1981 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

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1981 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
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Racing silks of Jacques Wertheimer
Location Longchamp Racecourse
DateOctober 4, 1981 (1981-10-04)
  1980
1982  

The 1981 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 4 October 1981. It was the 60th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

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The winner was Gold River, a four-year-old filly trained in France by Alec Head and ridden by Gary Moore. The filly won by three quarters of a length and a nose from Bikala and April Run in a time of 2:35.2. [1]

Race details

Full result

Pos.Marg.HorseAgeJockeyTrainer (Country)
1 Gold River 4Gary Moore Alec Head (FR)
2¾ Bikala 3Serge Gorli Patrick Biancone (FR)
3ns April Run 3 Philippe Paquet François Boutin (FR)
42 Perrault 4 Henri Samani Pierre Pelat (FR)
52 Ardross 5 Lester Piggott Henry Cecil (GB)
6 Argument 4Philip Waldron Maurice Zilber (FR)
7¾ Akarad 3 Yves Saint-Martin François Mathet (FR)
83Tootens3Georges DoleuzeE Bartholomew (FR)
9hdLeandra3 Gerard Dubroeucq Pierre Pelat (FR)
10snkSnow Day3Alfred Gibert François Boutin (FR)
11snk Kings Lake 3 Pat Eddery Vincent O'Brien (IRE)
125 Lancastrian 4 Maurice Philipperon David Smaga (FR)
13 Prince Bee 4 Joe Mercer Dick Hern (GB)
14hd Cut Above 3 Brian Taylor Dick Hern (GB)
15nk Blue Wind 3Wally Swinburn Dermot Weld (IRE)
162Gap of Dunloe3 Walter Swinburn Patrick Biancone (FR)
17 Pelerin 4 Edward Hide Harry Wragg (GB)
18 Condessa 3Declan Gillespie Jim Bolger (IRE)
19shdRahotep3J-L Kessas Bernard Secly (FR)
203 Detroit 4 Freddy Head Olivier Douieb (FR)
21 Ring the Bell 4N TileyH Westbrook
22Gilded Vanity4Gabriel CurranP Russell (IRE)
23 Beldale Flutter 3Tony Murray Michael Jarvis (GB)
24Action Man6O Larsen(DEN)

* Abbreviations: shd = short-head; nk = neck

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Detroit.

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References

  1. Timeform staff (1982). Racehorses of 1981. Timeform. ISBN   0-900599-33-2.