The 2014 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a
horse race
Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...
held at
Longchamp on Sunday, 5 October 2014. It was the 93rd running of the
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
The winner was
Al Shaqab Racing's
Treve, a four-year-old filly trained in France by
Criquette Head-Maarek and ridden by
Thierry Jarnet, repeating her victory in 2013. She became the first horse since Alleged to win the race twice. Treve's victory gave Head her third win in the race and was a record-equaling fourth success for Jarnet.
The contenders
The 2013 winner
Treve returned and attracted some support, despite having been beaten in all three of her races in 2014. The most fancied of the French runners were the three-year-olds
Ectot, winner of the
Prix Niel and the unbeaten filly
Avenir Certain winner of the
Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and the
Prix de Diane. The other French contenders included
Flintshire (2013
Grand Prix de Paris), Dolniya (
Prix de Malleret
The Prix de Malleret is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Saint-Cloud over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to ...
), Prince of Gibraltar (2013
Critérium de Saint-Cloud) and Spiritjim (disqualified after winning the
Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud). There were three runners from Japan, headed by the
Dubai Duty Free winner
Just A Way
Just A Way (Japanese ジャスタウェイ, foaled 8 March 2009) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. After showing useful, but unexceptional form in his early career he emerged as a major talent with a win in the 2013 Autumn edition of the Te ...
who was moving up in distance. The other Japanese runners were the multiple Grade I winner
Gold Ship
Gold Ship ( ja, ゴールドシップ, link=no) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career which began in July 2011, he ran twenty-eight times and won thirteen races. As a two-year-old in 2011, he won his two of his four races. In ...
and the filly
Harp Star who had won the
Oka Sho and recorded an upset win over Gold Ship at
Sapporo in August. Britain was represented by
Taghrooda, a three-year-old filly who had won the
Epsom Oaks and
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the
St Leger winner
Kingston Hill and the six-year-old
Al Kazeem
Al Kazeem (foaled 15 April 2008) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He showed promise as a two-year-old in 2010 and became a consistently successful performer in the following year. In 2012 he won the Jockey Club Stakes on his seasonal debut bu ...
, winner of the 2013
Eclipse Stakes
The Eclipse Stakes is a Group races, Group 1 Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Sandown P ...
who had been returned to racing after an unsuccessful spell at stud. There were three runners from Ireland, all from the
Ballydoyle stable:
Ruler of the World who had won the
2013 Epsom Derby and returned to form with a win in the
Prix Foy,
Tapestry who had recorded an upset win over Taghrooda in the
Yorkshire Oaks and Chicquita, winner of the
Irish Oaks in 2013. Germany was represented by the four-year-old Ivanhowe, who had defeated
Sea The Moon (who had been ante-post favourite for the Arc) in the
Grosser Preis von Baden. Taghrooda was sent off the
5.5/1 favourite, ahead of Avenir Certain (6/1), Ectot (6.7/1), Harp Star (6.9/1), and Just A Way (8/1) with Treve starting at odds of 14.4/1.
The race
Ruler of the World started quickly, but was soon overtaken by Montviron, the pacemaker for Ectot.
Flintshire, Taghrooda and Kingston Hill stayed on well, and Harp Star made rapid progress on the wide outside from a seemingly impossible position, but none of them were able to mount a serious challenge to the leader. Treve won by two lengths from Flintshire with Taghrooda in third ahead of Kingston Hill, Dolniya and Harp Star.
Race details
* Sponsor: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club
* Purse: €5,000,000
* Going: Good
* Distance: 2,400 metres
* Number of runners: 20
* Winner's time: 2:26.05
Full result
*
Abbreviations: ns = nose; shd = short-head; hd = head; snk = short neck; nk = neck
Winner's details
Further details of the winner,
Treve
* Sex: filly
* Foaled: 7 April 2010
* Country: France
* Sire:
Motivator
* Owner:
Al Shaqab Racing
* Breeder:
Haras du Quesnay
Haras du Quesnay, known as "Le Quesnay", is a thoroughbred horse breeding farm in France about four miles (6 km) outside the city of Deauville on 3 km².
Early years
The stud was established in 1907 by wealthy American sportsman William Kissam V ...
Subsequent breeding careers
Leading progeny of participants in the 2014 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Sires of Group/Grade One winners
Other Stallions
Just A Way (8th) – Velox (2nd
Satsuki Shō 2019)
Kingston Hill (4th) – Minor flat winners
Prince Gibraltar (7th) – Minor flat winners
Gold Ship (14th) – Minor winners in Japan
Harp Star (6th) – Minor runner in Japan
Flintshire (2nd) – Exported to America – Offspring yet to race
Ectot (17th) – Offspring yet to race
Ivanhowe (18th) – Offspring yet to race
Free Port Lux (19th) – Offspring yet to race
Broodmares
Chicquita (15th) – Secret Thoughts (3rd
Silver Flash Stakes 2018)
Taghrooda (3rd) – Minor flat winner
Tapestry (13th) – Minor flat winner
Avenir Certain (11th) – Exported to Japan – Minor runner
Treve (1st) – Offspring yet to race
Dolniya (5th) – Offspring yet to race
Siljan's Saga (12th) – Offspring yet to race
References
External links
Colour Chart– ''Arc 2014''
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