RACING POST MONDAY OCTOBER 1st 2012 .
WEEK MONDAY OCTOBER 1st TO SUNDAY OCTOBER 7th.
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Longchamp (FR)
SUN 7 OCT 2012
Qatar Prix de
l´Arc de Triomphe (Group 1) (3yo+)
1m4f Number of runners: 96
1m4f Number of runners: 96
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ARC RACECARD SUNDAY OCTOBER 7th 2012 LONGCHAMP PARIS
| The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 2012 |
 6th - 7th October 2012
Paris is one of the great city's of the world and if your are a horse racing fan, there can be few better ways of ejoying a weekend than spending time in Paris and witnessing what has become one of the very best horse races in the world!
The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was first run at Longchamp racecourse on Sunday October 3rd 1920. The first horse across the line was Comrade, who picked up FF150,000; second was King's Cross, winning FF18,000, and Pleurs was third, winning FF10,000.
The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Lucien Barrière offers prize-money of 2 million euros including 1,142,800 euros to the winner. The Arc weekend is Europe's biggest two-day combined purse, with total prize money of 4.5 million euros on offer.
The Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe has been run 84 times since 1920. Sunday 7th October 2012 will herald the 91st running of what is generally considered to be the world's greatest horserace.
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The present sponsor of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC). The sponsorship agreement was signed in Doha in 2008, and as a result the prize fund was doubled from €2 million to €4 million.
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| Location | Longchamp Racecourse Paris, France |
| Inaugurated | 1920 |
| Race type | Flat / Thoroughbred |
| Sponsor | Qatar |
| Website | france-galop.com |
| Race information | |
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| Distance | 2,400 metres (1½ miles) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Right-handed |
| Qualification | Three-years-old and up excluding geldings |
| Weight | 56 kg (3yo); 59½ kg (4yo+) Allowances 1½ kg for fillies and mares |
| Purse | €4,000,000 (2012) 1st: €2,285,600 |
Le Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe: une petit histoire
A Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe overview
Le Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is a group one flat race open to thoroughbreds of three years or over, and is run over 2,400 metres. It is run at Le Hippodrome de Longhchamp in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, and usually takes place on the first Sunday of October. T’s prize fund of around €4million makes it the third richest horse race on earth. The second is the Japan Cup, and the richest is the Dubai World Cup.
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One of the great things about taking one of our Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe packages is that you get to spend a few autumn days in Paris.
The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was first run on Sunday 3 October 1920.
Government funding of the race resumed after the war in 1949, with money
obtained through the Loterie Nationale.
The present sponsor of the
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC). The
sponsorship agreement was signed in Doha in 2008, and as a result the prize
fund was doubled from €2 million to €4 million.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_de_Triomphe
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