5 OCT 2025
For more than a century now, the equestrian world has been gathering at ParisLongchamp on the first weekend of October to celebrate the year’s premier event: the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
Considered the de facto world championship of thoroughbred racing, this unmissable event brings together the finest horses and jockeys from around the globe in an outstanding spectacle.
Broadcast in more than 60 countries and watched by millions on TV, the event stirs the passions of horse racing enthusiasts the world over. On site, ParisLongchamp welcomes nearly 35,000 spectators from all walks of life each year, creating a unique atmosphere.
The stands come alive to the rhythm of excited racegoers, with the pounding of hooves accompanying cheers in countless languages.
This year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, on 5th October 2025, will once again be an intense and unforgettable experience, with the racecourse in full swing. This is the perfect opportunity to get as close as possible to the action and enjoy the thrills and spills of the world’s greatest horserace.
HISTORY
The Société d'Encouragement, a former governing body of French racing, had initially restricted its races to thoroughbreds born and bred in France. In 1863, it launched the Grand Prix de Paris, an event designed to bring together the best three-year-olds from any country. Thirty years later it introduced the Prix du Conseil Municipal, an international race for the leading horses of different age groups. It was run over 2,400 metres in October, with weights determined by a horse's previous performances.
The creation of a third such race was proposed at a committee meeting on 24 January 1920. The new event would complement the Grand Prix de Paris and serve as a showcase for French thoroughbred breeding. It would have similar characteristics to the Prix du Conseil Municipal, but each horse would compete on equal terms, unpenalised for previous victories.
Coming in the wake of World War I, it was decided that the race would be named after the Arc de Triomphe, a famous monument which had been the scene of a victory parade by the Allies in 1919. The chosen title had been previously assigned to a minor event at Longchamp. Another suggested title was the "Prix de la Victoire".
RACE INFORMATION
| Prize Money | EUR 5 Million |
| Distance | 2400M |
| Surface | Turf Track |
| Open To | 3YO+, excluding geldings |
| Date of Race | Sunday, 5 October 2025 |
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RECORDS
2:23.61 - FOUND (2016) (at Chantilly)
Marcel Boussac – CORRIDA (1936, 1937), DJEBEL (1942), ARDAN (1944), CARACALLA (1946), CORONATION (1949)
Khalid Abdullah – RAINBOW QUEST (1985), DANCING BRAVE (1986), RAIL LINK (2006), WORKFORCE (2010), ENABLE (2017, 2018)
André Fabre – TREMPOLINO (1987), SUBOTICA (1992), CARNEGIE (1994), PEINTRE CELEBRE (1997), SAGAMIX (1998), HURRICAN RUN (2005), RAIL LINK (2006), WALDGEIST (2019)
Frankie Dettori – LAMMTARRA (1995), SAKHEE (2001), MARIENBARD (2002), GOLDEN HORN (2015), ENABLE (2017, 2018)
Frankie Dettori set to ride his last Arc de Triomphe on Sunday, 1 October 2023.
- KSAR (1921 & 1922)
- MOTRICO (1930 & 1932)
- CORRIDA (1936 & 1937)
- TANTIEME (1950 & 1951)
- RIBOT (1955 & 1956)
- ALLEGED (1977 & 1978)
- TREVE (2013 & 2014)
- ENABLE (2017 & 2018)
FUN FACTS
Named Best Race in the World five times in the last eight years.
Participating *countries with most winners in 100 editions of the Arc:France: 68 | England: 16 | Ireland: 8 | Italy: 6 | Germany: 3
*In horse racing, it is the country where the horse is trained that determines their nationality and not the country where they are born or the nationality of their owners.
With a prize money of EUR 5 Million, it is the biggest purse in French racing, making the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe one of the richest races in the world.
Most runners30, in 1967
Fewest runners 7, in 1941
PAST 5 YEARS WINNERS
JOCKEY: ROSSA RYAN
TRAINER: RALPH BECKETT
