2009 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe explained

Location:	Longchamp Racecourse
Winning Horse:	Sea the Stars
Previous:	2008
Next:	2010

The 2009 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 4 October 2009.^[1] It was the 88th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

The winner was Sea the Stars, a three-year-old colt trained in Ireland by John Oxx. The winning jockey was Michael Kinane.^[2]

Sea the Stars became the first horse to win the 2,000 Guineas, the Epsom Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. It was his sixth consecutive Group 1 victory.

Race details

• Sponsor: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club
• Purse: €4,000,000; First prize: €2,285,600 ^[3]
• Going: Good
• Distance: 2,400 metres
• Number of runners: 19
• Winner's time: 2m 26.3s

Full result

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Pos.	Marg.	Horse	Age	Jockey	Trainer (Country)
1		Sea the Stars	3	Michael Kinane	John Oxx (IRE)
2	2	Youmzain	6	Kieren Fallon	Mick Channon (GB)
3	hd	Cavalryman	3	Frankie Dettori	André Fabre (FR)
4	hd	Conduit	4	Ryan Moore	Sir Michael Stoute (GB)
5	1	Dar Re Mi	4	Jimmy Fortune	John Gosden (GB)
6	1	Fame and Glory	3	Johnny Murtagh	Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
7	½	La Boum	6	Thierry Jarnet	Robert Collet (FR)
7	dh	Stacelita	3	Christophe Soumillon	Jean-Claude Rouget (FR)
9	¾	Magadan	4	Anthony Crastus	Élie Lellouche (FR)
10	½	Vision d'Etat	4	Olivier Peslier	Eric Libaud (FR)
11	¾	Tangaspeed	4	Ioritz Mendizabal	Robert Laplanche (FR)
12	shd	Beheshtam	3	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré (FR)
13	3	Getaway	6	Stéphane Pasquier	Jens Hirschberger (GER)
14	snk	The Bogberry	4	Magomet Kappushev	Alain de Royer-Dupré (FR)
15	8	Hot Six	4	T. J. Pereira	Givanildo Duarte (BRZ)
16	2	Tullamore	4	Vaclav Janacek	Zdeno Koplik (CZE)
17	4	Grand Ducal	3	Pat Smullen	Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
18	2	Set Sail	3	Sean Levey	Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
19	15	Steele Tango	4	Darryll Holland	Roger Teal (GB)

• Abbreviations: dh = dead-heat; shd = short-head; hd = head; snk = short-neck

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Sea the Stars.

• Sex: Colt
• Foaled: 6 April 2006
• Country: Ireland
• Sire: Cape Cross; Dam: Urban Sea (Miswaki)
• Owner: Christopher Tsui
• Breeder: Sunderland Holdings Ltd

External links

• Colour Chart – Arc 2009

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2009 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe . Racing Post . 1 July 2012.
2. News: Sea The Stars in historic Arc win . . 4 October 2009 . 1 July 2012.
3. Web site: 2009 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe . . 1 July 2012.