PRIX DE L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE

The 'Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe' is a Group 1 flat race for three-year-old and above thoroughbred horses (excluding geldings) run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) raced on turf at Longchamp Racecourse, Paris, France on the first Sunday in October. Often called "The Arc", it is one of the French racing season's four Classic races and is the major end-of-season middle-distance challenge race in Europe. With a purse of €1,600,000, the race often brings together the winners of many of the top-class races in England, Ireland, France and other parts of Europe.
The race was inaugurated in 1920 when it was run in celebration of the Allies' victory in World War I.
The first-ever race run at Longchamp was on Sunday, April 27, 1857 in front of a massive crowd. The Emperor Napoleon III and his wife Eugénie were present, having sailed down the Seine River on their private yacht to watch the third race. Until 1930, many Parisians came to the track down the river on steamboats and various other vessels, the trip taking around an hour to the Pont de Suresnes. The royal couple joined Prince Jerome Bonaparte and his son Prince Napoleon in the Royal Enclosure alongside the Prince of Nassau, Prince Murat and the Duke of Morny, an avid racegoer. Non-aristocratic members of the upper classes were not permitted into the Royal enclosure and had to be content with watching from their barouche carriages on the lawn.
Following World War II, on July 14, 1949, the Societe d'Encouragement with the Loterie Nationale published the conditions for a new Prix de l'Arc du Triomphe. A purse of 25 millions francs was set, making it once again the richest Weight for Age race in Europe. That inaugural race was won by "Coronation", a filly bred by the great French horse breeder Marcel Boussac whose horses won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe a total of six times.
Longchamp racecourse is right handed, in a large horse-shoe loop that rises gently initially before gradually descending down to the long right-hand bend, which leads to the 500 metres (2½ furlongs) finishing straight.

Contents

Historical notes and records

Trivia

Winners

References

See also

External links

Historical notes and records

France Galop records the following:

★ Only Le Pacha in 1941 and Peintre Celebre in 1997 have won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the Grand Prix de Paris, and the Prix du Jockey Club, the three races that since 1920 make up all of the French Classic Races open to colts.
'Most wins by a trainer:'

★ 7 - Andre Fabre

★ 4 - Alec Head, Charles Semblat, Francois Mathet

★ 3 - Frank Carter, Etienne Pollet, Vincent O'Brien, Saeed bin Suroor
'Most wins by a jockey:'

★ 4 - Jacques Doyasbere, Freddy Head, Yves Saint-Martin, Pat Eddery

★ 3 - Charles Semblat, Charlie Elliott, Enrico Camici, Roger Poincelet, Lester Piggott, Olivier Peslier, Frankie Dettori

★ The fastest Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was run in 1997 by Peintre Celebre at 2.24.60

★ The widest margin of victory has been six lengths by: Ribot (1956), Sea Bird (1965), Sakhee (2001)

★ Of the fifteen fillies who have won the race, there were five in a row between 1979 and 1983. In the 1983 race, the top four finishers were all fillies.

★ Since 1994 the male bloodline of every Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner goes back to Nearco, his son Nasrullah, and his grandson Northern Dancer.
Six horses have won the race twice:

★ Ksar - 1921 & 1922

★ Tantieme - 1950 & 1951

★ Motrico - 1930 & 1932

★ Ribot - 1955 & 1956

★ Corrida - 1936 & 1937

★ Alleged - 1977 & 1978

Trivia

★ '1947' The winner, Le Paillon, was a top-class hurdler who was runner-up in that year's Champion Hurdle and won the French equivalent race.

