1981 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
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.
60th Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Longchamp, 4 October 1981 |
won by Gold River (FR) |
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
- Sponsor: none
- Purse:
- Going: Dead
- Distance: 2,400 metres
- Number of runners: 24
- Winner's time: 2:35.2
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 | François Boutin (FR) |
4 | 2 | Perrault | 4 | Henri Samani | Pierre Pelat (FR) |
5 | 2 | Ardross | 5 | Lester Piggott | Henry Cecil (GB) |
6 | 1½ | Argument | 4 | Philip Waldron | Maurice Zilber (FR) |
7 | ¾ | Akarad | 3 | Yves Saint-Martin | François 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 | François Boutin (FR) |
11 | snk | Kings Lake | 3 | Pat Eddery | Vincent O'Brien (IRE) |
12 | 5 | Lancastrian | 4 | Maurice Philipperon | David Smaga (FR) |
13 | 1½ | 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 | 1½ | Pelerin | 4 | Edward Hide | Harry Wragg (GB) |
18 | 2½ | 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) |
* Abbreviations: shd = short-head; nk = neck
Winner's details
Further details of the winner, Detroit.
- Sex: Filly
- Foaled: 11 January 1977
- Country: France
- Sire: Riverman; Dam: Glaneuse (Snob)
- Owner: Jacques Wertheimer
- Breeder: Jacques Wertheimer
References
- Timeform staff (1982). Racehorses of 1981. Timeform. ISBN 0-900599-33-2.
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