International stars headline the 2026 renewal of The Aga Khan Studs Prix Jacques le Marois

International stars headline the 2026 renewal of The Aga Khan Studs Prix Jacques le Marois :

34 entries, including 4 Japanese entries

On Wednesday, 10 June 2026, France Galop unveiled the entries for the upcoming renewal of the The Aga Khan Studs Prix Jacques le Marois, which takes place on Sunday, 16 August 2026, at the Deauville racecourse, as part of the Deauville Barrière Meeting.

A total of 34 horses from four major horse racing nations have been entered for one of the highlights of the summer season. They include 12 entries from Great Britain, 9 from France, 9 from Ireland and 4 from Japan. Having already been represented in the race in 2025, Japan has once again shown its interest in the event, with four horses likely to travel to France to take part in this prestigious Group 1.  

A Group 1 race, the highest level in racing, the €1 million The Aga Khan Studs Prix Jacques le Marois is run over 1 600 metres on the straight course. 

Widely regarded as one of the most competitive races in Europe, each year the event attracts the world’s leading milers. Its prestigious roll of honour boasts some of racing’s all-time greats, including Miesque, Dubawi, Goldikova, Kingman, Palace Pier and more recently, Inspiral.

Each year, the quality of the Prix Jacques le Marois is reflected in the intenational classifications. 

Information about the Japanese entries 

Four Japanese trained horses have been entered in the 2026 Aga Khan Studs Prix Jacques le Marois:

Embroidery: She is Japan’s leading four-year-old filly over the mile. A winner of this season’s Gr1 Victoria Mile, Japan’s Spring Championship for fillies over the mile, she had already established herself among the country’s best fillies in 2025 after winning both the Gr1 Oka Sho (Japanese 1000 Guineas) in the spring and the Gr1 Shuka Sho in the autumn (Groupe 1), two legs of the Japanese Fillies’ Triple Crown.  

Sixpence: He secured his Group 1 victory on Sunday, 7 June 2026, when landing the Yasuda Kinen, Japan’s premier mile race for horses aged three and older. He will attempt to follow in the hoof steps of Taiki Shuttle, who won the Yasuda Kinen in 1998 before adding the Prix Jacques le Marois to his impressive record later that summer. 

Go To First: He produced the best performance of his career when finishing fifth in last year’s The Aga Khan Studs Prix Jacques le Marois. He could return this year in a bid to go even closer on the straight track that appears to suit him particularly well.  

Strauss: He made a huge impression at the start of the year in the United Arab Emirates where he dominated his rivals in the US$1 million Abu Dhabi Gold Cup.

Another possible Japanese raider is set to line up in the Gr1 ARC Prix Maurice de Gheest - Fonds Européen de l’Elevage, which takes place on Sunday, 9 August at Deauville. Satono Rêve, Japan’s leading sprinter and one of the world’s best over the shorter distances, has been given an entry in this race following a successful 2025 campaign that saw him finish second to the French sprinter Lazzat in the Gr1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. In Japan, Satono Rêve has won the Gr1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen twice, one of only two Gr 1 races over the sprinting distance in Japan.