Arc De Triomphe Race 2018 Runners

This first Sunday in October see’s the Paris track of Longchamp play host to one of the very best, and possibly THE best of races run anywhere in the world. Serving up a clash of the generations, the crème de la crème amongst the colts and fillies do battle in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

• Arc De Triomphe History
• Arc De Triomphe Race 2018 Runners Results
• Arc De Triomphe Race 2018 Runners 2017

Established in 1920, the Arc is run over one and a half miles, or 2400 metres. The race’s most successful jockey is Frankie Dettori who’s last win came in 2018 when Enable completed her Arc double.

The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is the premier middle-distance race for older horses in Europe, and is widely considered to be the highlight of the calendar for many fans of Flat racing. The Arc betting market is one of the most exciting in the sport, and you can find the. It's worth recalling that at Punchestown in 2018. The time of the race overall looking good in relation to two others run over the same course. Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe King George VI.

Next Race: TBD

The next renewal of this race has not been scheduled yet. We will update this once the schedule has been released for next season. The race info, trends and tips shown below will be updated for the next renewal once the final declarations have been made.

Last Run: 4th October 2020

• Winner: Sottsass
• SP: 73/10
• Trainer: Jean-Claude Rouget
• Jockey: Cristian Demuro

Arc De Triomphe History

Race Info

Open to all runners aged three years and above, this Group 1, 1m4f contest offers a whopping £2,542,373 in total prize money, and is just about the most prestigious event of its type on the planet. The ground at the track is currently described as very soft, with more rain on the way, which could prove a real test for some of the runners.

Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Betting Tips

Note: The following tips are from 2020. Tips for the next renewal will be added once the final declarations have been made.

Arc De Triomphe Race 2018 Runners Results

Having recorded his eighth success in this race with Waldgeist 12 months ago, it is French training legend Andre Fabre who sits atop the all-time trainers table. Fabre sends the talented Godolphin colt Persian King into battle this time around but he would do very well to feature in the places, let alone win the race.

Leading the way amongst the riders is the evergreen Frankie Dettori. Rapidly closing in on his 50th birthday, Dettori will be seeking a seventh success in Europe’s greatest race here. Dettori of course gets the leg up on two-time heroine, Enable.

This hasn’t been a particularly happy hunting ground for supporters of the market leader in recent times, with just the two winning favourites in the past decade – handing jolly backers a significant level stakes loss of £6.09.

Enable – 11/8

With the late defection of the Aidan O’Brien-trained Love, it is now John Gosden’s Enable who sits all alone at the head of the betting, and there’s no doubt that the mount of Frankie Dettori represents the best story for racing should she manage to get her nose in front.

If this six year old daughter of Nathaniel does land the prize for favourite backers, she will become the first horse to ever win Europe’s greatest race three times. Successful in the 2017 edition at Chantilly, she backed that up with a win over this course and distance in 2018, before finishing an agonising second to Waldgeist in the race 12 months ago.

Now six years old she would become the second oldest winner in the history of the great race if prevailing, but on this season’s form she does seem as well as ever. A solid second in the 1m2f Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on her comeback, she then hosed up in the King George at Ascot before winning in effortless style in the September Stakes last time out. Having skipped the Yorkshire Oaks this year, she has been given a slightly easier prep than 12 months ago, and connections will be hoping that leaves her with a little extra petrol in the tank in the closing stages this year. Having been beaten in very soft conditions in 2019 though, the amount of rain in the area may count as a slight negative.

Stradivarius – 13/2

Next in the betting is another six year old from the yard of John Gosden, and if there is one horse likely to break Enable’s heart should this turn into something of a slog, it is most likely the stayer supreme, Stradivarius.

Already assured of his place in racing folklore courtesy of seven Group 1 successes, including three Ascot Gold Cups, victory here would be the real cherry on top of what has been an exceptional career. Undoubtedly at the top of the tree in the staying division, the main question here clearly concerns the trip, with career form figures of 232 over this sort of distance suggesting he perhaps doesn’t have the pace for this.

However, it should be noted that all three of those runs came on good or quicker ground, and he won’t face anything like those conditions here. Three from four on soft going, with the latest of those wins coming in a 10-length Ascot Gold Cup demolition, he rates a huge danger to all if anywhere close when they turn for home.

Sottsass – 9/1

Heading up the challenge for the home team is the Jean-Claude Rouget-trained Sottsass, who goes in the hands of the excellent Cristian Demuro. Third in the race 12 months ago, when only three and a half lengths adrift at the line, he has certainly shown enough in his four outings so far this season to suggest he can be involved in the finish once again.

A winner of the Group 1 Prix Ganay at Chantilly earlier in the season, he was then narrowly denied when conceding weight to the field in a Group 3 at Deauville, before posting a most encouraging run in the Irish Champion Stakes last time out. Outpaced by the duelling Ghaiyaath and Magical as they turned for home that day, he was notably doing all his best work late in that 1m2f event to go down by just two lengths at the line.

Whether he will want the ground quite as bottomless as seems likely is questionable, but he is a two-time winner on soft, in addition to being proven over the track and trip. As a four year old, he also has age on his side, and in that regard would be a better fit on the trends than the two English runners at the head of the betting.

Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Winners

About the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe

The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, or rather “the Arc” as many of us this side of the Channel prefer to call it, is the absolute crème de le crème of European flat racing. No contest on the continent is more prestigious than Longchamp’s 2400m battle which usually takes place on the first Sunday of every October.

