Prix Vicomtesse Vigier
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The Prix Vicomtesse Vigier is a Group 2 flat horse race in France for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 3,100 metres (approximately 1 mile 7½ furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse in May.
It was first run in 1858 as one of a pair of races called the Prix Biennal (one for three-year-olds and one for four-year-olds and upwards), which were both re-named in 1940 in memory of Jean Prat, a leading French racehorse owner who died earlier that year. To avoid confusion with the other Prix Jean Prat, this version was given its present name in 1985.
[edit] Winners since 1988
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
| 1988 | Royal Gait | 5 | Alfred Gibert | John Fellows | 3:28.0 |
| 1989 | Rachmaninov | 4 | Cash Asmussen | Elie Lellouche | 3:37.3 |
| 1990 | Turgeon | 4 | Tony Cruz | Jonathan Pease | 3:26.3 |
| 1991 | Turgeon | 5 | Cash Asmussen | Jonathan Pease | 3:20.0 |
| 1992 | Commendable | 4 | Pat Eddery | Henri-Alex Pantall | 3:23.8 |
| 1993 | Dadarissime | 4 | Freddy Head | Georges Bridgland | 3:20.8 |
| 1994 | Molesnes | 4 | Olivier Peslier | Marcel Rolland | 3:27.9 |
| 1995 | The Little Thief | 4 | Alain Junk | Eric Danel | 3:29.7 |
| 1996 | Double Eclipse | 4 | Jason Weaver | Mark Johnston | 3:28.2 |
| 1997 | Stretarez | 4 | Frédéric Sanchez | Dominique Sépulchre | 3:28.8 |
| 1998 | Tajoun | 4 | Gérald Mossé | Alain de Royer-Dupré | 3:18.5 |
| 1999 | Kayf Tara | 5 | Sylvain Guillot | Saeed bin Suroor | 3:22.9 |
| 2000 | Amilynx | 4 | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | 3:27.2 |
| 2001 | Speedmaster | 4 | Dominique Boeuf | François Doumen | 3:19.3 |
| 2002 | Wareed | 4 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 3:15.8 |
| 2003 | Cut Quartz | 6 | Thierry Jarnet | Richard Gibson | 3:32.7 |
| 2004 | Forestier | 4 | Christophe Lemaire | Eric Danel | 3:29.9 |
| 2005 | Westerner | 6 | Olivier Peslier | Elie Lellouche | 3:15.8 |
| 2006 | Shamdala | 4 | Christophe Soumillon | Alain de Royer-Dupré | 3:22.5 |
