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The Races at Longchamp
The Races at Longchamp is an 1866 painting by the French artist Édouard Manet. The Impressionist painting depicts a horse racing at Longchamp and is currently conserved at the Art Institute of Chicago. It has been exhibited many times, the first one at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in January 1884.
The work is particularly innovative. About the painting, the Art Institute of Chicago said it "is startling. We find ourselves on the racecourse with a cluster of onrushing horses and
Longchamp Racecourse on 28 October. Ridden by Thiboeuf he started at odds of 15/1 and finished seventh of the ten runners behind the three-year-old African Sky.
Racing career 1974: three-year-old season.
Flirting Around began his three-year-old season in handicap races, finishing unplaced on his debut before winning races over 1300 metres and 1200 metres. On 2 June, the colt started favourite for the Prix du Palais Royal over 1400 metres at Longchamp but finished third of the five runners behind