1981 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

60th Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Longchamp, 4 October 1981
won by Gold River (FR)

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.

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. Horse Age Jockey Trainer (Country)
1 Gold River 4 Gary Moore Alec Head (FR)
2 ¾ Bikala 3 Serge Gorli Patrick Biancone (FR)
3 ns April Run 3 Philippe Paquet Francois Boutin (FR)
4 2 Perrault 4 Henri Samani Pierre Pelat (FR)
5 2 Ardross 5 Lester Piggott Henry Cecil (GB)
6 Argument 4 Philip Waldron Maurice Zilber (FR)
7 ¾ Akarad 3 Yves Saint-Martin Francois Mathet (FR)
8 3 Tootens 3 Georges Doleuze E Bartholomew (FR)
9 hd Leandra 3 Gerard Dubroeucq Pierre Pelat (FR)
10 snk Snow Day 3 Alfred Gibert Francois Boutin (FR)
11 snk Kings Lake 3 Pat Eddery Vincent O'Brien (IRE)
12 5 Lancastrian 4 Maurice Philipperon David Smaga (FR)
13 Prince Bee 4 Joe Mercer Dick Hern (GB)
14 hd Cut Above 3 Brian Taylor Dick Hern (GB)
15 nk Blue Wind 3 Wally Swinburn Dermot Weld (IRE)
16 2 Gap of Dunloe 3 Walter Swinburn Patrick Biancone (FR)
17 Pelerin 4 Edward Hide Harry Wragg (GB)
18 Condessa 3 Declan Gillespie Jim Bolger (IRE)
19 shd Rahotep 3 J-L Kessas Bernard Secly (FR)
20 3 Detroit 4 Freddy Head Olivier Douieb (FR)
21 Ring the Bell 4 N Tiley H Westbrook
22 Gilded Vanity 4 Gabriel Curran P Russell (IRE)
23 Beldale Flutter 3 Tony Murray Michael Jarvis (GB)
24 Action Man 6 O Larsen (DEN)

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Detroit.

References

  1. Timeform staff (1982). Racehorses of 1981. Timeform. ISBN 0-900-59933-2.
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