2007 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

2007 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
LocationLongchamp Racecourse
DateOctober 7, 2007 (2007-10-07)
Winning horseDylan Thomas
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The 2007 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 7 October 2007.[1] It was the 86th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

The winner was Dylan Thomas, a four-year-old colt trained in Ireland by Aidan O'Brien. The winning jockey was Kieren Fallon.[2]

There was a thirty-minute stewards' inquiry after the race, but the original placings were left unchanged.

Race details

  • Sponsor: Groupe Lucien Barrière
  • Purse: €2,000,000; First prize: €1,142,800 [3]
  • Going: Good to Soft
  • Distance: 2,400 metres
  • Number of runners: 12
  • Winner's time: 2m 28.5s

Full result

Pos. Marg. Horse Age Jockey Trainer (Country)
1 Dylan Thomas 4 Kieren Fallon Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
2 hd Youmzain 4 Richard Hughes Mick Channon (GB)
3 1½ Sagara 3 Thierry Gillet Jonathan Pease (FR)
4 shd Getaway 4 Olivier Peslier André Fabre (FR)
5 ½ Soldier of Fortune 3 Johnny Murtagh Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
6 4 Saddex 4 Torsten Mundry Peter Rau (GER)
7 ¾ Mandesha 4 Christophe Soumillon Alain de Royer-Dupré (FR)
8 2½ Zambezi Sun 3 Stéphane Pasquier Pascal Bary (FR)
9 1½ Dragon Dancer 4 Darryll Holland Geoff Wragg (GB)
10 snk Authorized 3 Frankie Dettori Peter Chapple-Hyam (GB)
11 15 Yellowstone 3 Pat Smullen Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
12 15 Song of Hiawatha 3 David McCabe Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
  • Abbreviations: shd = short-head; hd = head; snk = short-neck

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Dylan Thomas.

References

  1. ^ "2007 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe". Racing Post. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Dylan Thomas claims Arc triumph". BBC Sport. 7 October 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  3. ^ "2007 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe". France Galop. Retrieved 1 July 2012.