Prix de Royaumont introduced in 1978, and the race was moved to a date earlier than that of the Prix de Diane. The event was staged at Longchamp from 1987 to 1990, and it was transferred to Saint-Cloud in 1991. Its distance was extended to 2,400 metres in 1992, and it continued to take place at Saint-Cloud until 1996. The race's only subsequent departure from Chantilly was in 2001, when it was run at Saint-Cloud. The Prix de Royaumont is now held on the same day as the Prix du Jockey Club. Prix de Royaumont The Prix de Royaumont is a Group 3
Maryland Jockey Club of the meet was the fourth running of the Preakness Stakes which was won by Shirley. In 1877, the United States Congress, both the House of Representatives and the Senate adjourned on October 24 so that members of both houses could witness a race of intersectional scope in which Parole, Ten Broeck and Tom Ochiltree met. They finished in that order in what was to become known as "the Big Race" in a stakes program of ten stakes races. Today racing in Maryland is at risk, threatened by declining revenues and pressure from developers. Maryland Jockey Club The Maryland Jockey