Prix Bertrand du Breuil Prix de Diane. In 2013 the race was renamed in memory of Bertrand du Breuil (1926-2011), the last president of the Societe d'Encouragemment, forerunner of France Galop. Prix Bertrand du Breuil The Prix Bertrand du Breuil is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June. The earliest version of the event was established at Chantilly in 1852. Its prize money was originally provided by the Chemin de
Maryland Jockey Club growth of Baltimore as an economic center, the Maryland Jockey Club shifted its operations to "Central Course, Baltimore," about five miles southwest of the city on the Frederick Pike. In 1831, President Andrew Jackson became a member of the Maryland Jockey Club and races his very own White House Stable in meets under the name of his secretary, A. J. Donelson. In 1867 the site of present day Pimlico Race Course was incorporated for a track by the state by way of the Maryland General Assembly. In 1868 Saratoga Race Course in New York revived its racing program after its