Prix Vicomtesse Vigier prize money
Prix Vicomtesse Vigier is worth €400,000 for the 2025 running , €74,100 of it to the winner . That makes it the 219th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 19th 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 Vicomtesse Vigier is
Group 1 · 3,100 metres (1m 7½f) · Turf · Longchamp Racecourse
- Racecourse
- Longchamp Racecourse
- Country
- France
- Grade
- Group 1
- Distance
- 3,100 metres (1m 7½f)
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Flat / Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Four-years-old and up
- Direction
- Right-handed
- First run
- 1859
The winner takes 19% of the fund. The remaining €325,900 is shared between the horses behind, on a scale the racecourse sets race by race rather than a fixed one.
Run in 3:21.11 in 2026, Prix Vicomtesse Vigier pays €1,989 for every second of the race, which is 260th of the 611 races in horse racing prize money per second and 29th in France.
Where the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier prize money goes
France Galop sets the shares
| Who takes it | Share of the fund | Out of this purse |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | 75% | €300,000 |
| Trainer | 14% | €56,000 |
| Jockey | 8.5% | €34,000 |
| Social charges | 2.5% | €10,000 |
Every share here is a percentage of the €400,000 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% | €80,000 | €14,820 |
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 Vicomtesse Vigier winner
48 runnings, 1979 to 2026, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Caballo De Mar5 · 3:21.11 | Oisin Murphy | George Scott | Victorious Forever |
| 2025 | Candelari4 · 3:19.09 | Clement Lecoeuvre | Francis-Henri Graffard | Aga Khan Studs SCEA |
| 2024 | Sevenna's Knight4 · 3:21.15 | Mickael Barzalona | André Fabre | OTI Racing |
| 2023 | Sober4 · 3:21.98 | Maxime Guyon | André Fabre | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 2022 | Skazino6 · 3:22.99 | Mickael Barzalona | Richard Chotard | La Haras de la Gousserie |
| 2021 | Skazino5 · 3:27.19 | Mickael Barzalona | Cedric Rossi | La Haras de la Gousserie |
| 2020 | San Huberto4 · 3:10.34 | Pierre-Charles Boudot | Fabrice Chappet | OTI Racing |
| 2019 | Called To The Bar5 · 3:12.23 | Theo Bachelot | Pia Brandt | Fair Salinia / Pia Brandt |
| 2018 | Vazirabad6 · 3:14.46 | Christophe Soumillon | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Aga Khan IV |
| 2017 | Vazirabad5 · 3:37.11 | Christophe Soumillon | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Aga Khan IV |
| 2016 | Vazirabad4 · 3:35.96 | Christophe Soumillon | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Aga Khan IV |
| 2015 | Bathyrhon5 · 3:20.74 | Maxime Guyon | Pia Brandt | Avaz Ismoilov |
| 2014 | Fly With Me4 · 3:32.22 | Maxime Guyon | Eric Libaud | Jean Luck |
| 2013 | Domeside7 · 3:27.01 | Christophe Soumillon | Mauricio Delcher-Sanchez | Safsaf Canarias Srl |
| 2012 | Ivory Land5 · 3:26.69 | Stéphane Pasquier | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Eduardo Fierro |
| 2011 | Brigantin4 · 3:31.60 | Pierre-Charles Boudot | André Fabre | Team Valor |
| 2010 | Kite Wood4 · 3:20.00 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
| 2009 | Americain4 · 3:28.78 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Wertheimer et Frère |
| 2008 | Coastal Path4 · 3:18.60 | Stéphane Pasquier | André Fabre | Khalid Abdullah |
| 2007 | Lord du Sud6 · 3:33.60 | Christophe Lemaire | Jean-Claude Rouget | Béatrice Hermelin |
| 2006 | Shamdala4 · 3:22.50 | Christophe Soumillon | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 2005 | Westerner6 · 3:15.80 | Olivier Peslier | Élie Lellouche | Ecurie Wildenstein |
| 2004 | Forestier4 · 3:29.90 | Christophe Lemaire | Eric Danel | Mrs René J. Wattinne |
| 2003 | Cut Quartz6 · 3:32.70 | Thierry Jarnet | Richard Gibson | Antoinette Kavanagh |
| 2002 | Wareed4 · 3:15.80 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
| 2001 | Speedmaster4 · 3:19.30 | Dominique Boeuf | François Doumen | Horst Rapp |
| 2000 | Amilynx4 · 3:27.20 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Jean-Luc Lagardère |
| 1999 | Kayf Tara5 · 3:22.90 | Sylvain Guillot | Saeed bin Suroor | Godolphin |
| 1998 | Tajoun4 · 3:18.50 | Gérald Mossé | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV |
| 1997 | Stretarez4 · 3:28.80 | Frédéric Sanchez | Dominique Sépulchre | Jean-Luc Lagardère |
| 1996 | Double Eclipse4 · 3:28.20 | Jason Weaver | Mark Johnston | Middleham Partnership |
| 1995 | The Little Thief4 · 3:29.70 | Alain Junk | Eric Danel | George Ohrstrom |
| 1994 | Molesnes4 · 3:27.90 | Olivier Peslier | Marcel Rolland | Michel Perret |
| 1993 | Dadarissime4 · 3:20.80 | Freddy Head | Georges Bridgland | Sir James Goldsmith |
| 1992 | Commendable4 · 3:23.80 | Pat Eddery | Henri-Alex Pantall | Khalid Abdullah |
| 1991 | Turgeon5 · 3:20.00 | Cash Asmussen | Jonathan Pease | George Strawbridge |
| 1990 | Turgeon4 · 3:26.30 | Tony Cruz | Jonathan Pease | George Strawbridge |
| 1989 | Rachmaninov4 · 3:37.30 | Cash Asmussen | Élie Lellouche | Jean-Claude Abecassis |
