France Galop has announced rescheduled dates for the French Classics, with the Guineas meeting set to be staged on June 1 at ParisLongchamp and the French Derby and Oaks to follow on 5 July at Chantilly.
The new dates were revealed as the authority works towards a resumption of racing on 11 May, with key Guineas trials, the Prix de la Grotte and Prix de Fontainebleau, due to be run on that opening day at ParisLongchamp.
France Galop has published a revised fixture list that also has further Classic trials, the Prix La Force and Prix Vanteaux on 14 May at Paris Longchamp and the Group One Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary at that track on 14 June.
The Prix Greffulhe will be staged on 6 June at Saint-Cloud, with further trials at Chantilly on 10 and 19 June, but the Prix de Malleret will be run after the French Oaks on 14 July at ParisLongchamp and the Prix Hocquart after the Derby on 8 August at Deauville.
High-profile Group Ones for older runners have also been given new dates, with the Prix Ganay on 14 June at ParisLongchamp, the Prix d'Ispahan 19 July at Chantilly and the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud on 28 June at Saint-Cloud.
France Galop also announced entries for the 2020 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe will not be made as usual at the end of May and "will be rescheduled for mid-June, probably before Royal Ascot", so it will still fall between the French Guineas and Derby meetings.
A handful of Group races have been scrapped including the Prix Niel, with the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris taking that race's slot on 13 September at Paris Longchamp.
Some high-profile jumps meetings have also been given revised dates, most notably the the Grand Steeple Chase de Paris and Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil which will now be on 7 June.
The Prix Alain du Breil will be on 13 June and the Prix La Barka is now programmed for 4 July.
On Wednesday, France Galop announced a series of strict health conditions that must be met for racing to go ahead behind closed doors, with all participants from abroad - both equine and human - not permitted until at least June.
French President Emmanuel Macron extended the country's lockdown until 11 May, and France Galop issued the revised fixture list on "the basis that racing resumes behind closed doors" that day.
