2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

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2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Danedream wins the 2011 Arc for Germany.jpg
Location Longchamp Racecourse
DateOctober 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)
Winning horse Danedream
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The 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 2 October 2011. [1] It was the 90th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

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The winner was Danedream, a three-year-old filly trained in Germany by Peter Schiergen. The winning jockey was Andrasch Starke. [2]

Danedream was the second German-trained horse to win the "Arc". The only prior victory was that of Star Appeal in 1975.

The winning time of 2m 24.49s set a new record for the event. The previous record of 2m 24.60s was achieved by Peintre Celebre in 1997.

Unusually for the race, the first three finishers were all fillies.

Race details

Full result

Pos.Marg.HorseAgeJockeyTrainer (Country)
1 Danedream 3 Andrasch Starke Peter Schiergen (GER)
25 Shareta 3 Thierry Jarnet Alain de Royer-Dupré (FR)
3nk Snow Fairy 4 Frankie Dettori Ed Dunlop (GB)
4½ So You Think 5 Seamie Heffernan Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
5snk St Nicholas Abbey 4 Joseph O'Brien Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
6snk Meandre 3 Maxime Guyon André Fabre (FR)
7snk Sarafina 4 Christophe Lemaire Alain de Royer-Dupré (FR)
8¾Silver Pond4 Thierry Thulliez Carlos Laffon-Parias (FR)
94Galikova3 Olivier Peslier Freddy Head (FR)
10¾Hiruno d'Amour4Shinji FujitaMitsugu Kon (JPN)
11 Nakayama Festa 5 Masayoshi Ebina Yoshitaka Ninomiya (JPN)
12nk Workforce 4 Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute (GB)
131Testosterone3 Stéphane Pasquier Pascal Bary (FR)
14 Treasure Beach 3 Colm O'Donoghue Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
156 Reliable Man 3 Gérald Mossé Alain de Royer-Dupré (FR)
162 Masked Marvel 3 William Buick John Gosden (GB)

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Danedream.

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References

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  2. "Danedream stuns field to win Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe". BBC Sport. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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