1978 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

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57th Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Location Longchamp, Paris, France
Date1 October 1978 (1978-10-01)
Distance2,400 metres (1.5 mi)
Winning horse Alleged (IRE)
Winning time2:36.1
Final odds14/10 favourite
Jockey Lester Piggott
Trainer Vincent O'Brien
OwnerRobert Sangster
  1977
1979  

The 1978 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 1 October 1978. It was the 57th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

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The winner was Alleged, a four-year-old colt trained in Ireland by Vincent O'Brien and ridden by Lester Piggott. Alleged, the 14/10 favourite, defeated the mare Trillion by two lengths, with Dancing Maid a further two lengths back in third. Alleged became the sixth horse to win the race twice after Ksar, Motrico, Corrida, Tantieme and Ribot. The winning time was 2:36.1.

Race details

Full result

Pos.Marg.HorseAgeJockeyTrainer (Country)
1 Alleged 4 Lester Piggott Vincent O'Brien (IRE)
22 Trillion 4 Willie Shoemaker Maurice Zilber (FR)
32 Dancing Maid 3 Freddy Head Alec Head (FR)
434 Frere Basile 3 Philippe Paquet Bernard Secly (FR)
512Guadanini4 Henri Samani Robert Carver (FR)
6hdMontcontour4J-L Kessas Maurice Zilber (FR)
71+12Noir et Or3 Maurice Philipperon John Cunnington, Jr (FR)
82+13 Gay Mecene 3Jean-Claude Desaint Alec Head (FR)
934Dancing Master3 Gerard Dubroeucq J P Gallorini (FR)
101+12Lido5Albert Klimscha, JrC Seiffert (GER)
11nk Julio Mariner 3 Edward Hide Clive Brittain (GB)
12hd Acamas 3 Yves Saint-Martin François Mathet (FR)
131Monseigneur4Tony Murray François Boutin (FR)
14hdTurville3Alfred GibertAage Paus (FR)
15nkShafaraz5M Planard Patrick Biancone (FR)
16shdGaliani3 Alain Lequeux Maurice Zilber (FR)
172 Exdirectory 3 Willie Carson Paddy Prendergast (IRE)
186Dom Alaric4Alain Badel Olivier Douieb (FR)

* Abbreviations: ns = nose; shd = short-head; hd = head; snk = short neck; nk = neck

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Alleged.

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