How many British-trained horses have won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe?

Established in 1920, as a showcase for French thoroughbred breeding, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is run over 2,400 metres, or approximately a mile and a half, at Longchamp Racecourse in the Bois de Boulogne in western Paris, traditionally on the first Sunday in October. Colloquailly known as the ‘Arc’, the race boasts total prize money of €5 million, making it the most valuable Flat race run in Europe and the most valuable run on turf anywhere in the world. The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is a truly international event and, in just over a century, its roll of honour has featured winners not only from France, but also from Germany, Ireland Italy and the United Kingdom.

As far as British-trained winners are concerned, the inaugural winner, Comrade, was a three-year-old owned by Frenchman Evremond de Saint-Alary, but trained by Peter Gilpin at Clarehaven Stables in Newmarket. Another three-year-old, Parth, trained by James Crawford in Ogbourne, Wiltshire followed in 1923, but it would be another 25 years until Migoli, trained by Frank Butters in Newmarket, broke the course record in 1948 and 23 more before Mill Reef, trained by Ian Balding in Kingsclere, Hampshire did so again in 1971. The next four British-trained winners were

Rheingold (1973), Rainbow Quest (1985), Dancing Brave (1986), and Carroll House (1989), albeit that Rainbow Quest was awarded the race in the stewards’ room.

Since then, Italian jockey has ridden six British-trained winners, namely Lammtarra (1995), Sakhee (2001), Marienbard (2002), Golden Horn (2015) and Enable (2017 and 2018). All six were trained in Newmarket, the first three by Saeed Bin Suroor and the last three by the most recent occupant of Clarehaven Stables, John Gosden. Two more Newmarket-trained horses, Workforce (2010), trained by Sir Michael Stoute, and Alpinista (2022), trained Sir Mark Prescott Bt, complete the list of 16 British-trained winners of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.