Prix du Petit Couvert Prix du Petit Couvert The Prix du Petit Couvert is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 1,000 metres (about 5 furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September. The event was originally held at Chantilly, and it is named after a crossroads in Chantilly Forest. It was established in 1867, and was initially an 800-metre race for horses aged two or older. It was run in the second half of October. The Prix du Petit Couvert was
Prix du Jockey Club Club was staged at Longchamp in 1941 and 1942, and at Le Tremblay over 2,300 metres in 1943 and 1944. It returned to Longchamp for the following three years, and on the second occasion it was opened to foreign participants. The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the Prix du Jockey Club was classed at the highest level, Group 1. The first foreign-trained horse to win was Assert in 1982. The distance was shortened to 2,100 metres in 2005. Nine winners of the Prix du Jockey Club have subsequently won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.