2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe explained

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: 16
Winner's time: 2m 24.49s (new record)

The 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 2 October 2011.^[1] It was the 90th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

The winner was Danedream, a three-year-old filly trained in Germany by Peter Schiergen. The winning jockey was Andrasch Starke.^[2]

Danedream was the second German-trained horse to win the "Arc". The only prior victory was that of Star Appeal in 1975.

The winning time of 2m 24.49s set a new record for the event. The previous record of 2m 24.60s was achieved by Peintre Celebre in 1997.

Unusually for the race, the first three finishers were all fillies.

Race details

Pos.	Marg.	Horse	Age	Jockey	Trainer (Country)
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1		Danedream	3	Andrasch Starke	Peter Schiergen (GER)
2	5	Shareta	3	Thierry Jarnet	Alain de Royer-Dupré (FR)
3	nk	Snow Fairy	4	Frankie Dettori	Ed Dunlop (GB)
4	½	So You Think	5	Seamie Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
5	snk	St Nicholas Abbey	4	Joseph O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
6	snk	Meandre	3	Maxime Guyon	André Fabre (FR)
7	snk	Sarafina	4	Christophe Lemaire	Alain de Royer-Dupré (FR)
8	¾	Silver Pond	4	Thierry Thulliez	Carlos Laffon-Parias (FR)
9	4	Galikova	3	Olivier Peslier	Freddy Head (FR)
10	¾	Hiruno d'Amour	4	Shinji Fujita	Mitsugu Kon (JPN)
11	2½	Nakayama Festa	5	Masayoshi Ebina	Yoshitaka Ninomiya (JPN)
12	nk	Workforce	4	Ryan Moore	Sir Michael Stoute (GB)
13	1	Testosterone	3	Stéphane Pasquier	Pascal Bary (FR)
14	2½	Treasure Beach	3	Colm O'Donoghue	Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
15	6	Reliable Man	3	Gérald Mossé	Alain de Royer-Dupré (FR)
16	2	Masked Marvel	3	William Buick	John Gosden (GB)

Abbreviations: snk = short-neck; nk = neck

Further details of the winner, Danedream.