Winners

'Year'	'Winner'	'Age'	'Jockey'	'Trainer'	'Owner'	'Time'
1920	Comrade	3	Frank Bullock	Peter Gilpin	Evremond de Saint-Alary	2:39.0
1921	Ksar	3	George Stern	Walter R. Walton	Mme Edmond Blanc	2:34.8
1922	Ksar	4	Frank Bullock	Walter R. Walton	Mme Edmond Blanc	2:38.8
1923	Parth	3	Frank O'Neill	James H. Crawford	A. Kingsley Macomber	2:38.2
1924	Massine	4	Albert Sharpe	Elijah Cunnington	Henry Ternynck	2:40.8
1925	Priori	3	Marcel Allemand	Percy Carter	Comte Gerard de Chavagnac	2:33.8
1926	Biribi	3	Domingo Torterolo	Juan Torterolo	Simon Guthmann	2:32.8
1927	Mon Talisman	3	Charles Semblat	Frank Carter	Edouard Martinez de Hoz	2:32.8
1928	Kantar	3	Arthur Esling	Richard Carver	Ogden L. Mills	2:38.8
1929	Ortello	3	Paolo Caprioli	Willy Carter	Giuseppe del Montel	2:42.8
1930	Motrico	5	Marcel Fruhinsholtz	Maurice d'Okhuysen	Vicomte Max de Rivaud	2:44.8
1931	Pearl Cap	3	Charles Semblat	Frank Carter	Mlle Diana Esmond	2:38.8
1932	Motrico	7	Charles Semblat	Maurice d'Okhuysen	Vicomte Max de Rivaud	2:44.6
1933	Crapom	3	Paolo Caprioli	Frederico Regoli	Mario Crespi	2:41.6
1934	Brantôme	3	Charles Bouillon	Lucien Robert	Edouard A. de Rothschild	2:41.8
1935	Samos	3	Walter Sibbritt	Frank Carter	Evremond de Saint-Alary	2:42.6
1936	Corrida	4	Charlie Elliott	John E. Watts	Marcel Boussac	2:38.6
1937	Corrida	5	Charlie Elliott	John E. Watts	Marcel Boussac	2:33.9
1938	Eclair au Chocolat	3	Charles Bouillon	Lucien Robert	Edouard A. de Rothschild	2:39.8
1939	''no race''
1940	''no race''
1941	Le Pacha	3	Paul Francolon	John Cunnington	Philippe Gund	2:36.2
1942	Djebel	5	Jacques Doyasbere	Charles Semblat	Marcel Boussac	2:37.9
1943	Verso II ★	3	Guy Duforez	Charles Clout	Comte Hubert de Chambure	2:33.4
1944	Ardan ★	3	Jacques Doyasbere	Charles Semblat	Marcel Boussac	2:35.0
1945	Nikellora	3	Rae Johnstone	Rene Pelat	Mme Robert Patureau	2:34.8
1946	Caracalla	4	Charlie Elliott	Charles Semblat	Marcel Boussac	2:33.3
1947	Le Paillon	5	Fernand Rochetti	William Head	Mme Lucienne Aurousseau	2:33.4
1948	Migoli	4	Charles Smirke	Frank Butters	HH Aga Khan III	2:31.6
1949	Coronation	3	Roger Poincelet	Charles Semblat	Marcel Boussac	2:33.2
1950	Tantieme	3	Jacques Doyasbere	Francois Mathet	Francois Dupre	2:34.2
1951	Tantieme	4	Jacques Doyasbere	Francois Mathet	Francois Dupre	2:32.8
1952	Nuccio	4	Roger Poincelet	Alec Head	HH Aga Khan III	2:39.8
1953	La Sorellina	3	Maurice Larraun	Etienne Pollet	Paul Duboscq	2:31.8
1954	Sica Boy	3	Rae Johnstone	Pierre Pelat	Mme Jean Cochery	2:36.3
1955	Ribot	3	Enrico Camici	Ugo Penco	Mario della Rocchetta	2:35.6
1956	Ribot	4	Enrico Camici	Ugo Penco	Mario della Rocchetta	2:34.8
1957	Oroso	4	Serge Boullenger	Daniel Lescalle	Raoul Meyer	2:33.4
1958	Ballymoss	4	Scobie Breasley	Vincent O'Brien	John McShain	2:37.9
1959	Saint Crespin	3	George Moore	Alec Head	Prince Aly Khan	2:33.3
1960	Puissant Chef	3	Maxime Garcia	Charles Bartholomew	Henry Aubert	2:44.0
1961	Molvedo	3	Enrico Camici	Armando Maggi	Egidio Verga	2:38.4
1962	Soltikoff	3	Marcel Depalmas	Rene Pelat	Simone Del Duca	2:30.9
1963	Exbury	4	Jean Deforge	Geoffroy Watson	Guy de Rothschild	2:35.0
1964	Prince Royal	3	Roger Poincelet	Georges Bridgland	Rex C. Ellsworth	2:35.5
1965	Sea Bird	3	Pat Glennon	Etienne Pollet	Jean Ternynck	2:35.5
1966	Bon Mot III	3	Freddy Head	William Head	Walter Burmann	2:39.8
