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