1983 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

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1983 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
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Location Longchamp Racecourse
DateOctober 2, 1983 (1983-10-02)
Winning horse All Along
  1982
1984  

The 1983 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 2 October 1983. It was the 62nd running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

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The winner was All Along, a four-year-old filly trained in France by Patrick Biancone and ridden by Walter Swinburn. The filly won by a length a short neck and a nose from Sun Princess, Luth Enchantee and Time Charter in a time of 2:28.1. Fillies took the first four places in the twenty-six runner field. [1]

Race details

Full result

Pos.Marg.HorseAgeJockeyTrainer (Country)
1 All Along 4 Walter Swinburn Patrick Biancone (FR)
21 Sun Princess 3 Willie Carson Dick Hern (GB)
3snk Luth Enchantee 3 Maurice Philipperon John Cunnington, Jnr. (FR)
4ns Time Charter 4Billy Newnes Henry Candy (GB)
5½Salmon Leap3 Pat Eddery Vincent O'Brien (IRE)
6hd Stanerra 5Brian Rouse Frank Dunne (IRE)
7snkLovely Dancer3 Freddy Head Olivier Douieb (FR)
8 Zalataia 4 Gerard Dubroeucq André Fabre (FR)
9½ Lancastrian 6 Alain Lequeux David Smaga (FR)
10hdMarie de Litz3Henri Samani Robert Collet (FR)
11 Sagace 3Alfred Gibert Patrick Biancone (IRE)
12 Diamond Shoal 4 Steve Cauthen Ian Balding
13 Awaasif 4 Lester Piggott John Dunlop (GB)
14Seymour Hicks3Bruce Raymond John Dunlop (GB)
15 Orofino 5Peter AlafiSven von Mitzlaff (GER)
16Prima Voce4Geoff BaxterRobert Armstrong (GB)
17General Holme4Tony Murray Olivier Douieb (FR)
18Gun of Navarone3 Philip Robinson Clive Brittain (GB)
19Escaline3Gary MooreJohn Fellows (FR)
20Dalby Jaguar5G Nording(DEN)
21Sharaya3 Yves Saint-Martin Alain de Royer Dupre (FR)
22Welsh Term4 Cash Asmussen Robert Collet (FR)
23Dom Pasquini3Alain Badel Robert Collet (FR)
24 Acamas 8Jean-Claude Desaint(FR)
25Dzudo6A McChesneyAlbert Klimscha (FR)
26Sailor's Dance3 Joe Mercer Dick Hern (GB)

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, All Along.

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References

  1. Timeform staff (1984). Racehorses of 1983. Timeform. ISBN   0-900599-40-5.