Hippodrome Deauville-La Touques is a race track

Race track

A race track is a purpose-built facility for racing of animals , automobiles, motorcycles or athletes. A race track may also feature grandstands or concourses. Some motorsport tracks are called speedways.A racetrack is a permanent facility or building...

 for thoroughbred horse racing located in Deauville

Deauville

Deauville is a commune in the Calvados département in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.With its racecourse, harbour, international film festival, marinas, conference centre, villas, Grand Casino and sumptuous hotels, Deauville is regarded as the "queen of the Norman beaches" and...

 in the Calvados

Calvados

The French department of Calvados is part of the region of Basse-Normandie in Normandy. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the English Channel coast...

 département, in the Basse-Normandie

Basse-Normandie

Lower Normandy is an administrative region of France. It was created in 1956, when the Normandy region was divided into Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy...

 région of France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. Originally called Hippodrome de la Touques, it was named for the Touques River

Touques River

The Touques is a small 104 km long coastal river in Pays d'Auge in Normandy, France. The Touques is officially navigable up to the Pont des Belges, 800 m from its estuary. Its source is in the Perche hills, south of Gacé. The river runs northwards, and flows into the English Channel between the...

 that separates the city of Deauville from Trouville-sur-Mer

Trouville-sur-Mer

Trouville-sur-Mer, commonly referred to as Trouville, is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.Trouville-sur-Mer borders Deauville...

. It was constructed in 1862 by Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de Morny

Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de Morny

Charles Auguste Louis Joseph Demorny/de Morny, 1st Duc de Morny was a French statesman...

, the half brother of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte

Louis Bonaparte

Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, Prince Français, Comte de Saint-Leu , King of Holland , was the fifth surviving child and the fourth surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino...

.

The countryside around Deauville is the main horse breeding

Horse breeding

Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired characteristics in domesticated horses...

 region in France and home to numerous stud farms.

Races

Group 1:

• Prix Jacques Le Marois
  Prix Jacques le Marois
  The Prix Jacques Le Marois is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred colts and fillies aged three years or older. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,600 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August....
  
  
• Prix Jean Romanet
  Prix Jean Romanet
  The Prix Jean Romanet is a Group 1 flat horse race in France which is open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged four years or older. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 2,000 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.The event is named in memory of Jean Romanet , who...
  
  
• Prix Maurice de Gheest
  Prix Maurice de Gheest
  The Prix Maurice de Gheest is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,300 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.-History:...
  
  
• Prix Morny
  Prix Morny
  The Prix Morny is a Group 1 flat horse race in France which is open to two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,200 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.-History:...
  
  
• Prix Rothschild

Group 2:

• Grand Prix de Deauville
  Grand Prix de Deauville
  The Grand Prix de Deauville is a Group 2 flat horse race in France which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 2,500 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.-History:The race was first run on August 6, 1866, and it was...
  
  
• Prix Guillaume d'Ornano
  Prix Guillaume d'Ornano
  The Prix Guillaume d'Ornano is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 2,000 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.-History:...
  
  
• Prix Kergorlay
  Prix Kergorlay
  The Prix Kergorlay is a Group 2 flat horse race in France which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 3,000 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.-History:...
  
  
• Prix de Pomone
  Prix de Pomone
  The Prix de Pomone is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 2,500 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.-History:The event is named after Pomona, the Roman goddess of...
  
  

Group 3:

• Prix de Cabourg
  Prix de Cabourg
  The Prix de Cabourg is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,200 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.-History:...
  
  
• Prix du Calvados
  Prix du Calvados
  The Prix du Calvados is a Group 3 flat horse race in France which is open to two-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,400 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August....
  
  
• Prix Gontaut-Biron
  Prix Gontaut-Biron
  The Prix Gontaut-Biron is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 2,000 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.-History:...
  
  
• Prix de Lieurey
  Prix de Lieurey
  The Prix de Lieurey is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,600 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.-History:...
  
  
• Prix de Meautry
  Prix de Meautry
  The Prix de Meautry is a Group 3 flat horse race in France which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,200 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.-History:...
  
  
• Prix Minerve
  Prix Minerve
  The Prix Minerve is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 2,500 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.-History:...
  
  
• Prix de la Nonette
  Prix de la Nonette
  The Prix de la Nonette is a Group 3 flat horse race in France which is open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 2,000 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.-History:...
  
  
• Prix de Psyché
  Prix de Psyché
  The Prix de Psyché is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 2,000 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August....
  
  
• Prix Quincey
  Prix Quincey
  The Prix Quincey is a Group 3 flat horse race in France which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,600 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late August.-History:...
  
  
• Prix des Réservoirs
  Prix des Réservoirs
  The Prix des Réservoirs is a Group 3 flat horse race in France which is open to two-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,600 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.-History:...
  
  

Listed:

• Prix Yacowlef
  Prix Yacowlef
  The Prix Yacowlef is a Listed flat horse race in France open to two-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Deauville over a distance of 1,000 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late June or early July....