The Prix Ganay is a Group1flathorse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 2,100metres (about 1mile and 2½furlongs) at Longchamp in late April or early May.
History
The event was established in 1889, and it was originally called the Prix des Sablons. It was initially contested over 2,000metres, and held in late March or early April.[2]
The Prix des Sablons was abandoned throughout World WarI, with no running from 1915 to 1918. It was run at Maisons-Laffitte over 2,100metres in 1944 and 1945.
The event was renamed in memory of Jean de Ganay (1861–1948), a former president of the Société d'Encouragement, in 1949.
The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the Prix Ganay was classed at Group1 level. From this point it was run over 2,100metres in late April or early May.
The leading horses from the Prix Ganay often go on to compete in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The last to win both races in the same year was Waldgeist in 2019.
André Fabre – Creator (1990), Subotica (1992), Indian Danehill (2000), Cutlass Bay (2010), Cloth of Stars (2017), Waldgeist (2019), Mare Australis (2021), Sosie (2025)
1 The 1943 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners. 2 Balbo and Malefaim finished first and second in 1959, but both were disqualified and the race was awarded to the third-placed horse.
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