Boasting a gargantuan purse that stood at €5m in 2018, it stands as the second richest turf race on the planet. A true showpiece of French racing, the Group 1 contest was once described thus: “Ce n’est pas une course, c’est un monument” (“It’s not a race, it’s a monument”).

Born shortly after the end of World War I, the governing body of French racing named this race after the Arc de Triomphe, the monument by which allied forces celebrated victory in 1919. A year later the Prix l’Arc de Triomphe was up and running, with 150,000 francs handed to connections of the winning horse, Comrade.

By 1949, government funding obtained through the Loterie Nationale saw a gigantic increase in prize money but sponsorship soon began to become the main source of income. The government pulled their involvement entirely in 1982 but by this point the Arc was entirely self-sufficient, boasting a global reputation which has gone from strength to strength.

THE ARC RETURNS HOME

Bar a temporary relocation during the Second World War, Longchamp has always been the home of the Arc. This was until mass redevelopment work, starting in October 2015, forced the racecourse to close its doors to the public. Unable to host the 2016 and 2017 Arc renewals as a result, Chantilly instead had the delight of hosting the esteemed contest. As much as the Oise-based course would’ve liked to have made the switch permanent, the Arc returned to Longchamp in 2018 following a $145m facelift. Much of the money was spent on a new grandstand that offers visitors an unobstructed view of both the racecourse and the Eiffel Tower.

O’BRIEN SECURES UNPRECEDENTED 1-2-3

Chantilly’s time hosting the Arc was short-lived but the event’s debut there will live long in the memory thanks to Aiden O’Brien’s unrivalled achievement. The Irish trainer, who had three runners entered in the contest, landed and incredible 1-2-3 during what was far from an uncompetitive renewal. Never before has a trainer managed this feat and it’s one that could well survive the test of time. Leading the trio was the supreme Found, who along with breaking the Chantilly course record, also became the first Irish-trained filly to strike gold in the Arc.

PRIX DE L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE 2016 FIRST TEN

FABRE REMAINS ON TOP

Despite his incredible achievement in 2016, Aiden O’Brien remains a long way from matching Andre Fabre’s record of eight winners in this French showpiece. The Arc’s leading trainer began with a win in 1987 but he hadn’t celebrated victory for 13 years between Waldgeist’s 2019 triumph and Rail Link who did the business in 2006. Previously, Fabre not gone longer than seven years between wins, leading some to question if he was losing his touch.

His recent record would suggest misfortune more than anything else was responsible for his dry patch. The Frenchman has regularly had at least one name finishing very high up the order, suggesting that a wait for a ninth win won’t be far away.

ENABLE LATEST TO JOIN ELITE LIST

Enable was made to work very hard as she sought to defend her Arc crown in 2018 but she managed to hold off Sea Of Class by the length of a short neck. By successfully claiming back to back victories, John Gosden’s prized horse joined seven other names who have successfully completed an Arc double. Nobody has yet managed to go one better with Enable narrowly missing out when second in 2019. She is being lined up for another crack at a historic triple in 2020.

Prior to Enable, Treve was the last to attempt a hat-trick but despite a valiant effort, the French-bred filly finished fourth, just over two lengths behind Golden Horn.

LADIES BACK ON THE RISE

Having just mentioned Enable and Treve, now seems like a good moment to point out how fillies have regained Arc form. There have been 21 female champions winning on 24 occasions since the inception of the race but following Urban Sea’s win in 1993, the boys ruled supreme for the following 14 renewals. Zarkava’s victory in 2008 has sparked a female fight back though with eight fillies making up the last 12 winners. The full list of female champions is as follows:

Female Arc Winning Horses: 1920 – 2019

SEGACE DENIED BY CONTROVERSIAL DECISION

Reigning champion Segace was the odds-on favourite on his return to Longchamp for the 1985 edition of the Arc. The title defence had largely gone to plan for the five-year-old but Rainbow Quest to his outside was refusing to give in. The pair battled up the home straight but Segace just edged out during what initially appeared a clean fight.

As the crowd celebrated another French winner, the mood suddenly turned as an announcement revealed that Rainbow Quests’ jockey, Pat Eddery, had launched a complaint. After seven minutes of reviewing the incident, stewards ruled in his favour, reversing the result of the contest. Was the decision a fair one? You can decide for yourself.

Arc De Triomphe Race 2018 Runners 2017

HOME ADVANTAGE PROVES TELLING

Drawing in horses from far and wide, the Arc is anything but a purely French affair. It has been horses trained from the host nation who have enjoyed the bulk of success though, despite missing out during four of the the past five renewals. While their short-term dominance may be wavering, their position on top in the all-time record will remain safe for many decades.

Although Japan fails to feature on the chart above, it’s only fair to mention that they have been knocking on the door lately. Nakayama Festa finished second in 2010 and Orferve lost out by a neck two years later. Deep Impact also ran a big race in 2006 although he was later disqualified due to a failed drugs test.

Other Races of Note at Longchamp

The 2018 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race which was held at Longchamp on Sunday 7 October 2018.^[1] The race was run at Longchamp Racecourse for the first time since 2015, having been staged at Chantilly Racecourse in 2016 and 2017 while Longchamp was closed for major redevelopment. It was the 97th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

Full result[edit]

• Abbreviations: snk = short neck; nk = neck, dist = distance

References[edit]

1. ^'Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe'. Racing Post. Retrieved 1 October 2018.

External links[edit]

• Colour Chart – Arc 2018