash Asmussen | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed |
| 1988 | Mill Native4 · 1:34.20 | Cash Asmussen | André Fabre | Paul de Moussac |
| 1987 | Fitzwilliam Place3 · 1:34.50 | Dominique Boeuf | André Fabre | Bruce McNall |
| 1986 | Gay Minstrel5 · 1:37.00 | Gary W. Moore | Criquette Head | Jacques Wertheimer |
| 1985 | Comrade in Arms3 · 1:36.10 | Alfred Gibert | Philippe Lallié | D. W. Molins |
| 1984 | Mille Balles4 · 1:37.30 | Freddy Head | André Fabre | Enzo di Nella |
| 1983 | Pampabird4 · 1:35.20 | Maurice Philipperon | John Cunnington Jr. | Paul de Moussac |
| 1982 | Noalcoholic5 | George Duffield | Gavin Pritchard-Gordon | William du Pont III |
| 1981 | Ya Zaman4 · 1:36.20 | Yves Saint-Martin | Mitri Saliba | Mahmoud Fustok |
| 1980 | Tassmoun4 | Yves Saint-Martin | François Mathet | Aga Khan IV |
| 1979 | American Prince3 | Willie Carson | Stuart Murless | Burt Bacharach |
| 1978 | Cosmopolitan3 | Philippe Paquet | François Boutin | Robert Jolibois |
46 of the 46 runnings name the rider, 46 name the trainer and 46 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Prix Messidor 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 Messidor in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 823 | Prix La ForceLongchamp Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 824 | Prix La RochetteLongchamp Racecourse | 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 |
| 834 | Prix Thomas BryonSaint-Cloud Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
| 835 | Prix VanteauxLongchamp Racecourse | France | €80,000 | €80,000 |
The 20 races closest to Prix Messidor 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, 102nd of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prix Gontaut-Biron | Deauville Racecourse | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix Imprudence | Deauville | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix La Force | Longchamp Racecourse | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix La Rochette | Longchamp Racecourse | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix Miesque | Maisons-Laffitte | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix Minerve | Deauville Racecourse | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix Noailles | Longchamp Racecourse | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix Paul de Moussac | Chantilly Racecourse | Group 2 | €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 Messidor winner get?
€40,000. That is 50% of the €80,000 Prix Messidor is worth, and the rest is shared down the field.
What is the total Prix Messidor prize money?
€80,000, for the 2016 running.
Where does the Prix Messidor rank among the richest races in the world?
825th of 997. 824 races pay more, the nearest of them Prix Eclipse. In France it is 102nd of 131.
Which jockey has won the Prix Messidor most often?
Mickael Barzalona, with 3 wins between 2015 and 2021.
When was the Prix Messidor first run?
1949. This page holds 46 runnings, from 1978 to 2026.
How far is the Prix Messidor?
1,600 metres (1 mile), on turf, at Maisons-Laffitte.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money