2006 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

85th Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Longchamp, 1 October 2006

won by Rail Link (GB)

The 2006 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 1 October 2006.^[1] It was the 85th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

The winner was Rail Link, a three-year-old colt trained in France by André Fabre. The winning jockey was Stéphane Pasquier.^[2]

The pre-race favourite Deep Impact finished third, but he was later disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance.^[3]

Race details

• Sponsor: Groupe Lucien Barrière
• Purse: €2,000,000; First prize: €1,142,800 ^[4]
• Going: Good
• Distance: 2,400 metres
• Number of runners: 8
• Winner's time: 2m 26.3s

Full result

Pos.	Marg.	Horse	Age	Jockey	Trainer (Country)
1		Rail Link	3	Stéphane Pasquier	André Fabre (FR)
2	nk	Pride	6	Christophe Lemaire	Alain de Royer-Dupré (FR)
	½	Deep Impact (disq.)	4	Yutaka Take	Yasuo Ikee (JPN)
3	2½	Hurricane Run	4	Kieren Fallon	André Fabre (FR)
4	2	Best Name	3	Olivier Peslier	Robert Collet (FR)
5	snk	Irish Wells	3	Dominique Boeuf	François Rohaut (FR)
6	4	Sixties Icon	3	Frankie Dettori	Jeremy Noseda (GB)
7	1½	Shirocco	5	Christophe Soumillon	André Fabre (FR)

• Abbreviations: snk = short-neck; nk = neck

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Rail Link.

• Sex: Colt
• Foaled: 26 March 2003
• Country: Great Britain
• Sire: Dansili; Dam: Docklands (Theatrical)
• Owner: Khalid Abdullah
• Breeder: Juddmonte Farms

References

1. "2006 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe". Racing Post. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
2. "Rail Link takes shock Arc victory". BBC Sport. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
3. "Deep Impact disqualified from Arc". BBC Sport. 16 November 2006. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
4. "2006 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe". France Galop. Retrieved 1 July 2012.