1967	Topyo	3	Bill Pyers	Charles Bartholomew	Suzy Volterra	2:38.2
1968	Vaguely Noble	3	Bill Williamson	Etienne Pollet	Mrs Robert A Franklyn	2:35.2
1969	Levmoss	4	Bill Williamson	Seamus McGrath	Seamus McGrath	2:29.0
1970	Sassafrás	3	Yves Saint-Martin	Francois Mathet	Arpad Plesch	2:29.7
1971	Mill Reef	3	Geoff Lewis	Ian Balding	Paul Mellon	2:28.3
1972	San San	3	Freddy Head	Angel Penna, Sr.	Comtesse Margit Batthyany	2:28.3
1973	Rheingold	4	Lester Piggott	Barry Hills	Henry Zeisel	2:35.8
1974	Allez France	4	Yves Saint-Martin	Angel Penna, Sr.	Daniel Wildenstein	2:36.9
1975	Star Appeal	5	Greville Starkey	Theo Grieper	Waldemar Zeitelhack	2:33.6
1976	Ivanjica	4	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer	2:39.4
1977	Alleged	3	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	Robert Sangster	2:30.6
1978	Alleged	4	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	Robert Sangster	2:36.5
1979	Three Troikas	3	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Ghislaine Head	2:28.9
1980	Detroit	3	Pat Eddery	Olivier Douïeb	Robert Sangster	2:28.0
1981	Gold River	4	Gary W. Moore	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer	2:35.2
1982	Akiyda	3	Yves Saint-Martin	Francois Mathet	HH Aga Khan IV	2:37.0
1983	All Along	4	Walter Swinburn	Patrick Biancone	Daniel Wildenstein	2:28.1
1984	Sagace	4	Yves Saint-Martin	Patrick Biancone	Daniel Wildenstein	2:39.1
1985	Rainbow Quest	4	Pat Eddery	Jeremy Tree	Khalid Abdullah	2:29.5
1986	Dancing Brave	3	Pat Eddery	Guy Harwood	Khalid Abdullah	2:27.7
1987	Trempolino	3	Pat Eddery	Andre Fabre	Paul de Moussac	2:26.3
1988	Tony Bin	5	John A. Reid	Luigi Camici	Veronica del Bono Gaucci	2:27.3
1989	Carroll House	4	Michael Kinane	Michael Jarvis	Antonio Balzarini	2:30.8
1990	Saumarez	3	Gerald Mosse	Nicolas Clement	Bruce McNall	2:29.8
1991	Suave Dancer	3	Cash Asmussen	John Hammond	Henri Chalhoub	2:31.4
1992	Subotica	4	Thierry Jarnet	Andre Fabre	Olivier Lecerf	2:39.0
1993	Urban Sea	4	Eric Saint-Martin	Jean Lesbordes	David Tsui	2:37.9
1994	Carnegie	3	Thierry Jarnet	Andre Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:31.1
1995	Lammtarra	3	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Sheikh Saeed	2:31.8
1996	Helissio	3	Olivier Peslier	Elie Lellouche	Enrique Sarasola	2:29.9
1997	Peintre Célèbre	3	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	2:24.6
1998	Sagamix	3	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	2:34.5
1999	Montjeu	3	Michael Kinane	John Hammond	Michael Tabor	2:38.5
2000	Sinndar	3	Johnny Murtagh	John Oxx	HH Aga Khan IV	2:25.8
2001	Sakhee	4	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:36.1
2002	Marienbard	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:26.7
2003	Dalakhani	3	Christophe Soumillon	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:32.3
2004	Bago	3	Thierry Gillet	Jonathan Pease	Niarchos family	2:25.0
2005	Hurricane Run	3	Kieren Fallon	André Fabre	Michael Tabor	2:27.4
2006	Rail Link	3	Stéphane Pasquier	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:26.3

★ The 1943 and 1944 races took place at Tremblay over a distance of 2,300 metres (1 mile 3½ furlongs).

References

★ Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at France Galop (English Language)

See also

★ List of French flat horse races

External links

★ Listing of the Arc races - Breeding, 2nd, 3rd