Prix Penelope prize money
Prix Penelope is worth €80,000 for the 2019 running , €50,400 of it to the winner . That makes it the 830th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 107th 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 Penelope is
Group 3 · 2,100 metres (1m 2½f) · Turf · Saint-Cloud Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Saint-Cloud Racecourse
- Country
- France
- Grade
- Group 3
- Distance
- 2,100 metres (1m 2½f)
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Flat / Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three-year-old fillies
- Direction
- Left-handed
- First run
- 1905
The winner takes 63% of the fund. The remaining €29,600 is shared between the horses behind, on a scale the racecourse sets race by race rather than a fixed one.
Run in 2:18.91 in 2025, Prix Penelope pays €576 for every second of the race, which is 505th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 106th in France.
Where the Prix Penelope prize money goes
France Galop sets the shares
| 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 | €37,800 |
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 Penelope winner
44 runnings, 1981 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tajlina2:18.91 | Mickael Barzalona | Francis-Henri Graffard | Al Asayl France |
| 2024 | Making Dreams2:37.71 | Alexis Pouchin | Karl Burke | Bradley Racing / Burke |
| 2023 | Pensee Du Jour2:14.30 | Bauyrzhan Murzabayev | André Fabre | Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd |
| 2022 | Agave2:18.15 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Exors of the late K Abdullah |
| 2021 | Philomene2:15.68 | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | Godolphin / Monceaux / Skymarc |
| 2019 | Cartiem2:16.14 | Cristian Demuro | Jean-Claude Rouget | G Augustin-Normand et al. |
| 2018 | Luminate2:13.08 | Olivier Peslier | Freddy Head | Highclere Thoroughbred Racing |
| 2017 | Sistercharlie2:19.06 | Maxime Guyon | Henri-Alex Pantall | Mme Jacques Cygler |
| 2016 | Camprock2:23.01 | Maxime Guyon | Pia Brandt | Ecurie du Grand Chene |
| 2015 | Queen's Jewel2:18.19 | Maxime Guyon | Freddy Head | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 2014 | Goldy Espony2:17.16 | Fabrice Veron | Henri-Alex Pantall | Henri-Alex Pantall |
| 2013 | Ferevia2:23.40 | Olivier Peslier | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Leonidas Marinopoulos |
| 2012 | Waldlerche2:19.80 | Maxime Guyon | André Fabre | Gestüt Bernried |
| 2011 | Don't Hurry Me2:17.20 | Ioritz Mendizabal | Jean-Claude Rouget | Jean-François Gribomont |
| 2010 | Dariole2:19.90 | Grégory Benoist | Pascal Bary | Helen Barbe |
| 2009 | Celimene2:21.30 | Yann Lerner | Carlos Lerner | Gérard Laboureau |
| 2008 | Gagnoa2:23.10 | Stéphane Pasquier | André Fabre | Smith / Tabor / Magnier |
| 2007 | Mrs Lindsay2:17.20 | Stéphane Pasquier | François Rohaut | Bettina Jenney |
| 2006 | Germance2:20.10 | Ioritz Mendizabal | Jean-Claude Rouget | Nelson Radwan |
| 2005 | Perfect Hedge2:22.10 | Thierry Thulliez | Nicolas Clément | NP Bloodstock Ltd |
| 2004 | Ask for the Moon2:17.10 | Ioritz Mendizabal | Jean-Claude Rouget | Jean-Pierre Dubois |
| 2003 | Humouresque2:17.90 | Thierry Thulliez | Sir Mark Prescott | Cheveley Park Stud |
| 2002 | Ombre Legere2:19.50 | Stéphane Pasquier | Élie Lellouche | Ecurie Ferdane |
| 2001 | Baldwina2:41.30 | François-Xavier Bertras | François Rohaut | Bernard Cazenave |
| 2000 | Volvoreta2:21.90 | Thierry Thulliez | Carlos Lerner | Maria-Soledad Vidal |
| 1999 | La Sylphide2:28.20 | Thierry Jarnet | Nicolas Clément | Sibylle Egloff |
| 1998 | Abbatiale2:27.60 | Frédéric Sanchez | Dominique Sépulchre | Georges Coude |
| 1997 | Brilliance2:17.90 | Sylvain Guillot | Pascal Bary | Ecurie Skymarc Farm |
| 1996 | Tulipa2:15.70 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed |
| 1995 | Muncie2:21.30 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Daniel Wildenstein |
| 1994 | Diamond Dance2:18.70 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Jean-Luc Lagardère |
| 1993 | Wemyss Bight2:20.50 | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Khalid Abdullah |
| 1992 | Trampoli2:18.70 | Sylvain Guillot | André Fabre | Paul de Moussac |
| 1991 | La Monalisa2:15.30 | Dominique Boeuf | Élie Lellouche | Edgard Zorbibe |
| 1990 | Air de Rien2:13.50 | Alain Badel | Myriam Bollack-Badel | Jacques Berès |
| 1989 | Behera2:16.10 | Tony Cruz | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 1988 | Madame Est Sortie2:34.20 | Thierry Jarnet | Yann-Marie Porzier | Gerald Levi |
| 1987 | Productive | Freddy Head | J. C. Cunnington | George Ohrstrom |
| 1986 | Termienne | Dominique Boeuf | Jean-Paul Gallorini | Philippe Faucampre |
| 1985 | Blue Tip | Cash Asmussen | Freddie Palmer | David d'Albis |
| 1984 | Pampa Bella | Alain Badel | Jean-François Daubin | Mrs A. Daubin |
| 1983 | Smuggly | Alain Badel | Olivier Douieb | Edward Seltzer |
| 1982 | All Along2:23.40 | Serge Gorli | Patrick Biancone | Daniel Wildenstein |
| 1981 | Last Love | Serge Gorli | Patrick Biancone | Serge Lederman |
44 of the 44 runnings name the rider, 44 name the trainer and 44 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Prix Penelope more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
Most wins by a trainer
Races worth about the same
Either side of Prix Penelope in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 836 | Bold Ruckus StakesWoodbine Racetrack | Canada | €78,507 | CA$125,000 |
| 837 | Manitoba DerbyAssiniboia Downs | Canada | €78,507 | CA$125,000 |
| 838 | G A Towton CupAscot Racecourse | Australia | €77,381 | AU$125,000 |
| 839 | Lee Steere ClassicAscot Racecourse | Australia | €77,381 | AU$125,000 |
| 840 | Easter HandicapEllerslie Racecourse | New Zealand | €77,378 | NZ$150,000 |
The 20 races closest to Prix Penelope 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, 107th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Prix Perth | Saint-Cloud Racecourse | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix Sigy | Chantilly Racecourse | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix Texanita | Maisons-Laffitte | Group 3 | €80,000 |
| Prix Thomas Bryon | Saint-Cloud 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 Penelope winner get?
€50,400. That is 63% of the €80,000 Prix Penelope is worth, and the rest is shared down the field.
What is the total Prix Penelope prize money?
€80,000, for the 2019 running.
Where does the Prix Penelope rank among the richest races in the world?
830th of 997. 829 races pay more, the nearest of them Prix Gladiateur. In France it is 107th of 131.
Which jockey has won the Prix Penelope most often?
Thierry Jarnet, with 5 wins between 1988 and 1999.
When was the Prix Penelope first run?
1905. This page holds 44 runnings, from 1981 to 2025.
How far is the Prix Penelope?
2,100 metres (1m 2½f), on turf, at Saint-Cloud Racecourse.
Where to next
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- The jockeys with the most wins
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