Prix du Jockey Club The first was Ksar in 1921, and the most recent was Dalakhani in 2003. Leading jockey (9 wins): Leading trainer (10 wins): Leading owner (12 wins): The 1843 and 1856 races finished as dead-heats, but each was decided by a run-off.<br> The 1882, 1886 and 1908 races were dead-heats and have joint winners. 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
Fair Grounds Race Course Race Course" in 1852. The track closed in 1857 due to competition from the Metairie Course. In 1859 the track was renamed the "Creole Race Course." In 1863, the name was changed again to the "Fair Grounds" and racing was conducted during the Civil War. The track then closed when the Metairie Course reopened after the war. In 1871, the younger members of the Metairie Jockey Club broke away to re-form the then defunct Louisiana Jockey Club and again hold meets at the Fair Grounds. In 1872 the first race card is held at the Fair Grounds under the auspices