1983 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

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1983 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
LocationLongchamp Racecourse
DateOctober 2, 1983 (1983-10-02)
Winning horseAll Along
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The 1983 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 2 October 1983. It was the 62nd running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

The winner was All Along, a four-year-old filly trained in France by Patrick Biancone and ridden by Walter Swinburn. The filly won by a length a short neck and a nose from Sun Princess, Luth Enchantee and Time Charter in a time of 2:28.1. Fillies took the first four places in the twenty-six runner field.[1]

Race details[edit]

  • Sponsor: Trusthouse Forte
  • Purse:
  • Going: Firm
  • Distance: 2,400 metres
  • Number of runners: 26
  • Winner's time: 2:28.1

Full result[edit]

Pos. Marg. Horse Age Jockey Trainer (Country)
1 All Along 4 Walter Swinburn Patrick Biancone (FR)
2 1 Sun Princess 3 Willie Carson Dick Hern (GB)
3 snk Luth Enchantee 3 Maurice Philipperon John Cunnington, Jnr. (FR)
4 ns Time Charter 4 Billy Newnes Henry Candy (GB)
5 ½ Salmon Leap 3 Pat Eddery Vincent O'Brien (IRE)
6 hd Stanerra 5 Brian Rouse Frank Dunne (IRE)
7 snk Lovely Dancer 3 Freddy Head Olivier Douieb (FR)
8 Zalataia 4 Gerard Dubroeucq André Fabre (FR)
9 ½ Lancastrian 6 Alain Lequeux David Smaga (FR)
10 hd Marie de Litz 3 Henri Samani Robert Collet (FR)
11 Sagace 3 Alfred Gibert Patrick Biancone (IRE)
12 Diamond Shoal 4 Steve Cauthen Ian Balding
13 Awaasif 4 Lester Piggott John Dunlop (GB)
14 Seymour Hicks 3 Bruce Raymond John Dunlop (GB)
15 Orofino 5 Peter Alafi Sven von Mitzlaff (GER)
16 Prima Voce 4 Geoff Baxter Robert Armstrong (GB)
17 General Holme 4 Tony Murray Olivier Douieb (FR)
18 Gun of Navarone 3 Philip Robinson Clive Brittain (GB)
19 Escaline 3 Gary Moore John Fellows (FR)
20 Dalby Jaguar 5 G Nording (DEN)
21 Sharaya 3 Yves Saint-Martin Alain de Royer Dupre (FR)
22 Welsh Term 4 Cash Asmussen Robert Collet (FR)
23 Dom Pasquini 3 Alain Badel Robert Collet (FR)
24 Acamas 8 Jean-Claude Desaint (FR)
25 Dzudo 6 A McChesney Albert Klimscha (FR)
26 Sailor's Dance 3 Joe Mercer Dick Hern (GB)
  • Abbreviations: ns = nose; shd = short-head; hd = head; snk = short neck; nk = neck

Winner's details[edit]

Further details of the winner, All Along.

  • Sex: Filly
  • Foaled: 7 April 1979
  • Country: France
  • Sire: Targowice; Dam: Agujita (Round Table)
  • Owner: Daniel Wildenstein
  • Breeder: Daniel Wildenstein

References[edit]

  1. ^ Timeform staff (1984). Racehorses of 1983. Timeform. ISBN 0-900599-40-5.