Arc De Triomphe Race 2018 Runners
Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe | |
| Grade 1, ParisLongchamp 15:05 €3,000,000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 4f, Class 1 | |
| Sunday 4th October 2020 | |
1 Sottsass 13/2
2 In Swoop 17/2
3 Persian King 15/2
11 ran NR: Japan, Mogul, Serpentine, Sovereign
Distances: nk, 1¾l, hd Time: 2m 39.30s (slow by 8.80s)
France Arc De Triomphe
The 2018 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race which was held at Longchamp on Sunday 7 October 2018. 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. Sottsass won by a neck from runner-up In Swoop. Sottsass won a dramatic Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as Enable finished sixth in her attempt to win Europe's richest race for a record third time.
Not to be for Enable… Sottsass wins the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe! #QPATpic.twitter.com/vn4SD9HPMN
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) October 4, 2020Arc De Triomphe Images
Sottsass, trained by Jean-Claude Rouget and ridden by Cristian Demuro, led home a clean sweep for French-trained runners, with two-time winner Enable only able to finish sixth.
Third in the race 12 months ago, his trainer had stated that only one day mattered for the four-year-old this year and he proved trained to perfection.
For John Gosden’s Enable, chasing history with a third victory in the race, she was bogged down in the heavy ground and suffered interference when the pace quickened.
In contrast, Sottsass picked up smartly and stayed on well to beat In Swoop, with Persian King hanging on for third having made the running, just ahead of Gold Trip. Enable’s Gold Cup-winning stablemate Stradivarius was seventh.
As a result of the interference, a stewards’ inquiry was immediately called – but following a short deliberation, the placings remained unaltered.
While Enable did not manage to win a third Arc, she will still go down in history as one of the greatest racemares to have graced the sport.
As well as her two wins in the Arc, she won the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot three times, the English Oaks and Irish Oaks and at the Breeders’ Cup.
Sottsass won the French Derby last season, but had failed to set the world alight this year. However, Rouget had been making increasingly confident noises in recent days and his colt had been well-backed.
Cristian Demuro enjoyed a perfect run through the early stages, just tracking Persian King with Frankie Dettori just a length behind the eventual winner.
When the pace quickened in the straight Dettori had Enable in the perfect position to strike, with Stradivarius on her outside, but she when she needed to quicken, the heavy ground meant she was unable to use her raking stride and she was beginning to send out distress signals when squeezed up.
L'arc De Triomphe
In Swoop, the German Derby winner, was predictably strong at the finish, but Sottsass was always doing enough and held on by around half a length.
Qatar Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe
€3,000,000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 4f, Class 1
11 ran
Going: Heavy
Breeders Cup
POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (4) Sottsass 4 9-5 J-C Rouget Cristian Demuro 13/2
2 (1) nkIn Swoop 3 8-13 F-H Graffard Ronan Thomas 17/1
3 (7) 1¾Persian King 4 9-5 A Fabre Pierre-Charles Boudot 15/2
4 (9) hdGold Trip 3 8-13 F Chappet Stephane Pasquier 33/1
5 (2) 2Raabihah 3 8-9 J-C Rouget Maxime Guyon 10/1
6 (5) 2Enable 6 9-2 John Gosden Frankie Dettori 6/5F
7 (14) ½Stradivarius 6 9-5 John Gosden Olivier Peslier 9/2
8 (12) 2½Deirdre 6 9-2 Mitsuru Hashida Jamie Spencer 40/1
9 (6) nseWay To Paris 7 9-5 Andrea Marcialis Ioritz Mendizabal 28/1
10 (8) ¾Royal Julius 7 9-5 J Reynier Shane Foley 100/1
11 (13) 20Chachnak 3 8-13 F Vermeulen Tony Piccone 100/1
NR 4 (11) 4-4335 Japan 4 9-5 A P O'Brien NON RUNNER
NR 5 (10) 01-326 Sovereign 4 9-5 A P O'Brien NON RUNNER
NR 13 (3) Mogul 3 8-13 A P O'Brien NON RUNNER
NR (15) Serpentine 3 8-13 A P O'Brien NON RUNNER