Get your head around French Premiums

Here are a few reasons to breed and race in France. 

The information was sourced from official data in 2013. 

Prize-money in Europe: 

	Overall prize-money in € in 2013	Racing premiums	Average earning per horse per year in €
France	€120 M	+64% for 2,3&4yo +53% for 5yo and up	12 000 + premiums
UK	€72 M	Plus 10 starting in 2016	8 700
Ireland	€21 M	Plus 10 starting in 2016	8 200

Prize-money V Training fees: 

	Percentage of training costs recovered with prize-money for the overall population of starters
France	55.00%
Ireland	23.00%
UK	23.00%

Selling horses in France to a world wide audience. 

After the Deauville August yearlings sales in 2011, a commercial study was conducted to compare the yearlings qualified for the French Premiums and the ones that are not and the results speak for themselves :

BOOK 1:

Yearlings qualified for French premiums: 73 sold from 100 offered : 73% SOLD

Yearlings not qualified for French premiums: 79 sold from 119 offered : 66% SOLD

AVERAGE PRICE:

Yearlings qualified for French premiums: € 174.000

Yearlings not qualified for French premiums: € 120.000

MEDIAN PRICE:

Yearlings qualified for French premiums: € 137.500

Yearlings not qualified for French premiums: € 90.000