About
This is biggest horse racing event in France and among the most prominent ones in Europe. The Group 1 race features thoroughbreds aged 3 years and overs. The annual event takes place at Longchamp and covers 2,400 meters (about 1 miles). In 2016 and 2017, the event was held at Chantilly as Longchamp underwent renovation and is expected to return this year.
History
Under the Société d’Encouragement, races in France were only open to the fames thorroughbreds born as well as bred in the country and proceeded to inaugurate Grand Prix in 1863. Three decades later, the body introduced Prix Conseil and allowed international participation.
In January 1920, the country’s horseracing proposed the establishment of a race that would lay a level playing ground for all the horses. Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe was born. In October the same year, the first race was run and Comrade, ridden by Frank Bullock, won and pocketed 150,000 francs.
Records
The most successful horses at Prix debl’Arc de Triomphe have won the race twice. Ksar was the first one to do it in
1921 and 1922 while the most recent to do so was Treve in 2013 and 2014.
Frankie Dettori remains the mostnsuccessful jockey at the event with five wins. He has finished at the top
position in 1995, 2001, 2002, 2015, and 2017. In his first win, he was riding Lammtarra.
Past winners
On October 1, 2017, Frankie Dettori won €5,000,000 in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Chantilly. Dettori rode the British-trained Enable to record his fifth win at the race. It was a magical performance that surely writes the jockey and his horse to folklore.
The world’s richest race ran on turf has been held every year since 1920 except during the WWII in 1939 and 1940. Other winners in this race include Found in 2016, ridden by Ryan Moore. Thierry Jarnet recorded two wins in 2013 and 2014 riding Treve.