Deauville Cheval / A Group 1 race
One group 1 chases the other during the Deauville Barrière Meeting, a look back at an exceptional day behind the scenes at the Deauville-La Touques racecourse
The Prix Haras le Fresnay le Buffard Jacques Le Marois is a very prestigious Group 1 race where the greatest champions have won. For her debut in France, the filly Alpha Centauri won at Deauville her fourth consecutive success at the highest level (Group I), which makes her a racing legend.

This is part of these great races, we see the best of the year: it is like in athletics when you have great championships, the champions are there and we come to admire them
The Meeting of Deauville Barière

THE DEAUVILLE BARRIERE MEETING
During the month of August, the Deauville - La Touques racecourse concentrates a program of unparalleled richness and diversity over a period of twenty days, including no less than six Group 1 races, the highest level of the equestrian competition scale. For a month, the world's greatest thoroughbred owners or representatives of major French and international brands will meet in Deauville. Crack jockeys from all over the world, seduced by the excellence of the program, particularly appreciate participating in the meeting.
horseback riding in Deauville
In Deauville, the alleys are cavalier and the houses are named after the best gallopers. It is one of the few places where you can take your horse for a weekend or play polo all year round. You can also buy a horse together, meet the best jockeys in the world, learn acrobatics, gallop on the beach in the early morning, train with an equestrian pro back from the Olympic Games.
These are stories that are shared daily and passed on for the pleasure of thousands of visitors who have been choosing Deauville for years.
Being a horse capital in Deauville means living all these stories and leaving with the pleasure of having touched a whole world.