Prix du Jockey Club Prix du Jockey Club The Prix du Jockey Club, sometimes referred to as the French Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 2,100 metres (about 1 mile and 2½ furlongs) each year in early June. The format of the race was inspired by the English Derby, and it was named in homage to the Jockey Club based at Newmarket in England. It was established in 1836, and it was originally restricted to horses born and bred in France. Its distance was
Pau Grand Prix Pau', the newly created "Automobile-club du Béarn" held a race on a 300 km road circuit, called the "Circuit du sud-ouest" (Pau–Tarbes–Bayonne–Pau). The race was given the same name as the circuit, and was won by René de Knyff. In 1901, for the second event, the race had individual prizes for the four separate classes of entrants: The French Grand Prix was held at Pau in 1930. The 1933 Grand Prix de Pau was held in February with snow still on the ground. The race was won by Marcel Lehoux driving a Bugatti. There was no Grand Prix in 1934,