2006 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

September 2023 Longchamp Racecourse 2006 10 1 Rail Link 001.jpg 2006 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Rail Link Rail Link 2005 2007 The 2006 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 1 October 2006. 2006 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe https://www.racingpost.com/results/211/longchamp/2006-10-01/417515 Racing Post 1 July 2012 2026-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20260107053829/https://www.racingpost.com/results/211/longchamp/2006-10-01/417515 dead It was the 85th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The winner was Rail Link, a three-year-old colt trained in France by André Fabre. The winning jockey was Stéphane Pasquier. Rail Link takes shock Arc victory https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/5351518.stm BBC Sport 1 October 2006 1 July 2012 Race details Sponsor: Groupe Lucien Barrière Purse: €2,000,000; First prize: €1,142,800 2006 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe http://www9.france-galop.com/fgweb/domaines/courses/course_detail.aspx?aaCrse=2006&spCrse=P&numCrsePgm=01919 France Galop 1 July 2012 Going: Good Distance: 2,400 metres Number of runners: 8 Winner's time: 2m 26.3s Full result thumb|Racing silks of Khalid Abdullah, owner of Rail Link Pos. Marg. Horse Age Jockey Trainer (Country) 1 Rail Link 3 Stéphane Pasquier André Fabre (FR) 2 nk Pride 6 Christophe Lemaire Alain de Royer-Dupré (FR) ½ Deep Impact (disq.) 4 Yutaka Take Yasuo Ikee (JPN) 3 2½ Hurricane Run 4 Kieren Fallon André Fabre (FR) 4 2 Best Name 3 Olivier Peslier Robert Collet (FR) 5 snk Irish Wells 3 Dominique Boeuf François Rohaut (FR) 6 4 Sixties Icon 3 Frankie Dettori Jeremy Noseda (GB) 7 1½ Shirocco 5 Christophe Soumillon André Fabre (FR) Abbreviations: snk = short-neck; nk = neck Winner's details Further details of the winner, Rail Link. Sex: Colt Foaled: 26 March 2003 Country: Great Britain Sire: Dansili; Dam: Docklands (Theatrical) Owner: Khalid Abdullah Breeder: Juddmonte Farms Disqualification of Deep Impact ja:ディープインパクト禁止薬物検出事件 The pre-race favourite Deep Impact finished third, but was later disqualified after testing positive for Ipratropium bromide, a banned substance.16 November 2006 Deep Impact disqualified from Arc BBC Sport https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/6154488.stm 1 July 2012 The disqualification had left a sore spot on Deep Impact's reputation in Japan, with the sharp decline in attendance and betting of that year's Arima Kinen (which was also Deep Impact's retirement race) being attributed by critics to the controversy tainting the image of the horse, and by extension the sport in general among the Japanese public.Kenichi Nomoto 2007-01-27 (12/26)去りゆく格差社会のスター http://sports.nikkei.co.jp/keiba/column.cfm?i=2006122505621a8 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070127223237/http://sports.nikkei.co.jp/keiba/column.cfm?i=2006122505621a8 2007-01-27 2023-09-05 Nihon Keizai Shimbun One of the journalists eligible for voting in the JRA Award, Shunsuke Hamaki of Sports Hochi, also cited this scandal as to why he voted for Daiwa Major as Horse of the Year rather than Deep Impact, stating that fair play was violated by the scandal and "didn't consider the horse for Horse of the Year at all".Shunsuke Hamaki 2007-01-12 私がディープを年度代表馬に選ばなかった訳 Sports Hochi http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/horserace/news/20070112-OHT1T00132.htm dead 2023-09-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20070114075956/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/horserace/news/20070112-OHT1T00132.htm 2007-01-14 References External links Colour Chart – Arc 2006 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 2006 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Category:2006 controversies Category:Controversies in Japan Category:Horse racing controversies Category:Sports scandals in Japan Category:Sports scandals in France Category:Controversies in France