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Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

Since 2008 the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club has been the official sponsor of Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, now one of the richest turf horse races in the world.

Known as the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, this prestigious flat race has been held at Longchamps Racecourse, in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, since 1920.

Only the world’s best horses are admitted to compete for the coveted trophy.

In October 2011, more than 60,000 enthusiastic spectators saw the victory of the 3-year-old mare “Danedream”, the first horse from Germany to win the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe since 1975.

Then, the following year, on Sunday October 7th 2012, French jockey Olivier Peslier caused a sensation by winning on 44--1 rank outsider Solemnia. The bookmakers loved him!!

The Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is Europe's richest horse race for thoroughbred horses 3 years and over, run on the flat with prize money of 4.5 million Euros on offer, over the two-day meet.

Olivier Peslier,39, had not won the Arc since he saddled Sagamix in 1998. That 1998 victory completed a sensational hat-trick for him after Triomphe triumphs on Helissio in 1996 and Peintre Celebre in 1997.

This 2012 win is almost as sensational, as 41--1 rank outsider Solemnia, with a really well-timed run, beat the 7--2 favourite Orfevre, ridden by Belgian jockey Christophe Soumillon by a neck!! The weeping and wailing from the favourite's backers must have been a sight to behold!!

In-running Betfair punters had even plunged £20,000 at 1--100 on Orfevre as it sprinted ahead of the field a furlong and a half out. However, the Japanese Triple Crown winner became leg-weary in the heavy going and hung badly right in the final 50 metres. He became so unbalanced that he even hit the running rail after Solemnia had passed him. Orfevre's jockey, Soumillon mistimed his run for home, as he accelerated past 12 horses within a furlong, before disastrously running out of steam near the winning post, on the heavy, clinging ground.

The winning time of 2 minutes 37.68 seconds was the slowest time for 13 years and definitely proved to be an unlucky 13 for Orfevre and Christophe Soumillon!!

Peslier, who equalled the record of famed jockeys, Jacques Doyasbert, Yves Saint-Martin, Freddie Head and Pat Eddery with this fourth Arc success, said: “I feel honoured to join those great jockeys, but I should also have a chance to come back and try to win a fifth Arc next year.”

Here is a full list of winners of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
1920	Comrade	3	Frank Bullock	Peter Gilpin	Evremond de Saint-Alary	2:39.00
1921	Ksar	3	George Stern	Walter Walton	Mrs Edmond Blanc	2:34.80
1922	Ksar	4	Frank Bullock	Walter Walton	Mrs Edmond Blanc	2:38.80
1923	Parth	3	Frank O'Neill	James Crawford	A. Kingsley Macomber	2:38.20
1924	Massine	4	Albert Sharpe	Elijah Cunnington	Henry Ternynck	2:40.80
1925	Priori [a]	3	Marcel Allemand	Percy Carter	Gérard de Chavagnac	2:33.80
1926	Biribi	3	Domingo Torterolo	Juan Torterolo	Simon Guthmann	2:32.80
1927	Mon Talisman	3	Charles Semblat	Frank Carter	Edouard Martinez de Hoz	2:32.80
1928	Kantar	3	Arthur Esling	Richard Carver	Ogden Mills	2:38.80
1929	Ortello	3	Paolo Caprioli	Willy Carter	Giuseppe de Montel	2:42.80
1930	Motrico	5	Marcel Fruhinsholtz	Maurice d'Okhuysen	Max de Rivaud	2:44.80
1931	Pearl Cap	3	Charles Semblat	Frank Carter	Diana Esmond	2:38.80
1932	Motrico	7	Charles Semblat	Maurice d'Okhuysen	Max de Rivaud	2:44.60
1933	Crapom	3	Paolo Caprioli	Federico Regoli	Mario Crespi	2:41.60
1934	Brantome	3	Charles Bouillon	Lucien Robert	Edouard de Rothschild	2:41.80
1935	Samos	3	Wally Sibbritt	Frank Carter	Evremond de Saint-Alary	2:42.60
1936	Corrida	4	Charlie Elliott	John Watts	Marcel Boussac	2:38.60
1937	Corrida	5	Charlie Elliott	John Watts	Marcel Boussac	2:33.90
1938	Eclair au Chocolat	3	Charles Bouillon	Lucien Robert	Edouard de Rothschild	2:39.80
	no race 1939–40
1941	Le Pacha	3	Paul Francolon	John Cunnington, Sr.	Philippe Gund	2:36.20
1942	Djebel	5	Jacques Doyasbère	Charles Semblat	Marcel Boussac	2:37.90
1943	Verso II [b]	3	Guy Duforez	Charles Clout	Hubert de Chambure	2:33.40
1944	Ardan [c]	3	Jacques Doyasbère	Charles Semblat	Marcel Boussac	2:35.00
1945	Nikellora	3	Rae Johnstone	René Pelat	Mrs Robert Patureau	2:34.80
1946	Caracalla	4	Charlie Elliott	Charles Semblat	Marcel Boussac	2:33.30
1947	Le Paillon	5	Fernand Rochetti	William Head	Lucienne Aurousseau	2:33.40
1948	Migoli	4	Charlie Smirke	Frank Butters	HH Aga Khan III	2:31.60
1949	Coronation	3	Roger Poincelet	Charles Semblat	Marcel Boussac	2:33.20
1950	Tantieme	3	Jacques Doyasbère	François Mathet	François Dupré	2:34.20
1951	Tantieme	4	Jacques Doyasbère	François Mathet	François Dupré	2:32.80
1952	Nuccio	4	Roger Poincelet	Alec Head	HH Aga Khan III	2:39.80
1953	La Sorellina	3	Maurice Larraun	Etienne Pollet	Paul Duboscq	2:31.80
1954	Sica Boy	3	Rae Johnstone	Pierre Pelat	Mrs Jean Cochery	2:36.30
1955	Ribot	3	Enrico Camici	Ugo Penco	Mario Incisa Rocchetta	2:35.60
1956	Ribot	4	Enrico Camici	Ugo Penco	Mario Incisa Rocchetta	2:34.80
1957	Oroso	4	Serge Boullenger	Daniel Lescalle	Raoul Meyer	2:33.40
1958	Ballymoss	4	Scobie Breasley	Vincent O'Brien	John McShain	2:37.90
1959	Saint Crespin [d]	3	George Moore	Alec Head	Prince Aly Khan	2:33.30
1960	Puissant Chef	3	Maxime Garcia	Mick Bartholomew	Henry Aubert	2:44.00
1961	Molvedo	3	Enrico Camici	Arturo Maggi	Egidio Verga	2:38.40
1962	Soltikoff	3	Marcel Depalmas	René Pelat	Simone del Duca	2:30.90
1963	Exbury	4	Jean Deforge	Geoffroy Watson	Guy de Rothschild	2:35.00
1964	Prince Royal	3	Roger Poincelet	Georges Bridgland	Rex Ellsworth	2:35.50
1965	Sea Bird	3	Pat Glennon	Etienne Pollet	Jean Ternynck	2:35.50
1966	Bon Mot	3	Freddy Head	William Head	Walter Burmann	2:39.80
1967	Topyo	3	Bill Pyers	Mick Bartholomew	Suzy Volterra	2:38.20
1968	Vaguely Noble	3	Bill Williamson	Etienne Pollet	Wilma Franklyn	2:35.20
1969	Levmoss	4	Bill Williamson	Seamus McGrath	Seamus McGrath	2:29.00
1970	Sassafras	3	Yves Saint-Martin	François Mathet	Arpad Plesch	2:29.70
1971	Mill Reef	3	Geoff Lewis	Ian Balding	Paul Mellon	2:28.30
1972	San San	3	Freddy Head	Angel Penna	Countess Batthyany	2:28.30
1973	Rheingold	4	Lester Piggott	Barry Hills	Henry Zeisel	2:35.80
1974	Allez France	4	Yves Saint-Martin	Angel Penna	Daniel Wildenstein	2:36.90
1975	Star Appeal	5	Greville Starkey	Theo Grieper	Waldemar Zeitelhack	2:33.60
1976	Ivanjica	4	Freddy Head	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer	2:39.40
1977	Alleged	3	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	Robert Sangster	2:30.60
1978	Alleged	4	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	Robert Sangster	2:36.50
1979	Three Troikas	3	Freddy Head	Criquette Head	Ghislaine Head	2:28.90
1980	Detroit	3	Pat Eddery	Olivier Douieb	Robert Sangster	2:28.00
1981	Gold River	4	Gary W. Moore	Alec Head	Jacques Wertheimer	2:35.20
1982	Akiyda	3	Yves Saint-Martin	François Mathet	HH Aga Khan IV	2:37.00
1983	All Along	4	Walter Swinburn	Patrick Biancone	Daniel Wildenstein	2:28.10
1984	Sagace	4	Yves Saint-Martin	Patrick Biancone	Daniel Wildenstein	2:39.10
1985	Rainbow Quest [e]	4	Pat Eddery	Jeremy Tree	Khalid Abdullah	2:29.50
1986	Dancing Brave	3	Pat Eddery	Guy Harwood	Khalid Abdullah	2:27.70
1987	Trempolino	3	Pat Eddery	André Fabre	Moussac / McNall	2:26.30
1988	Tony Bin	5	John Reid	Luigi Camici	Veronica del Bono Gaucci	2:37.30
1989	Carroll House	4	Michael Kinane	Michael Jarvis	Antonio Balzarini	2:30.80
1990	Saumarez	3	Gérald Mossé	Nicolas Clément	McNall / Gretzky	2:29.80
1991	Suave Dancer	3	Cash Asmussen	John Hammond	Henri Chalhoub	2:31.40
1992	Subotica	4	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Olivier Lecerf	2:39.00
1993	Urban Sea	4	Eric Saint-Martin	Jean Lesbordes	David Tsui	2:37.90
1994	Carnegie	3	Thierry Jarnet	André Fabre	Sheikh Mohammed	2:31.10
1995	Lammtarra	3	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Saeed bin M. Al Maktoum	2:31.80
1996	Helissio	3	Olivier Peslier	Elie Lellouche	Enrique Sarasola	2:29.90
1997	Peintre Celebre	3	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Daniel Wildenstein	2:24.60
1998	Sagamix	3	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre	Jean-Luc Lagardère	2:34.50
1999	Montjeu	3	Michael Kinane	John Hammond	Michael Tabor	2:38.50
2000	Sinndar	3	Johnny Murtagh	John Oxx	HH Aga Khan IV	2:25.80
2001	Sakhee	4	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:36.10
2002	Marienbard	5	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor	Godolphin	2:26.70
2003	Dalakhani	3	Christophe Soumillon	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:32.30
2004	Bago	3	Thierry Gillet	Jonathan Pease	Niarchos Family	2:25.00
2005	Hurricane Run	3	Kieren Fallon	André Fabre	Michael Tabor	2:27.40
2006	Rail Link	3	Stéphane Pasquier	André Fabre	Khalid Abdullah	2:26.30
2007	Dylan Thomas	4	Kieren Fallon	Aidan O'Brien	Magnier / Tabor	2:28.50
2008	Zarkava	3	Christophe Soumillon	Alain de Royer-Dupré	HH Aga Khan IV	2:28.80
2009	Sea the Stars	3	Michael Kinane	John Oxx	Christopher Tsui	2:26.30
2010	Workforce	3	Ryan Moore	Sir Michael Stoute	Khalid Abdullah	2:35.30
2011	Danedream	3	Andrasch Starke	Peter Schiergen	Burg Eberstein / Yoshida	2:24.49
2012	Solemia	4	Olivier Peslier	Carlos Laffon-Parias	Wertheimer & Frère	2:37:68

