La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte is a Group 3 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older.
It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.
One of its early trophies was a gold cup with two ivory figures sculpted by Henri Allouard.
It was later decided that such valuable trophies would only be awarded to owners who won the race three times within twelve years, but this was never achieved.
The trophy scheme was discarded in 1941, and from this point the event was titled La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte.