The 2020 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp Racecourse on Sunday 4 October 2020. It was the 99th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The race was won by White Birch Farm's four-year-old colt Sottsass, trained in France by Jean-Claude Rouget and ridden by Cristian Demuro. It was a first win in the race for Rouget and Demuro, while Sottsass improved on his third-place finish in the 2019 Arc.
Sottsass defeated In Swoop by a neck, with Persian King finishing third and Gold Trip fourth. The first five finishers were all trained in France.
The race was also notable for Enable finishing sixth as she attempted to become the first horse to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe three times. She had won the race in 2017 and 2018. The four horses trained by Aidan O'Brien: Japan, Sovereign, Mogul and Serpentine, were withdrawn before the race following concerns over contaminated feed.
Full result The below result is sourced from Racing Post, JRA-VAN/netkeiba, and other contemporary race-result sources.
Pos.DrawTimeMarg.HorseAgeJockeyTrainer (Country)172:39.30Sottsass4Cristian DemuroJean-Claude Rouget (FR)212neckIn Swoop3Ronan ThomasFrancis-Henri Graffard (FR)311 3/4Persian King4Pierre-Charles BoudotAndré Fabre (FR)410headGold Trip3Christophe SoumillonFabrice Chappet (FR)5152Raabihah3Maxime GuyonJean-Claude Rouget (FR)681 1/2Enable6Frankie DettoriJohn Gosden (GB)761/2Stradivarius6Olivier PeslierJohn Gosden (GB)891 1/2Deirdre6James DoyleMitsuru Hashida (JPN)931 3/4Way To Paris7Ioritz MendizabalAndrea Marcialis (FR)1023/4Royal Julius7Shane FoleyJerome Reynier (FR)111110Chachnak3Tony PicconeFabrice Vermeulen (FR)
Race details Sponsor: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club Purse: €3,000,000 Going: Heavy Distance: 2,400 metres Number of runners: 11 Winner's time: 2:39.30
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