History of Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was first run at Longchamps racecourse on Sunday October 3rd 1920.

The first horse across the line was Comrade, who picked up FF150,000 [French Francs]; second was King's Cross, winning FF18,000, and Pleurs was third, winning FF10,000.

The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Lucien Barrière offered prize-money of 2 million euros including 1,142,800 euros to the winner.

The Arc weekend is Europe's biggest two-day combined purse, with total prize money of 4.5 million euros on offer.

The Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe has been run 84 times since 1920.

Sunday 7th October 2012 heralded the 91st running of what is generally considered to be the world's greatest horse-race.

Here are the most important historical facts relating to the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe:

The leading trainer of Arc winners, with 7 wins is:-
• André Fabre – Trempolino (1987), Subotica (1992), Carnegie (1994), Peintre Celebre (1997), Sagamix (1998), Hurricane Run (2005), Rail Link (2006).

The leading owner with 6 wins is:-
• Marcel Boussac – Corrida (1936, 1937), Djebel (1942), Ardan (1944), Caracalla (1946), Coronation (1949) [Note that two of these wins were during World War 2].

• Fastest winning time – Danedream (2011), 2m 24.49s
• Widest winning margin – Ribot (1956), Sea Bird (1965) and Sakhee (2001), 6 lengths.
• Oldest winning horse – Motrico (1932), aged 7 years.
• Most runners – 30, in 1967.
• Fewest runners – 7, in 1941.

What great horses!

What a wonderful horse race!!

What a true sporting legacy!!