The Prix Marcel Boussac is a Group 1 flat horse race in France which is open to two-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early October.
It is the only Group 1 event in France reserved exclusively for juvenile fillies. The leading participants usually become major contenders for the following year's fillies' Classics, such as the Poule d...
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The Prix Marcel Boussac is a Group 1 flat horse race in France which is open to two-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early October.
It is the only Group 1 event in France reserved exclusively for juvenile fillies. The leading participants usually become major contenders for the following year's fillies' Classics, such as the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches or the 1,000 Guineas Stakes.
The event was established in 1969, and it was originally called the Critérium des Pouliches. There had been no comparable race in France before this – the best two-year-old fillies had previously competed against male horses in the Grand Critérium.
The present title of the race, the Prix Marcel Boussac, was introduced in 1980. This was in memory of Marcel Boussac (1889–1980), a highly successful racehorse owner and breeder. Boussac was the champion owner in France fourteen times, and the...
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