| 1988 | Royal Gait5 · 3:28.00 | Alfred Gibert | John Fellows | Manuel Pereira-Arias |
| 1987 | Tale Quale5 · 3:25.70 | Tony Cruz | Patrick Biancone | Daniel Wildenstein |
| 1986 | Air de Cour4 · 3:42.20 | Éric Legrix | Patrick Biancone | Daniel Wildenstein |
| 1985 | Balitou6 · 3:32.20 | Éric Legrix | Patrick Biancone | Daniel Wildenstein |
| 1984 | Magwal5 · 3:17.20 | Alfred Gibert | André Fabre | Mahmoud Fustok |
| 1983 | Kelbomec7 · 3:37.30 | Jean-Claude Desaint | J. C. Cunnington | Mrs Jacques Barker |
| 1982 | Starski4 · 3:28.40 | Freddy Head | Alain de Royer-Dupré | Marquesa de Moratalla |
| 1981 | Gold River4 · 3:39.90 | Freddy Head | Alec Head | Jacques Wertheimer |
| 1980 | Hard to Sing4 · 3:24.90 | Georges Doleuze | Charlie Milbank | N. Lathom-Sharp |
| 1979 | Campero6 · 3:16.80 | Freddy Head | Maurice Zilber | J. Moreno |
48 of the 48 runnings name the rider, 48 name the trainer and 48 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
Most wins by a jockey
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Vazirabad | 3 | 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Skazino | 2 | 2021, 2022 |
| Turgeon | 2 | 1990, 1991 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of Prix Vicomtesse Vigier in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 | Ryanair ChaseCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | €438,750 | £375,000 |
| 210 | Canadian Pacing DerbyCampbellville, Ontario, Canada | Canada | €433,359 | CA$690,000 |
| 211 | Queensland OaksEagle Farm Racecourse | Australia | €433,333 | AU$700,000 |
| 212 | Zen-Nippon Nisai YushunKawasaki Racecourse | Japan | €421,032 | ¥71,400,000 |
| 213 | Grand Prix de Saint-CloudSaint-Cloud Racecourse | France | €400,000 | €400,000 |
| 214 | Grosser Preis von BadenIffezheim Racecourse | Germany | €400,000 | €400,000 |
| 215 | Prix Guillaume d'OrnanoDeauville Racecourse | France | €400,000 | €400,000 |
| 216 | Prix Jean PratDeauville Racecourse | France | €400,000 | €400,000 |
| 217 | Prix Jean-Luc LagardèreLongchamp Racecourse | France | €400,000 | €400,000 |
| 218 | Prix Marcel BoussacLongchamp Racecourse | France | €400,000 | €400,000 |
| 220 | Stayers' HurdleCheltenham Racecourse | Great Britain | €380,250 | £325,000 |
| 221 | Prix Maurice de GheestDeauville Racecourse | France | €380,000 | €380,000 |
| 222 | Celebration CupSha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | €361,238 | HK$3,250,000 |
| 223 | Lion Rock TrophySha Tin Racecourse | Hong Kong | €361,238 | HK$3,250,000 |
| 224 | New Zealand 2000 GuineasRiccarton Park | New Zealand | €361,097 | NZ$700,000 |
| 225 | Railway StakesEllerslie Racecourse | New Zealand | €361,097 | NZ$700,000 |
| 226 | Bing Crosby StakesDel Mar Racetrack | United States | €351,880 | $400,000 |
| 227 | Clement L. Hirsch StakesDel Mar Racetrack | United States | €351,880 | $400,000 |
| 228 | Fountain of Youth StakesGulfstream Park | United States | €351,880 | $400,000 |
| 229 | Frizette StakesBelmont Park | United States | €351,880 | $400,000 |
The 20 races closest to Prix Vicomtesse Vigier 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, 19th of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prix Guillaume d'Ornano | Deauville Racecourse | Group 2 | €400,000 |
| Prix Jean Prat | Deauville Racecourse | Group 1 | €400,000 |
| Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère | Longchamp Racecourse | Group 1 | €400,000 |
| Prix Marcel Boussac | Longchamp Racecourse | Group 1 | €400,000 |
| Prix Maurice de Gheest | Deauville Racecourse | Group 1 | €380,000 |
| Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil | Auteuil Racecourse | Group 1 | €350,000 |
| Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp | Longchamp Racecourse | Group 1 | €350,000 |
| Prix de la Forêt | Longchamp Racecourse | Group 1 | €350,000 |
Every race in France we hold a purse for is on the France prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier winner get?
€74,100. That is 19% of the €400,000 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier is worth, and the rest is shared down the field.
What is the total Prix Vicomtesse Vigier prize money?
€400,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier rank among the richest races in the world?
219th of 997. 218 races pay more, the nearest of them Ryanair Chase. In France it is 19th of 131.
Which horse has won the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier most often?
Vazirabad, 3 times, in 2016, 2017, 2018.
Which jockey has won the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier most often?
Christophe Soumillon, with 5 wins between 2006 and 2018.
When was the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier first run?
1859. This page holds 48 runnings, from 1979 to 2026.
How far is the Prix Vicomtesse Vigier?
3,100 metres (1m 7½f), on turf, at Longchamp Racecourse.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money
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- 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
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