20 January 2018
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This program will be presented and explained at large by France Galop's officials on February 15th and a press relese will follow this review.
However, it can be said that the main novelty is a reshuffle of the 4 Auteuil Gr1s of the 1st semester within the Grand Steeple weekend on May 19th-20th. The Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil Hurdle (Gr1) and the Prix Alain du Breil 4yo Hurdle (Gr1) will now be contested on the same weekend than the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris (Gr1) and the Prix Ferdinand Dufaure 4yo Chase (Gr1). The Prix La Barka Hurdle (Gr2) and the Prix Questarabad 4yo Hurdle (Gr3) sweep places with those and become consolation races rather than trials. They are now included in the Prix des Drags Chase (Gr2) card on June 9th.
Here are the main races of that program, running from February 27th to June 30 :
Sunday 4 March - Auteuil
- Prix Juigné Hurdle, Gr3, 5ans et +
- Prix Robert de Clermont-Tonnerre Chase, Gr3, 5ans et +
Saturday 10 March - Auteuil
- Prix Duc d’Anjou Chase, Gr3, 4yo
Sunday 18 March - Auteuil
- Prix d’Indy Hurdle, Gr3, 4yo
- Prix Troytown Chase, Gr3, 5+
Sunday 25 March - Auteuil
- Prix Hypothèse Hurdle, Gr3, 5+
Sunday 1 April - Auteuil
- Prix Fleuret Chase, Gr3, 4yo
Saturday 7 April - Auteuil
- Prix de Pépinvast Hurdle, Gr3, 4yo
- Prix Murat Chase, Gr2, 5+
Sunday 22 April - Auteuil
- Prix du Président de la République National Chase, Gr3, 5+
- Prix Léon Rambaud Hurdle, Gr2, 5+
Thursday 26 April – Compiègne
- Prix Hopper Chase, Gr3, 4yo
- Prix Romati Chase, Gr3, 5+
Saturday 28 April - Auteuil
- Grand Course de Haies de Printemps Hurdle, Gr3, 5+
- Prix Amadou Hurdle, Gr2, 4yo
- Prix Jean Stern Chase, Gr2, 4yo
- Prix Ingré Chase, Gr3, 5+
Thursday 10 May - Le Lion d'Angers
- Anjou-Loire Challenge Croww Country, Listed, 6+
Saturday 19 May - Auteuil
- Prix Alain du Breil Hurdle, Gr1, 4yo
Sunday 20 May - Auteuil
- Grande Course de Haies d’Auteuil Hurdle, Gr1, Haies, 5+
- Prix Ferdinand Dufaure Chase, Gr1, 4yo
- Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris, Gr1, 5+
Saturday 9 June - Auteuil
- Prix Aguado Hurdle, Gr3, 3yo
- Prix Questarabad Hurdle, Gr3, 4yo
- Prix La Barka Hurdle, Gr2, 5+
- Prix des Drags Chase, Gr2, 5+
Wednesday 13 June - Auteuil
- Prix Sagan Hurdle, Gr3, Pouliches 3yo
Thursday 21 June - Auteuil
- Prix Christian de Tredern Hurdle, Gr3, 4&5yo Females
- Prix La Périchole Chase, Gr3, 4yo.