Prix de l'Opéra
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Prix de l'Opéra Race Facts
- Location: Longchamp Racecourse, Paris, France
- Inaugural Race: 1974
- Distance: 2,000 metres (1 1/4 miles)
- Track Type: Right-handed, Turf
- Age Qualifications: Fillies & mares, Three-year-olds and up
- 2024 Purse: $550,000
- 2024 Race Date: Sunday, October 6th
2024 Prix de l'Opéra Race Results
| POST | HORSE | JOCKEY / TRAINER | WIN / SHOW |
|---|
9 | Friendly Soul | Kieran Shoemark / John & Thady Gosden | $19.80 / $5.80 |
2 | Running Lion | Oisin Murphy / John & Thady Gosden | $11.80 |
5 | Sparkling Plenty | Cristian Demuro / P Cottier | $3.80 |
10 | Fallen Angel | James Doyle / K R Burke | |
8 | Start Of Day | Clement Lecoeuvre / H-F Devin | |
1 | American Sonja | Dylan Browne McMonagle / Joseph Patrick O'Brien | |
6 | Almara | Ronan Thomas / C & Y Lerner | |
3 | Elusive Princess | Mickael Barzalona / J-P Dubois | |
4 | Hanalia | Shane Foley / J P Murtagh | |
11 | Content | Christophe Soumillon / A P O'Brien |
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Exotic Payoffs:
- $1.00 Quinella (9-2) Paid: $136.90
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Prix de l'Opéra Race History
The Prix de l'Opéra is Group I flat thoroughbred horse race run each year at the Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1974, the race was initially classified as a Group 2 race and contested at 1,850 metres. In 2000, the race was extended to 2,000 metres and elevated to Group 1 status.
A few notable winners include European Champion Three-Year-Old FIllies: Mandesha (2006) and Petrushka (2000). In 2020, Tarnawa won the race prior to taking first at the Breeders' Cup Turf later that year.
As part of the Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" Challenge Series, the winner automatically qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.
Prix de l'Opéra Past Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey / Trainer | Distance / Time |
|---|
2024 | Friendly Soul | Kieran Shoemark / John & Thady Gosden | 1¼ M / 2:07.65 |
2023 | Blue Rose Cen | Aurelien Lemaitre / Christopher Head | 1¼ M / 2:03.71 |
2022 | Place Du Carrousel | Mickael Barzalona / André Fabre | 1¼ M / 2:12.64 |
2021 | Rougir | Maxime Guyon / Cedric Rossi | 1¼ M / 2:11.15 |
2020 | Tarnawa | Christophe Soumillon / Dermot Weld | 1¼ M / 2:12.87 |
2019 | Villa Marina | Olivier Peslier / Carlos Laffon-Parias | 1¼ M / 2:09.09 |
2018 | Wild Illusion | William Buick / Charlie Appleby | 1¼ M / 2:04.32 |
2017 | Rhododendron | Seamie Heffernan / Aidan O'Brien | 1¼ M / 2:03.60 |
2016 | Speedy Boarding | Frederik Tylicki / James Fanshawe | 1¼ M / 2:02.03 |
2015 | Covert Love | Pat Smullen / Hugo Palmer | 1¼ M / 2:04.43 |
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