1982 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

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1982 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
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Location Longchamp Racecourse
DateOctober 3, 1982 (1982-10-03)
Winning horse Akiyda
  1981
1983  

The 1982 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 3 October 1982. It was the 61st running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

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The winner was Akiyda, a three-year-old filly trained in France by François Mathet. The winning jockey was Yves Saint-Martin who was winning the race for the third time. The filly won by a neck from the British-trained six-year-old Ardross

The winning time was 2m 37.0s. [1]

Race details

Full result

Pos.Marg.HorseAgeJockeyTrainer (Country)
1 Akiyda 3 Yves Saint-Martin François Mathet (FR)
2hd Ardross 6 Lester Piggott Henry Cecil (GB)
3½ Awaasif 3 Willie Carson John Dunlop (GB)
4hd April Run 4 Cash Asmussen François Boutin (FR)
54Real Shadai3 Maurice Philipperon John Cunnington, Jnr. (FR)
61No Attention4 Alain Lequeux Robert Collet (FR)
7Cadoudal3J-L Kessas Bernard Secly (FR)
8¾Critique4 Joe Mercer Henry Cecil (GB)
9shd Harbour 3 Freddy Head Criquette Head (FR)
10¾Newjdar3Guy Guignard Patrick Biancone (FR)
11hd Assert 3 Pat Eddery David O'Brien (IRE)
12 Bikala 3Serge Gorli Patrick Biancone (FR)
13Bon Sang3Alfred GibertMitri Saliba (FR)
142Last Feather3 Steve Cauthen Barry Hills (GB)
15 All Along 3 Greville Starkey Patrick Biancone (FR)
16Mariacho4Gerard Dubroeucq Maurice Zilber (FR)
17Kastet3A Chavouev(USSR)

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

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Akiyda.

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References

  1. Timeform staff (1983). Racehorses of 1982. Timeform. ISBN   0-900599-35-9.