Prix Vanteaux

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The Prix Vanteaux is a Group 3 flat horse race in France for three-year-old fillies. It takes place at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, usually in April or early May. The race is run over 1,850 metres on turf, on a right-handed track. Fillies carry 57 kg, and the prize purse is €80,000 (€40,000 to the winner in 2022).

First run in 1868, the race is named after the Vanteaux family, early French racehorse breeders from the Saint-Jean-Ligoure stud farm in Haute-Vienne. The distance and venue have changed several times: it began at 2,000 metres, was affected by wars, and was held at Maisons-Laffitte in 1944–45. It has varied between about 1,850 and 1,950 metres at different periods, and since 1987 has been run at 1,850 metres. The current grading was introduced in 1971, making the Prix Vanteaux a Group 3 race.

The Prix Vanteaux is sometimes a stepping stone to the Prix de Diane. Latice won both races in 2004. Nuit de Noce finished first in 1940 but was relegated to second after a stewards’ inquiry.

Overall, it remains an important early-season target for promising three-year-old fillies.