Sinndar wins 2000 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Sunday, 1 October, 2000
Sinndar: Trained by John Oxx (Creeve, Currabeg, Kildare, Ireland) and owned and bred by HH Aga Khan IV.
Sinndar is the first Irish-trained winner of the l'Arc since Alleged's second triumph for Vincent O'Brien in 1978.
Jockey: Johnny Murtagh (Ireland)
Ten horses had lined up for the richest event of the European flat racing season, boasting a purse of 10.5 million francs (about £1m). It was the smallest field for the race since 1946.
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, 2400 mètres (1 mile 4 furlongs), Longchamp, France.
Pari-Mutuel (Returns in francs, includes one franc stake)
1 Sinndar - John Murtagh. 2.50 (1.50 place)
2 Egyptband - Olivier Doleuze. 3.80
3 Volvoreta - Olivier Peslier. 2.20
Distances:
1 1/2 lengths
3 lengths
10 ran
Sinndar
Owner: HRH Aga Khan
Breeder: HRH Aga Khan
Winnings: 8 Starts: 7 - 1 - 0, £2,500,000
Sinndar, Won:
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Lucien Barrière (Group 1)
Vodafone Epsom Derby (Group 1)
Budweiser Irish Derby (Group 1)
National S. (Group 1)
Prix Niel (Group 2)
Derby Trial Stakes (Group 3)
2nd Ballysax Stakes
Sinndar, Champion 3-year-old colt in Europe, Dual Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner, the first horse in history to complete this unique treble in the same year.
