| Location | Chantilly Racecourse Chantilly, France |
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| Inaugurated | 1922 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Website | france-galop.com |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2,400 metres (1½ miles) |
| Track | Turf, right-handed |
| Qualification | Three-year-old colts and geldings excluding Group 1 winners |
| Weight | 56 kg Penalties 2½ kg for Group 2 winners * 1½ kg for Group 3 winners * * since January 1 |
| Purse | €80,000 (2011) 1st: €40,000 |
The Prix du Lys is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
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The event is named after Le Lys, a small forest close to Chantilly on the left bank of the Oise river. It was established in 1922, and it was originally open to colts and fillies, but not geldings. Its distance was set at 2,400 metres, and it was initially restricted to horses not entered for the Prix du Jockey Club or the Prix de Diane.
The Prix du Lys was cancelled in 1940, and it was held at Longchamp in 1941 and 1942. It was run at Le Tremblay with a distance of 2,300 metres in 1943 and 1944, and at Longchamp again for three years thereafter.
The race's exclusion of Prix du Jockey Club and Prix de Diane entrants ended in 1970. It was closed to fillies and opened to geldings in 1986.
The Prix du Lys was contested over 2,800 metres at Saint-Cloud from 1993 to 1996, and in the following years it was run over 2,600 metres at both Maisons-Laffitte (1997–98) and Chantilly (1999–2000). The race's original distance was restored in 2001, and from this point it was staged at Longchamp. It returned to Chantilly in 2009, and it is now held on the same day as the Prix de Diane.
Leading jockey (6 wins):
Leading trainer (14 wins):
Leading owner (6 wins):
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Owner |
Time |
| 1979 | Fabulous Dancer | Freddy Head | Criquette Head | Ghislaine Head | 2:32.70 |
| 1980 | Lancastrian | Alain Lequeux | David Smaga | Sir Michael Sobell | |
| 1981 | Bellman | Freddy Head | Criquette Head | Ecurie Aland | |
| 1982 | Coquelin | Cash Asmussen | François Boutin | Stavros Niarchos | |
| 1983 | Solford | Pat Eddery | Vincent O'Brien | Robert Sangster | |
| 1984 | Iris Noir | Freddy Head | André Fabre | Guy de Rothschild | |
| 1985 | Iades | Cash Asmussen | François Boutin | Marquis della Rocchetta | |
| 1986 | Chercheur d'Or | Gary W. Moore | Criquette Head | Jacques Wertheimer | |
| 1987 | Luth Dancer | Pat Eddery | André Fabre | Paul de Moussac | |
| 1988 | Frankly Perfect | Pat Eddery | Jonathan Pease | Bruce McNall | 2:28.00 |
| 1989 | Harvest Time | Joel Boisnard | Henri-Alex Pantall | Paul de Moussac | 2:33.90 |
| 1990 | Comte du Bourg | Dominique Boeuf | Raymond Touflan | Adolf Bader | 2:31.20 |
| 1991 | Strike Oil [a] | Alain Lequeux | John Cunnington, Jr. | Lord Weinstock | 2:33.40 |
| 1992 | Songlines | Olivier Benoist | Edouard Bartholomew | Sir Robin McAlpine | 2:33.60 |
| 1993 | Epaphos | Eric Legrix | Pascal Bary | Egon Wanke | 2:59.30 |
| 1994 | Northern Spur | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Tomohiro Wada | 3:04.20 |
| 1995 | Swain | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 3:01.20 |
| 1996 | Cachet Noir | Frédéric Grenet | Pascal Bary | Juan Garcia-Roady | 3:11.80 |
| 1997 | Vertical Speed | Thierry Jarnet | André Fabre | Daniel Wildenstein | 2:55.00 |
| 1998 | Epistolaire | Thierry Gillet | André Fabre | Edouard E. de Rothschild | 2:53.50 |
| 1999 | Spendent | Thierry Thulliez | Pascal Bary | Khalid Abdullah | 2:45.60 |
| 2000 | Lycitus | Gérald Mossé | François Doumen | John D. Martin | 2:48.60 |
| 2001 | Sharbayan | Gérald Mossé | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV | 2:31.40 |
| 2002 | Morozov | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:35.20 |
| 2003 | Doyen | Frankie Dettori | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:31.20 |
| 2004 | Prospect Park | Olivier Peslier | Carlos Laffon-Parias | Wertheimer et Frère | 2:29.20 |
| 2005 | Desideratum | Christophe Soumillon | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:34.00 |
| 2006 | Rail Link | Christophe Soumillon | André Fabre | Khalid Abdullah | 2:32.20 |
| 2007 | Airmail Special | Stéphane Pasquier | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:38.10 |
| 2008 | Montmartre | Christophe Soumillon | Alain de Royer-Dupré | HH Aga Khan IV | 2:28.90 |
| 2009 | Claremont | Maxime Guyon | André Fabre | Sheikh Mohammed | 2:28.62 |
| 2010 | Goldwaki | Olivier Peslier | André Fabre | Wertheimer et Frère | 2:31.40 |
| 2011 | Kreem | Maxime Guyon | André Fabre | Muteb bin Abdullah | 2:28.71 |
a Glity finished first in 1991, but he was relegated to fourth place following a stewards' inquiry.