The 1981 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 4 October 1981. It was the 60th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
The winner was Gold River, a four-year-old filly trained in France by Alec Head and ridden by Gary Moore. The filly won by three quarters of a length and a nose from Bikala and April Run in a time of 2:35.2.
Race details Sponsor: none Purse: Going: Dead Distance: 2,400 metres Number of runners: 24 Winner's time: 2:35.2
Full result Pos. Marg. Horse Age Jockey Trainer (Country) 1 Gold River 4 Gary Moore Alec Head (FR) 2 ¾ Bikala 3 Serge Gorli Patrick Biancone (FR) 3 ns April Run 3 Philippe Paquet François Boutin (FR) 4 2 Perrault 4 Henri Samani Pierre Pelat (FR) 5 2 Ardross 5 Lester Piggott Henry Cecil (GB) 6 1½ Argument 4 Philip Waldron Maurice Zilber (FR) 7 ¾ Akarad 3 Yves Saint-Martin François Mathet (FR) 8 3 Tootens 3 Georges Doleuze E Bartholomew (FR) 9 hd Leandra 3 Gerard Dubroeucq Pierre Pelat (FR) 10 snk Snow Day 3 Alfred Gibert François Boutin (FR) 11 snk Kings Lake 3 Pat Eddery Vincent O'Brien (IRE) 12 5 Lancastrian 4 Maurice Philipperon David Smaga (FR) 13 1½ Prince Bee 4 Joe Mercer Dick Hern (GB) 14 hd Cut Above 3 Brian Taylor Dick Hern (GB) 15 nk Blue Wind 3 Wally Swinburn Dermot Weld (IRE) 16 2 Gap of Dunloe 3 Walter Swinburn Patrick Biancone (FR) 17 1½ Pelerin 4 Edward Hide Harry Wragg (GB) 18 2½ Condessa 3 Declan Gillespie Jim Bolger (IRE) 19 shd Rahotep 3 J-L Kessas Bernard Secly (FR) 20 3 Detroit 4 Freddy Head Olivier Douieb (FR) 21 Ring the Bell 4 N Tiley H Westbrook 22 Gilded Vanity 4 Gabriel Curran P Russell (IRE) 23 Beldale Flutter 3 Tony Murray Michael Jarvis (GB) 24 Action Man 6 O Larsen (DEN) * Abbreviations: shd = short-head; nk = neck
Winner's details Further details of the winner, Detroit. Sex: Filly Foaled: 11 January 1977 Country: France Sire: Riverman; Dam: Glaneuse (Snob) Owner: Jacques Wertheimer Breeder: Jacques Wertheimer
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