1979 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

June 2026 Longchamp Racecourse 1979 10 7 Three Troikas 1978 1980 The 1979 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 7 October 1979. It was the 58th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The winner was Three Troikas, a three-year-old filly trained in France by Criquette Head and ridden by her brother Freddy. The filly won by three lengths from Le Marmot with the odds-on favourite Troy in third.1979-10-08 Three Troikas skates it https://books.google.ca/books?id=k_Y9AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA20&dq=arc+de+triomphe&article_id=6226,1828393&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYr-3_r5mVAxUDF1kFHfNgMrIQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q=arc%20de%20triomphe&f=false 2026-06-21 The Glasgow Herald 20 The winning time was 2:28.9. Race details Sponsor: none Purse: Going: Dead Distance: 2,400 metres Number of runners: 22 Winner's time: 2:28.9 Full result Pos. Marg. Horse Age Jockey Trainer (Country) 1 Three Troikas 3 Freddy Head Criquette Head (FR) 2 3 Le Marmot 3 Philippe Paquet François Boutin (FR) 3 1 Troy 3 Willie Carson Dick Hern (GB) 4 nk Pevero 4 Alain Lequeux François Boutin (FR) 5 4 Trillion 5 Lester Piggott Maurice Zilber (FR) 6 ½ Northern Baby 3 Pat Eddery François Boutin (FR) 7 2 Jeune Loup 4 Alain Badel Olivier Douieb (FR) 8 8 Noble Saint 3 Joe Mercer Robert Armstrong (GB) 9 2 Pawiment 5 Greville Starkey Theo Grieper (GER) 10 5 Crimson Beau 4 Geoff Baxter Paul Cole (GB) 11 nk Pitasia 3 Alfred Gibert Aage Paus (FR) 12 3 Two of Diamonds 3 Steve Cauthen Barry Hills (GB) 13 nk Valour 4 Paul Cook Fulke Johnson Houghton (GB) 14 7 Ile de Bourbon 4 John Reid Fulke Johnson Houghton (GB) 15 5 Fabulous Dancer 3 J Taillard Criquette Head (FR) 16 shd Noble Dancer 7 Jacinto Vásquez T. J. Kelly (USA) 17 6 Top Ville 3 Yves Saint-Martin François Mathet (FR) 18 ¾ Telescopico 4 Sandy Hawley Maurice Zilber (FR) 19 15 Kamaridaan 3 J Heloury François Mathet (FR) 20 Player 3 Edward Hide 21 Princess Redowa 3 M Ouzouir Aage Paus (FR) 22 Rivadon 3 Alan Bond Dick Hern (GB) * Abbreviations: ns = nose; shd = short-head; hd = head; snk = short neck; nk = neck Winner's details Further details of the winner, Three Troikas. Sex: Filly Foaled: 25 January 1976 Country: France Sire: Lyphard; Dam: Three Roses (Dual) Owner: Ghislaine Head Breeder: Artur Pfaff References Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 1979 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe